I too, Sing America

This year the poetry unit looks a little different. Instead of going over a random smattering of poems from the textbook, the sophomore teachers revamped the selection to focus on "man vs. society" a major concept in the curriculum. Stereotypes in categories of gender, race and social class run rampant in poetry. One poem we looked at as a class is "I too, Sing America" by Langston Hughes - an itty bitty poem that packs a punch. Here is a video made based on the poem that shows the power of using images, music and words.