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Daily Video September 10 2019

On the 19th anniversary of 9/11, ask your students: How has the world changed?
Discuss with your students how the U.S. and the world have changed
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Daily Video August 21 2019

How the Statue of Liberty poem provides a lesson in immigration history
Use this NewsHour lesson plan to learn about the Trump administration's changes to immigration policy and how it relates to the Statue of Liberty's famous inscription.
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Daily Video October 04 2018

National Poetry Day: How this program brings happiness to troubled teens
Learn how a unique program in Seattle teaches teens who are in jail, on the streets, or in other ways leading difficult lives to write poetry as a way to triumph over their experiences.
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Daily Video February 03 2017

Why we shouldn't forget that U.S. presidents owned slaves
In honor of Black History Month, poet Clint Smith and Harvard University doctoral student, offers his take on the history of racial inequality in the United States.
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Lesson Plan February 04 2016

Personal Reflections on the Poetry of Maya Angelou - Lesson Plan
Students will watch and read Maya Angelou’s poem, “On the Pulse of Morning,” then analyze and reflect on the words of this Renaissance woman.
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Student Voices October 09 2015

Poetry is the key to positivity for National Student Poet
  (Anita Wright/NewsHour Extra) By Anita Wright and Adelyn Baxter One of th…
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Post October 08 2015

First Lady honors National Student Poets — Class Discussion
  (Anita Wright/NewsHour Extra) Have your students read the following articl…
A young man sits high atop a hill reading a book on a park beach as the clouds pass overhead in San Marco, California
Lesson Plan June 19 2015

Exploring identity and intersectionality in poetry - Lesson Plan
OverviewIn this lesson, students will look at aspects of identity through an intersectional lens—th…
Post June 18 2015

Understanding Cuban revolution through poetry - Class Activity
By Gabby Shacknai and Corinne Segal Omar Pérez is a Cuban poet, translator, essayist and the…
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Student Voices May 30 2014

Detroit teens produce video about where poetry lives
Joe Pokorney and Gage Daldine of Fraser High School didn't expect the experience of making a film about young spoken word artists to change their view of poetry or the city of Detroit, but it ended up doing both.
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