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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 23: The Poetry of Jim Morrison

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson is designed to help students recognize how lyrics by the rock-poet Jim Morrison connect with themes from diverse and respected traditional works. While William Blake's influence on Morrison is often noted, this lesson focuses...
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 43: Screening Coleridge's Fantasies

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students are often hesitant to speak out with their own explications of literature, but usually have no qualms when asked to offer interpretations of popular musical lyrics. In fact, they seem quite eager to defend a lyrical explanation...
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PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: Rap as Lyrical Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is an excellent way to engage your students in the study of poetry; use rap! PBS provides the materials you will need. Students will examine central themes, hip hop culture, political, social and cultural events that may have...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Stairway to Heaven Examining Metaphor in Popular Music

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Contains plans for two lessons that ask students to make connections between literary texts and popular culture texts like song lyrics. After checking popular culture texts for literary elements, these elements are then examined in...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Sound and Sense of Langston Hughes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate poetry form as they research the life of Langston Hughes. They perform the lyrics of his poetry, participate in a distance learning program from Cleveland Institute of Music, and produce computer-generated brochures...