Since Robert Frost encouraged our founder Marie Bullock to “get poetry into the high schools” in the 1960s, we’ve been assisting teachers in bringing poetry into the classroom. Here, you’ll find poetry lesson plans, poems for kids and for teens, essays about teaching, a calendar of teaching resources for the school year, a glossary of poetry terms, and more. Our lesson plans, most of which are aligned with the Common Core, have been reviewed by our Educator in Residence with an eye toward developing skills of perception and imagination.
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Teach this Poem: The Classics
Lesson Plans for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Browse lesson plans featuring poems and related resources related to Martin Luther King Jr.,
Lesson Plans for the New Year
Browse these lesson plans featuring poems about New Year's and beginnings.
Friendship: Poems for Kids
Lesson Plans by Theme
Find poetry lesson plans organized by theme, occasion, and class subject, including lesson plans featuring poems about social justice, the environment, and many other topics.
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