Poems about Works of Art, Featuring Women and Other Marginalized Writers

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 18.02.05

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale and Objectives
  3. History of Segregation in Chicago
  4. Chicago Neighborhoods of Focus  
  5. Poetry About Works of Art, Ekphrastic Poetry
  6. Activism in Art
  7. Strategies that Create Transcending Poems and Authentic and Extensive Interpretations About Works of Art
  8. Poems in Action
  9. Classroom Activities
  10. Notes
  11. Teacher Resources
  12. Student Resources
  13. Appendix

Activism and Cultural Identity Through Works of Art in Chicago Neighborhoods

Laura Michelle Gillihan

Published September 2018

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Standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.1

Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.2

Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.3

Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.4

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.5

Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.6

Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.7

Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem)

Change, Continuity, and Context SS.H.1.5: Create and use a chronological sequence of related events to compare developments that happened at the same time

Causation and Argumentation SS.H.3.5: Explain probable causes and effects of events and developments in U.S. history.

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