WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, Maya Angelou: Her Life and Poem, "Still I Rise." The poem appeals to everyone and you will find many ways to make connections with your students. Great to use as a pre-reading exercise to introduce civil rights, Women's History Month, Black History Month, National Poetry Month, Poetic Devices, American Literature, Social Studies, the 1960's, figurative language, hyperbole, repetition, rhetorical question, metaphor, simile, rhyme, word cloud, expressiveness.
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