A Writing Across the Curriculum Lesson from HistoryFix
Historical Topic: Civil Rights Movement Students Write: diamond-shaped poem

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I Have a Dream

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Three Elementary Student Example Poems:

Free at last!
by Chase, fifth grade writer

American
Black Men
Free at Last
Emancipation Proclamation Discrimination Nation
Free At Last
White Men
Freedom

Martin’s Words of History
by Keara, fifth grade writer

Discrimination
Suffering Slaves
Segregation White’s Negro
Protest Captivity Rights Brotherhood
Dream Freedom Equal
Magnificent Faith
Freedom

Freedom
by James, fifth grade writer

Freedom
Black man
white man free
At last free together
Forever this time
Free at
LAST!

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