Teacher Guide

Citizen: An American Lyric Lesson Plan

Study Objectives

If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:

  1. 1

    Students will be able to understand the layers of argument within the poetry.

  2. 2

    Students will be able to make connections between contemporary and historical events and the text.

  3. 3

    Students will be able to write narrative, argumentative, and descriptive pieces in response to the text.

  4. 4

    Students will be able to create multimodal works in response to a multimodal text.

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