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Poetry

Within Literature
ASL
Color illustration of 3 children walking through an outdoor market, pushing a red wagon with a potted plant. Caption. Sound of birds chirping.
8 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
Word cut out from different print sources, arranged in phrases. Spanish captions.
Artists Of Science (Spanish)
Episode 1
24 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Color illustration of 2 children on a small blue bike pulling a red wagon with another child in it. Title card reads, "Breathe and Be."
13 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Digital illustration of a girl holding a shepherd's crook and looking out over rolling green hills.
2 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Digital illustration of a girl holding a shepherd's crook and looking out over rolling green hills.
2 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
ASL
Man wearing glasses speaks to camera, gesturing forward with his hands, against a black background.
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
Episode 5
2 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Illustration of John Keats’s profile. Text reads, “John Keats. Poet.”
Famous Authors
Episode 15
33 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
View of a large, old, white home. Text reads, “Percy Bysshe Shelley. Poet. 1792-1822.”
Famous Authors
Episode 20
36 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white portrait of W.B. Yeats with a cross-shaped tombstone next to it. Text reads, “W.B. Yeats. Poet. 1865-1939.”
Famous Authors
Episode 26
33 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Man gestures in sign language on stage, touching thumbs together, hands flat and pointing in either direction. Caption. A butterfly in South America.
1 hours 10 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: All
Male performer on stage reaches 1 hand out in front while lunging back slightly, as if he is doing a pantomime act. Caption. Eyes the runner leading off first base.
57 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: All
Black poet, Margaret Walker, writing on a chalkboard. Caption. Narrator. Walker began teaching in 1942 after receiving.
27 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Still image from: Great African American Authors: Extended Interviews With Joanne V. Gabbin, Ph.D (Part Two)
Great African American Authors: Extended Interviews
Episode 4
32 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Interview with Black woman wearing a brown jacket and white blouse against a bookshelf backdrop. Caption. Is a story that shows the sort of strength that he had.
Great African American Authors
Episode 8
27 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Leatherbound library books on shelves. A text overlay reads, "Twentieth Century Poets and Playwrights."
Great Authors Of The British Isles
Season 0 / Ep 9
28 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Royal portrait painting of Charles the second. He's wearing his coronation robes, with a red velvet waistcoat, white and black ermine cape, and crown jewels. Caption. Of the monarchy and the return of Charles the second.
Great Authors Of The British Isles
Season 0 / Ep 3
29 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Low high shot of the ruins of a stone cathedral with towers and arched windows. Caption. The Anglo-Saxons brought their rich Germanic language.
Great Authors Of The British Isles
Season 0 / Ep 1
27 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Renaissance painting of a man looking through an ornate telescope on a gold table stand as 1 man holds it steady at its base. Caption. The Renaissance produced men who excelled in these areas.
Great Authors Of The British Isles
Season 0 / Ep 2
26 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Outdoor bronze statue of a man sitting and holding a pencil. Text reads, “Great Poets of the World. English-language Poets 1831 - 1894.”
Great Poets of the World
Episode 5
28 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Outdoor bronze statue of a man sitting and holding a pencil. Text reads, “Great Poets of the World. English-language Poets 1895 - 1922.”
Great Poets of the World
Episode 6
26 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Outdoor bronze statue of a man sitting and holding a pencil. Text reads, “Great Poets of the World. English-language Poets 1923 - present.”
Great Poets of the World
Episode 7
27 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Outdoor bronze statue of a man sitting and holding a pencil. Text reads, “Great Poets of the World. English-language Poets Eighth Century A.D. - 1830 .”
Great Poets of the World
Episode 4
28 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Outdoor bronze statue of a man sitting and holding a pencil. Text reads, “Great Poets of the World. Poets of the European Continent.”
Great Poets of the World
Episode 3
29 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Outdoor bronze statue of a man sitting and holding a pencil. Text reads, “Great Poets of the World. Poets of the Middle East and Asia.”
Great Poets of the World
Episode 8
28 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Outdoor bronze statue of a man sitting and holding a pencil. Text reads, “Great Poets of the World. Spanish-Language Poets.”
Great Poets of the World
Episode 2
28 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: How Poetry Can Heal: Poet and Artist Januarie York
11 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Color illustration of closeup handshake between 2 arms in wide blue sleeves. Spanish caption. Tu voz de niña en mi oído como una campana nueva.
Kool Books (Spanish)
Episode 51
11 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 5
Painting of a heart surrounding 2 girls as they embrace with tears on their cheeks. Spanish caption. Y en un abrazo delirante.
Kool Books (Spanish)
Episode 75
13 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 5
Young Langston Hughes wearing a plaid shirt, orange paisley tie, and brown suspenders looks out with a neutral expression.
1 hour 0 minutes
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Seated man using sign language, touching 1 finger to an open palm. Caption. What is my purpose here on earth?
52 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
ASL
Color illustration. Man carrying chest, teenage girl carrying satchels and girl carrying loaf of bread. Caption. I am Lesley Frost, and at 15, I am the oldest child.
14 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
ASL
Slide shows an open book and reflects on a blue background behind text that reads, "Poetry for Kids."
9 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
Wide shot of a white religious building surrounded by a grass lawn and mature trees.
40 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white portrait of a young Robert Frost holding a hand against his cheek with 1 finger raised to his temple.
1 hour 0 minutes
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Robert Panara, professor and authority on deaf figures in literature, faces camera and uses sign language. Caption. We have almost 1,000 deaf students.
28 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Sepia toned photo of a senior Black man and 4 women from mid-1990s. Caption. My grandmother is a very territorial woman.
29 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Blonde and tanned Sylvia Plath smiling and posing on a white sandy beach in a white bathing suit .
1 hour 0 minutes
Grade Level: 11 - 12
Closeup of text, some faded and some bold. Bold text reads, "Everything suddenly honks. It is 12, 40 of a Thursday. Neon in daylight is a."
The Art Assignment
Season 6 / Ep 17
15 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Color illustration. Man wearing a sleeping cap and pajamas peers out the window at Santa's sleigh flying over a snowy landscape. Caption. I knew it must be Saint Nick.
5 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Woman smiles and holds up a hand to gesture in sign language. Caption. Most of the following poems were created in A, S, L.
49 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
A man in a blue sweater and light trousers does sign language towards the camera. Caption. I sheepishly went back to my seat.
53 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
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