- Lesson Plans
Langston Hughes and Geography: A Poet in Time and Place
By Patricia Finn & Dr. Susan Key
Grades 9-12 / Estimated time: 40-50 minutes
Specific recommendation: AP United States History
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Constructing Found Poems
By Patricia Finn & Dr. Susan Key
Grades 6-8 / Estimated time: 20-30 minutes
Specific recommendation: 6th grade Language ArtsDefining Home in America in the 19th Century
By Patricia Finn & Dr. Susan Key
Grades 9-12 / Estimated time: 20-30 minutes
Specific recommendation: AP United States HistoryEmily Dickinson and Nature: Personifying the Seasons
By Patricia Finn & Dr. Susan Key
Grades 3-5 / Estimated time: 40 minutes
Specific recommendation: 3rd grade Language ArtsEmily Dickinson and the Power of Punctuation
By Patricia Finn & Dr. Susan Key
Grades 6-8 / Estimated time: 20-25 minutes
Specific recommendation: 7th grade Language ArtsEmily Dickinson's Symbolism: Exploring Multiple Meanings
By Patricia Finn & Dr. Susan Key
Grades 9-12 / Estimated time: 40 minutes
Specific recommendation: 11th grade Language ArtsExperiencing the Battle of Bunker Hill through Music
By Patricia Finn & Dr. Susan Key
Grades 9-12 / Estimated time: 40-50 minutes
Specific Recommendation: 11th grade Social Studies/American HistoryExploring Point of View with Classic American Song
By Patricia Finn & Dr. Susan Key
Grades 3-5 / Estimated time: 40 minutes
Specific Recommendation: 5th grade Social Studies/Language ArtsLangston Hughes in the Jazz Age: Connecting to the Legacy of the Underground Railroad
By Patricia Finn & Dr. Susan Key
Grades 3-5 / Estimated time: 40-50 minutes
Specific recommendation: 4th grade Music/Language ArtsLangston Hughes: Poetry through the Senses
By Patricia Finn & Dr. Susan Key
Grades 6-8 / Estimated time: 20-25 minutes
Specific recommendation: 7th grade Language Arts/Social StudiesMusical Morale for General Sherman’s Army
By Patricia Finn & Dr. Susan Key
Grades 6-8 / Estimated time: 30-40 minutes
Specific recommendation: 8th grade Social Studies [Civil War]Persuasive Writing in Pioneer Songs
By Patricia Finn & Dr. Susan Key
Grades 3-5 / Estimated time: 40 minutes
Specific recommendation: 4th grade Language ArtsThe Sounds of Whitman's Memories
By Patricia Finn & Dr. Susan Key
Grades 9-12 / Estimated time: 45-50 minutes
Specific recommendation: Honors-level English, 10th/11th gradeTwo Tones in Whitman's "We Two"
By Patricia Finn & Dr. Susan Key
Grades 3-5 / Estimated time: 20-30 minutes
Specific recommendation: 4th or 5th grade Language ArtsWalt Whitman and Music: Melody and Metaphor
By Patricia Finn & Dr. Susan Key
Grades 6-8 / Estimated time: 20-25 minutes
Specific recommendation: 6th-8th grade Language Arts