I’m embarrassed to say that I hadn’t heard of Amanda Gorman until the Inauguration.
Since that time, I’ve shared some great teaching resources about that poem, and her life. And I just keep on learning more!
I decided to bring them all together in one post.
I’m adding this resource to The Best World Poetry Day Resources – Help Me Find More.
Here they are:
VIDEO FROM THE DAILY SHOW: “AMANDA GORMAN – ‘THE HILL WE CLIMB’ & ACTIVISM THROUGH POETRY”
HERE ARE SIX LESSON PLANS ABOUT AMANDA GORMAN’S INAUGURATION POEM- SHARE OTHERS
VIDEO: “YOUTH POET LAUREATE AMANDA GORMAN OFFERS WORDS OF HOPE AMID PANDEMIC”
Bill Green, one of my talented teaching colleagues, highly recommends this video:
And, then, there’s this one she did on climate change:
TIME’s new cover: Amanda Gorman in conversation with Michelle Obama, Ibram X. Kendi on the Black Renaissance and more https://t.co/YzMcAnk9x1 pic.twitter.com/yyr7hbT6ld
— TIME (@TIME) February 4, 2021
VIDEO: “AMANDA GORMAN PERFORMS AT SUPER BOWL LV”
Using @TheAmandaGorman‘s poem, “The Hill We Climb,” discuss with your students:
Where do you find light?
Where do you find your courage?
How do you leverage your superpower to see the light?More @ https://t.co/bwPOg3keLW #BHM #GetLiberatED #collectiveliberation #LiberatEDSEL pic.twitter.com/mBcwW6nqsU
— LiberatED (@LiberatED_SEL) February 22, 2021
In a sense, he was right. I AM A THREAT: a threat to injustice, to inequality, to ignorance. Anyone who speaks the truth and walks with hope is an obvious and fatal danger to the powers that be. https://t.co/hY9miR0b6J
— Amanda Gorman (@TheAmandaGorman) March 6, 2021
“Talking Gets Us There” is a video of Ms. Gorman reading one of her poems on PBS.
Chris Coey, a talented colleague, created this scaffolded assignment for students to write a poem inspired by The Hill We Climb.
EXCELLENT #DISRUPTTEXTS CLASS DISCUSSION GUIDE TO “THE HILL WE CLIMB”
We're so excited about @TheAmandaGorman Award for Poetry, a new creative writing award focused on poetry for public high school students. The award will recognize a student for an original literary composition in English for poetry. Find out more & enter: https://t.co/GgEDiIwDwN pic.twitter.com/T4LMXFYS5K
— Penguin Young Readers School & Library (@PenguinClass) November 29, 2021
Please let me know what I’m missing!
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