Teacher Guide

The Hill We Climb Lesson Plan

Bringing in Technology

-In the classroom activity, "'We Will Rise': Bringing Poetry to Life Through Performance", Students may enhance their performances of sections of "The Hill We Climb" with technology by designing a digital backdrop to be projected behind them while they recite.

-In one of the homework assignments, students will use the Internet and specifically YouTube to do research on the influence of Def Poetry Jam and the Slam Poetry movement on Amanda Gorman's poetic subject matter and performance style.

-In one of the homework assignments, students will read Amanda Gorman's responses to the May 24th Texas school shooting on Twitter. Then, they will write their own short poem and post it on the...

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