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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Lesson Plans for Summer

Browse this selection of lesson plans featuring poems related to summer, travel, and warm weather

LGBTQ Pride Month: Poems for Kids

Celebrating LGBTQ Pride Month, the following poems feature poets like Chen Chen, A. E. Housman, Donika Kelly, and more.

Summer Camp: Food

“The world begins at a kitchen table. No matter what, we must eat to live.

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.

Friendship: Poems for Kids

Read a selection of poems about friendship by poets like Lucille Clifton, John Keats, Joanna Fuhrman, and more.