Laura Hershey Poetry Lesson: “You Get Proud By Practicing”

Laura Hershey Poetry Lesson: “You Get Proud By Practicing” PDF

6th to 10th grade • English Language Arts (ELA)

Lesson summary:

Students will analyze Laura Hershey’s poem, “You Get Proud By Practicing.” A poet, author, and activist, Laura Hershey first published the poem in 1991. To better understand its context, students will learn about neuromuscular diseases, disability activism in the 1980s, and the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). Students will then analyze the poem for repetition and figurative language and understand what Hershey suggests it means to get proud. After discussing the poem, students will write and share their own poems about getting proud using those literary devices. 

Mapping the Travels of James Holman - Using a Political Map of the World

3rd grade • Geography, History, Map Skills

Mapping the Travels of James Holman - Using a Political Map of the World Lesson PDF

Summary:
NOTE - This lesson works best following a general introduction about using a Political World Map 

This lesson introduces students to James Holman, a blind world traveler and travel writer. He became the first blind person recognized for traveling around the world solo in 1832. He wrote extensively about his travels. Students will practice using a World Political Map to locate where he traveled. This exercise also demonstrates one way we can use maps to help us as we study history