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View this email on a browser Forward to a friend December 2017 Poems of Hope and Protest   Rosa Parks began the the Montgomery Bus Boycott on December 1, 1955. Honor her courage, and the Civil Rights Movement, with these poems about resistance and change:   "Praise Song for the Day" by Elizabeth Alexander "John Henry crosses the threshold—" by Samiya Bashir "I, Too" by Langston Hughes "Calling on All Silent Minorities" by June Jordan "Frederick Douglass" by Robert Hayden "Making History" by Marilyn Nelson "Protest" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Incredible Bridges: "from Citizen, VI [On the train the woman standing]" by Claudia Rankine   This lesson plan, which explores the persistence of racism and discrimination in America, features a video of Claudia Rankine reading her work. Read 150+ lesson plans. Browse 25+ themed lists of poems for kids. Find poetry readings and events near you. Poems and Lesson Plans for the Holiday Season   Find poems about winter and poems about the holidays to read and to share. Then, bring holiday cheer into the classroom with lesson plans featuring poems about snow, the winter solstice, and the holidays, including Emily Dickinson's "Winter is good - his Hoar Delights (1316)."  Alphabet Zwoop   A perfect little gift—for the holidays or a classroom—Alphabet Zwoop sends frisky animals romping through the alphabet in a collection of "poemlets" for children, written by our ​very ​own educator-in-residence, Madeleine Fuchs Holzer, and illustrated by Amy Bouchard. Proceeds support the Academy of American Poets programs. Reserve your free National Poetry Month poster!   Sign up now and be the first to receive next year's National Poetry Month poster. We'll begin sending posters in January 2018. Lesson Plan: From Light to Dark and Back Poems for Human Rights Day E. E. Cummings's Christmas Card Poetry in the Classroom Calendar   Feature poetry in the classroom year-round with the help of this free, downloadable calendar, which offers poems, lesson plans, and other resources related to specific days, months, and seasons. Teach This Poem   Produced for K-12 educators, this weekly email features a poem alongside interdisciplinary resources and activities designed to help teachers quickly and easily bring poetry into the classroom. Sponsored Content   Study in Kyoto with Spalding's Top-10 low-residency MFA   Spalding's affordable low-residency MFA offers fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, playwriting, screenwriting, children & YA in a nurturing community. Choose your own pace of study. Kyoto residency July 12-23, 2018; Louisville residencies in May and November. Apply by February 1.  spalding.edu/mfa Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038