Catalogued teaching resource
Teach This Poem: As I Grew Older by Langston Hughes (poets.org, with Ellington audio)
By Academy of American Poets
- Collection
- U.S. History & Primary Sources
- Subject
- English Language Arts
- Grades
- Grades 7-12
- Format
- Lesson Page
- Curriculum
- Curriculum alignment not recorded
- Publisher or host
- poets.org
- Source language
- English
Classroom fit
Includes Duke Ellington/Johnny Hodges audio integration of Weary Blues. Develops listening and cross-media analysis. In the fictional 1958 Harlem: bookworms might hear this music from a window on Lenox Avenue. Free.