Tech Tool #2: www.poets.org The Academy of American Poets was founded in 1934. It's purpose is to highlight and support American contemporary poets. The Academy accomplishes this by: hosting National Poetry Month "the largest literary celebration in the world," housing an audio archive of 700+ recordings from the 1960's until present, and providing free online resources for high school teachers including lesson plans. I will utilize this resource on its own and in conjunction with other online tools, like KEXP for example. The Academy has a unit called "Voice" which explores narrative poetry, beginning with the use of rap lyrics and spoken word poetry. This lesson would compliment the hip-hop lessons from KEXP nicely and would add a bit more depth to a unit on music and narratives. Home Page
The Academy of American Poets was founded in 1934. It's purpose is to highlight and support American contemporary poets. The Academy accomplishes this by: hosting National Poetry Month "the largest literary celebration in the world," housing an audio archive of 700+ recordings from the 1960's until present, and providing free online resources for high school teachers including lesson plans.
I will utilize this resource on its own and in conjunction with other online tools, like KEXP for example. The Academy has a unit called "Voice" which explores narrative poetry, beginning with the use of rap lyrics and spoken word poetry. This lesson would compliment the hip-hop lessons from KEXP nicely and would add a bit more depth to a unit on music and narratives.
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