A complete unit that teaches students about the feminist, marxist, postcolonial and cultural theoretical lenses. Leads to a presentation and critical essay outcome where students work in groups to analyse poems with different lenses. Designed and taught successfully to a top set S3.

Texts students study:

• Still I Rise, Maya Angelou
• Rong Radio Station, Benjamin Zephaniah
• Soft Hearted Sioux, Zitkala-Sa
• Shooting an Elephant, George Orwell

Final poems for essay and presentation:

• Mother to Son, Langston Hughes
• Checking Out Me History, John Agard

Includes:

• 217 lesson slides
• Poetry analysis worksheets for students to complete independent analysis
• Questions to apply for each lens
• Critical Essay plan to prompt deep analysis
• Vocabulary tasks to understand Native American culture
• An RUAE on Residential Schools in America and Canada