lesson plans
The Academy of American Poets presents lesson plans, most of which align with Common Core State Standards, and all of which have been reviewed by our Educator in Residence with an eye toward developing skills of perception and imagination. We hope they will inspire the educators in our community to bring even more poems into your classrooms!
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| Level |
Title |
Type |
|---|---|---|
| High School, Middle School | Teach This Poem: “Painters” by Muriel Rukeyser | Teach This Poem |
| High School, Middle School | Teach This Poem: “Peace Path” by Heid E. Erdrich | Teach This Poem |
| High School, Middle School | Teach This Poem: “Quilts” by Nikki Giovanni | Teach This Poem |
| High School, Middle School | Teach This Poem: “She Was Fed Turtle Soup” by Lois Red Elk | Teach This Poem |
| Middle School | Teach This Poem: “Taking Down the Tree” by Jane Kenyon | Teach This Poem |
| High School, Middle School | Teach This Poem: “The Blower of Leaves” by January Gill O’Neil | Teach This Poem |
| High School, Middle School | Teach This Poem: “The Indications [excerpt]" by Walt Whitman | Teach This Poem |
| High School, Middle School | Teach This Poem: “won’t you celebrate with me” by Lucille Clifton | Teach This Poem |
| High School, Middle School | Teaching the Vietnam War with Poetry and Archives | Lesson |
| Middle School | Thanksgiving with Richard Blanco's "América" | Lesson |