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22 Teacher Favorites: Poems for Social Justice
Poetry is one of my favorite vehicles to have these critical thinking discussions about social justice. The voices in poetry are so raw, real, and products of the moments from which they came. This list of 22 came from talking to teachers online about their favorites to use in the classroom, as well as my own experience teaching poetry and creative writing.
"Being Human" : A Lesson for Writer's Workshop
In between the first bout and the final found, Mrs. Deleon and I had the pleasure of sitting in on a writing workshop with one of our favorite Chicago poets, Adam Gottlieb. Adam is a former LTAB competitor and, quite possibly, Deleon's long lost hippie-child :-). He brought us a gorgeous poem from the duo Climbing Poetree called "Being Human". My brain is spinning with ideas for using this poem in class, but below is how Adam shared it with us.
