Seminar Schools

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.

Open resource on poets.org

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