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269 Whitman Lesson Plans

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Grade Range
9th - 12th
Rating
2 Stars

Students describe one aspect of Whitman's poetics in relation to I Hear America Singing, and make a comparison between Langston Hughes' goal in Let America Be America Again and Whitman's in I Hear America Singing. Full Review »

Grade Range
9th - 12th
Rating
5 Stars

Students examine Whitman's artistic practice. They compose poetry modeled on the poet's characteristic method of using the notebooks as a source of the personal experience and universal themes explored in his poems. Full Review »

Grade Range
4th - 8th
Rating
3 Stars

Students explore Walt Whitman and about poetry. Most importantly, it teach them that poetry is something anyone can write and encourage them to tell the story of their own community in verse Full Review »

Grade Range
9th - 12th
Rating
4 Stars

Students examine how Walt Whitman's poetry combines universal themes with personal experience and feeling. They read and evaluate poems by Walt Whitman, conduct Internet research, complete a chart, and compose an original poem. Full Review »

Grade Range
9th - 12th
Rating
3 Stars

Students read various poetic works of Walt Whitman and Langston Hughs. They discuss the effect of early photography as it relates to Whitman's poetry. Full Review »

Grade Range
9th - 12th
Rating
3 Stars

Students examine the Penny Press and how it began the era of mass circulated newspapers. They use the internet to research the writing style of the paper and write a short article using that style. Full Review »

Grade Range
4th - 5th
Rating
3 Stars

Students read and analyze Walt Whitman's poem, "Leaves of Grass." They compare/contrast Whitman's style to artist Takamori's style, and write an original poem about their childhood and fond memories. Full Review »

Grade Range
11th
Rating
3 Stars

Students view and read Internet sites relating to Walt Whitman and Allen Ginsberg. They answer questions comparing two pieces of literature to one another. They use a word processor in the computer lab to write the answers to their questions. Full Review »

Grade Range
9th - 12th
Rating
3 Stars

Students use guiding questions to provide context for the completing of various activities to research the poetry of Walt Whitman. The students take the knowledge of this lesson and use it in order to compose a personal poem. Full Review »

Grade Range
6th - 8th
Rating
3 Stars

Students read Adam Gopnik's "Olmsted's Trip" and Walt Whitman's "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry". They examine similarities between the works of Frederick Law Olmsted and Walt Whitman. Full Review »