Langston Hughes: Poetry through the Senses

Analyse the use of the senses in “Daybreak in Alabama”

By: Patricia Finn & Dr. Susan Key
Estimated Time: 20 - 25 Minutes
Specific Reccomendation: 7th grade Language Arts/Social Studies

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Lesson Details

Goals/Objectives:

  • Identify and categorize lines of poetry in “Daybreak in Alabama” based on three senses [sight, touch, smell]
  • Identify particular sounds and elements of music in “Daybreak in Alabama”

Common Core Standard:

  • RL.7.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text

Additional materials: “Daybreak in Alabama” worksheet

Poets & Writers

Hughes

Langston Hughes

Composers

Stone

John Stone

Songs

Daybreak in Alabama

Song Collection

John Stone

Langston Hughes

Daybreak in Alabama

John Stone

Langston Hughes

Song Collection: Daybreak in Alabama

Related Information

Song of America Radio Program 12: Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance

Langston Hughes, one of America’s great poets, gave jubilant voice to the lives of African Americans. His poetry has inspired settings by dozens of composers; we hear some of that music and learn about the world that inspired him.

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Handout

Basic Musical Elements

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Worksheet

"Daybreak in Alabama"

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Artists, Movements, and Ideas

The Harlem Renaissance

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