Homer 2 Hip Hop Program Structure

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• 16-session in-school residencies at our 4 partner schools: P.S. 69, P.S. 11, I.S. 125, and I.S. 145

• Dedicated teaching artists specializing in poetry/spoken word/oral traditions, who introduce students in grades 3-8 to diverse, multilingual oral poetry traditions from around the world--including from students’ own cultural backgrounds--and guide them to create their own works in these forms;

• Students explore the connection between the written/spoken word and other arts, including visual arts, music, theater, and dance;

• Classroom visits by recognized poets practicing the different traditional and contemporary poetic forms;

• Training students in City Lore’s POEMobile software to project their words onto buildings and other outdoor and indoor built environments;

• A culminating poetry gathering where the young poets share their work before their peers and community members;

• A series of professional development workshops for our teacher-partners; 

• An evaluation study of 5 years of sequential learning conducted by Wolf Brown Associates; and

• A published and digital curriculum for educators on integrating poetry and oral traditions in the classroom.