Browse selections of poetry lesson plans curated around themes, occasions, and class subjects, including lesson plans featuring poems and multimedia resources related to science class, history class, social justice, the environment, heritage months, seasons, and many more.
Lesson Plans about Ars Poetica Poems
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Lesson Plans for Introducing Poetry
Bring poems into the classroom with these lesson plans, which are especially suited to introduci
Lesson Plans about COVID-19
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Lesson Plans for Autumn
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Lesson Plans for Halloween
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Lesson Plans for Hispanic Heritage Month
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Lesson Plans for Thanksgiving
The following lesson plans feature poems related to the Thanksgiving holiday, gratitude, and ways
Poetry Lesson Plans about History
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Poetry Lesson Plans for Science Class
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Poetry Lesson Plans for Social Studies Class
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Lesson Plans for Winter and the Holidays
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Lesson Plans for the New Year
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Lesson Plans for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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Lesson Plans on Poems Written by Black Poets
Celebrate Black poets by brining their work into the classroom.
Lesson Plans for Black History Month
To celebrate Black History Month in February—and the rich tradition of African American poetry al
Lesson Plans Celebrating Black Poets
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Lesson Plans for Valentine’s Day
The following lesson plans for Valentine’s Day feature poems about love and relationships.
Lesson Plans for Spring
Celebrate warmer weather, the departure of winter, and the beginning of spring with these lesson
Lesson Plans for Women’s History Month
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Lesson Plans for Arab American Heritage Month
As part of your celebration of Arab American Heritage Month in April—and all year rou
Lesson Plans for Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
As part of your celebration of Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month in May—and all year round—ta
Lesson Plans for LGBTQ Pride Month
Browse a selection of lesson plans featuring poems from the rich tradition of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer poets and poetry.
Lesson Plans for Summer
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Poetry Lesson Plans about Music
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Lesson Plans for American Archives Month
Browse this selection of lesson plans featuring photographs, original documents, and other archi
Lesson Plans about Birds
Browse this selection of lesson plans featuring poems about birds.
Lesson Plans about the Environment
Browse this selection of lesson plans featuring poems about the environment, nature, and science.
Lesson Plans about Family
The following lesson plans feature poems poems exploring many different kinds of family relations
Lesson Plans about Immigration
Browse this selection of lesson plans featuring poems about immigration and heritage.
Lesson Plans about Love
Bring poems into the classroom for Valentine's Day and year-round with the following lesson plans
Lesson Plans with Poems in Spanish and English
The following lesson plans feature poems with side-by-side Spanish and English versions, includin
Lesson Plans about Politics
The following lesson plans feature poems and activities related to politics, America, the electi
Lesson Plans about Social Justice
The following lesson plans feature poems exploring the themes of social justice, identity, and human rights.
Lesson Plans Featuring Arthur Sze
Browse lesson plans featuring poems by Arthur Sze, who received the 2019 National Book Award in P
Lesson Plans about War
The following lesson plans feature poems that engage with war and its consequences.
Lesson Plans about Sonnets
Browse this selection of lesson plans featuring classic and contemporary sonnets.
Lesson Plans about Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, the innovator of a uniquely American poet