Student Activities: Hardship and Hope: Teaching Amanda Gorman’s “New Day’s Lyric” | Facing History & Ourselves
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Student Activities: Hardship and Hope: Teaching Amanda Gorman’s “New Day’s Lyric”

These student-facing slides invite students to analyze Amanda Gorman’s poem “New Day’s Lyric” and create a class poem about hope and collective action during challenging times.

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  • English & Language Arts

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English — US

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