The Hill We Climb- Group Poetry

The Hill We Climb

​By: Amanda Gorman

Multiple Choice

Where did Amanda Gorman grow up?

• Los Angeles, CA

• Lancaster, CA

• Oakland, CA

• Washington, D.C

Multiple Select

What kind of disability does Amanda have?

• speech

• visual

• auditory

• cognitive

Multiple Choice

Which University did Amanda graduate from?

• Yale University

• Brown University

• Harvard University

• Stanford University

Multiple Choice

Amanda became the first _____________

• African American to recite a poem at an Presidential Inauguration

• Woman with a disability to recite a poem in public.

• to win the title of National Youth Poet Laureate

Multiple Choice

What does Amanda plan to do in 2036?

• Write a book

• Win another poetry contest

• run for president

• become the first African American vice president

Multiple Choice

Amanda's recitation at the Presidential Inauguration is a historical event because.....

• She was the first woman to recite a poem at a Presidential Inauguration

• She was the first person of color to recite a poem at a Presidential Inauguration

• She was the youngest person to recite a poem at a Presidential Inauguration

_{Listen to Amanda Gorman's Inaugural poem "The Hill We Climb"}

Multiple Choice

What is the name of Amanda's Poem?

• Be the Light

• The Hill We Climb

• Democracy Undefeated

• Brave Enough

Look at the tittle of the poem "The Hill We Climb". Turn to your partner and discuss what do think the word "Hill" means in the title's poem? ​

Open Ended

What do you think are some hills (challenges) we still face as a nation?

What do you think Amanda meant by the phrase “quiet isn’t always peace” Turn to your partner and discuss what do think “quiet isn’t always peace" means.

Open Ended

Can you think of some times when things have quiet but not peaceful?

Re-read this excerpt from the poem:

​We’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace

And the norms and notions

of what just is

Isn’t always just-ice

And yet the dawn is ours

before we knew it

Somehow we do it

Somehow we’ve weathered and witnessed

a nation that isn’t broken

but simply unfinished

We the successors of a country and a time

Where a skinny Black girl

descended from slaves and raised by a single mother

can dream of becoming president

only to find herself reciting for one​

How does Gorman describe herself in this part of the poem? Turn to your partner and discuss the ways Gorman describes herself here.

Open Ended

Which of her own identities does Gorman name in the poem excerpt?

Open Ended

Which identities do you feel represent you? Do you have any in common with Amanda Gorman?

Open Ended

Which identities do you feel represent you?