Immigration literature project - The New Colossus

The New Colossus
Immigration literature project
Poetry I
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This lesson contains 17 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 3 videos.

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The New Colossus
Immigration literature project
Poetry I

Slide 1 - Slide

Slide 2 - Video

Which famous American landmark is the subject of this poem?
A
Mount Rushmore
B
Statue of Liberty
C
Empire State Building
D
Golden Gate Bridge

Slide 3 - Quiz

About the writer
- Written by American Jewish poet Emma Lazarus
- Immigration activist
- Written in 1883 to help raise money for the Statue of Liberty's pedestal
- Mounted to the pedestal in 1903

Slide 4 - Slide

Slide 5 - Video

Slide 6 - Slide

Colossus of Rhodes
Statue of Liberty
Male
Female
New York City
Ancient Greece
Military victory
Gift from France
Protector of visitors
Warning to visitors

Slide 7 - Drag question

Sonnet
- 14 lines
- Two parts: octave and sestet
- Shift between the first and second part

Slide 8 - Slide

What is the first part of the poem about?

Slide 9 - Open question

First part of poem: 
  • describing the statue of liberty
  • comparison to old Greek statue: the colossus of Rhodes
  • contrasting the Greek statue (symbol of power and empire) to the statue of Liberty (symbol of maternal strength)

Slide 10 - Slide

What is the second part of the poem about?

Slide 11 - Open question

Second part of poem:
 the statue welcoming immigrants

Slide 12 - Slide

What is the shift between the two parts? What changes in the poem?

Slide 13 - Open question

It shifts from describing the statue, to the welcoming of refugees.

Slide 14 - Slide

Slide 15 - Video

Write down 1 thing you have learned from this lesson.

Slide 16 - Open question

Write down 1 question you might still have after this lesson.

Slide 17 - Open question