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In this activity, students focus on a key line in the poem to make connections to the poem’s speaker and the theme of Identity.
Angelou’s speaker declares, “I am the dream and the hope of the slave” (Line 40). Whose dream or hope are you? Your family, your culture or ethnicity, your religion, your gender, your coach or teacher, or something or someone else?
Differentiation Suggestion: Students who might benefit from auditory strategies might consider creating a musical collage using free software.
By Maya Angelou
A Brave And Startling Truth
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All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes
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A Song Flung Up to Heaven
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Caged Bird
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Gather Together in My Name
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I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
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Letter to My Daughter
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Mom & Me & Mom
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Mother, A Cradle to Hold Me
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On the Pulse of Morning
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Phenomenal Woman
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The Heart of a Woman
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The Lesson
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