Find poems for kids and teens, lesson plans, essays, and more.
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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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.
Every National Poetry Month we present Dear Poet, a multimedia education project that invites you
To celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month in September and October—and all year long—browse t
Read a selection of poems about school, learning, and the classroom by poets like Catherine Barnett, Eamon Grennan, Brenda Hillman, and more.
Bring poems into the classroom with these lesson plans, which are especially suited to introducin
The following poems are about the autumn season by poets like Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Brenda Hillman, Edward Hirsch, Amy Lowell, and more.
As teachers across the country embark on a new school year, we share a lesson developed by poet and educator Javan Howard, who le
Join Education Ambassador Richard Blanco and Educator in Residence Dr. Madeleine Holzer in this brief video guide to learn about Teach this Poem, which uses primary sources from the Library of Congress to aid educators in teaching poetry.
Every National Poetry Month we present Dear Poet, a multimedia education project that invites young people in grades five through twelve to write letters in response to poems written and read by award-winning poets.
The submission period for Dear Poet 2024 was from January 11 to April 22, 2024.
