Family Poetry Activities, Lessons & Writing Prompts

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Free Joy Harjo Poetry Lesson for Women's History Month: Perhaps the World Ends Here

A free lesson using Joy Harjo's 'Perhaps the World Ends Here' and Carrie Mae Weems's Kitchen Table imagery to explore family rituals, imagery, voice, visual analysis, and creative writing.

Format: Web Lesson

Classroom Time: One class plus extensions

Source: Academy of American Poets

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An interdisciplinary women-in-the-arts resource pairing a major woman poet with a major woman visual artist.

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Source: Academy of American Poets.

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Free Women's History Month Poetry Lesson: Invisible Work & Women's Labor

A free poetry lesson using Kwoya Fagin Maples's 'Invisible Work' to explore care, family labor, women's work, imagery, close reading, creative writing, comparison, and visual culture.

Format: Web Lesson

Classroom Time: One class plus extensions

Source: Academy of American Poets

License: Link only; source terms apply

A particularly useful Women's History Month theme: students consider unpaid or unseen work, family care, quilts, memory, and people whose contributions often go unrecognized.

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Source: Academy of American Poets.

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Where I'm From: Poetry, Identity & Community

Openly licensed Grades 8–10 poetry lesson in which students analyze figurative language, brainstorm sensory memories, explore identity and community, and compose an original Where I'm From poem.

Format: PDF

Classroom Time: 3-4 days

Source: K20 Center

License: CC BY-SA 4.0

Strong identity-writing lesson using the five senses, figurative language, personal history, and original poetry.

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Where I'm From: Poetry, Identity & Community — K20 Center. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Family Poetry Activities, Lessons & Writing Prompts

Free Joy Harjo Poetry Lesson for Women's History Month: Perhaps the World Ends Here

Free Women's History Month Poetry Lesson: Invisible Work & Women's Labor

Where I'm From: Poetry, Identity & Community

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