Lessons & Activities
Constructing Found Poems6th grade Language Arts
Defining Home in America in the 19th CenturyAP United States History
Emily Dickinson and Nature: Personifying the Seasons3rd grade Language Arts
Emily Dickinson and the Power of Punctuation7th grade Language ArtsEmily Dickinson’s Symbolism: Exploring Multiple Meanings11th grade Language ArtsExperiencing the Battle of Bunker Hill through Music11th grade Social Studies/American History
Exploring Point of View with Classic American Song5th grade Social Studies/Language Arts
Langston Hughes and Geography: A Poet in Time and PlaceAP United States History
Langston Hughes in the Jazz Age: Connecting to the Legacy of the Underground Railroad4th grade Music/Language ArtsLangston Hughes: Poetry through the Senses7th grade Language Arts/Social StudiesMusical Morale for General Sherman’s Army8th grade Social Studies [Civil War]
Persuasive Writing in Pioneer Songs4th grade Language Arts
Program 12: Langston Hughes & the Harlem RenaissanceHigh SchoolProgram 3: Song of Walt WhitmanHigh School
The Sounds of Whitman’s MemoriesHonors-level English, 10th/11th gradeTimeline ActivityAny grade level
Two Tones in Whitman’s “We Two”4th or 5th grade Language ArtsWalt Whitman and Music: Melody and Metaphor6th - 8th grade Language Arts