Unit Title	Author
2019
Poets Imagining the City	Sally O’Brien
Keywords: imagination, Langston Hughes, Mary Oliver, poetry, writing prompt
Poetry is my Jam!: Teaching Text Analysis through Poetry and Music	Keeler Park
Keywords: analysis, creative texts, critical vocabulary, Music, poetry
Borders and Doorways: Using Poetry of Constraint to Explore Boundaries and Possibilities	Sophia Renda
Keywords: analysis, collaborative learning, poetry, writing portfolio
Poets Imagining the City	Sally O’Brien
Keywords: imagination, Literature, O'hara, poetry, Whitman, writing prompts
Borders and Doorways: Using Poetry of Constraint to Explore Boundaries and Possibilities	Sophia Renda
Keywords: English, History, poetry, us history
I Am UnBroken: Deconstructing Modern American Poetry to Promote Self-Actualization For English Language Learners	Lisa (Yuk Kuen) Yau
Keywords: American poetry, Emily Dickinson, poetry, Walt Whitman
2017
Music as Activism: Warrior’s Don’t Cry and Protest in the Civil Rights Movement	Renae Curless
Keywords: African American History, African American literature, Civil Rights Movement, integration, little rock, melba patillo beals, Music, poetry, racism, segregation
2016
Are They REALLY That Different?	Nicole Flores
Keywords: Compare, elementary, English, Fifth-Grade, Literature, poetry, social studies
To Write with Fire: Unapologetic Poets of the Harlem Renaissance and Black Arts Movement	Wendi Mungai Umoren
Keywords: aesthetics, African American, black arts movement, Harlem Renaissance, literary period, poetry, racism, revolution
Dark Matter and Dark Conflict in Poetry: A Comparison	Kathleen Radebaugh
Keywords: Dark energy, dark matter, poetry, universe, William Shakespeare, William Wordsworth, writing portfolio
2014
The Spirits Still Among Us: Native American Poets and the Voices of History in the Present Tense	Sydney Hunt Coffin
Keywords: History, Identity, Native American, poetry, voice
2013
Poetry Out Loud: Reading, Reciting, and Responding to Poetry	Stacia Parker
Keywords: close reading, English, High School, out loud, poetry, spoken word
In the Spanish World Language Classroom: Discovering Form and Content in Bilingual Poems	Mary Anne Stuppy
Keywords: bilingual poems, content, Foreign Language, form, High School, poetry, Spanish
The Color of Beauty in the Darkness – Using Poetry and Art to Create a Visual Picture of Your World	Michelle Todd
Keywords: English, figurative language, Langston Hughes, Middle School, poetry, segregation
“Ode to Common Things” 1	Dale Apple
Keywords: 21st century poetry, American poetry, poetry, point of view
“Make it New”: New and Unique Approaches to Teaching Poetry in the Secondary Classroom	Tara Ann Carter
Keywords: American Literature, figurative language, poetry, significance, symbolism
The Art of the Poem in Poems of Art: Using Visuals and Close Readings to Aid Creative Writing	Sydney Hunt Coffin
Keywords: Art, Creative Writing, modern art, poetry
Enhancing Beginning Reading Skills Through Poetry	Pamela Elters
Keywords: literacy, poetry, reading skills, Shel Silverstein
The Ringing of Bells: Joyful Sounds of Poetry	Lynn Gourinski Fahr
Keywords: American Literature, listeining skills, poetry, writing skills
Poetry in the ESOL Classroom	Meg H. Flisek
Keywords: American poetry, childrens poetry, ESOL, poetry