Immigration literature project - The New Colossus

The New Colossus

Immigration literature project

Poetry I

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This lesson contains 14 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 3 videos.

Lesson duration is: 40 min

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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?

Mount Rushmore

Statue of Liberty

Empire State Building

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

What is the second part of the poem about?

Slide 10 - Open question

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

Slide 11 - Open question

Slide 12 - Video

Write down 1 thing you have learned from this lesson.

Slide 13 - Open question

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

Slide 14 - Open question