Maya Angelou : Teacher Resource File

Welcome to the Internet School Library Media Center Maya Angelou page. You will find biography, bibliography, online etexts and lesson plans here. The ISLMC is a preview site for librarians, teachers, parents and students. You can search this site, use an index or sitemap. Updated 10/20/01

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Biography
Maya Angelou Official Web Site

Biography; Booklist; video clip of

Oprah Winfrey's interview
Maya Angelou

Biography from African American Literature Book Club;

reviews; her inaugural poem, more
Maya Angelou

Biobraphy, bibliography. From Voices from the Gaps
Maya Angelou

Biography; teaching resources; picture. Great site for teachers.
An Interview with Maya Angelou by David Frost
Maya Angelou - A Look Into

Discussion forum; biography. From Empire:ZINE

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Bibliography
Maya Angelou: An Annotated Bibliography Includes print & nonprint
Maya Angelou - Criticism

Bibliography of critical sources by Jay Brandes

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E-texts
"A Brave and Startling Truth"

E-text of poem in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations;

from Inspiration Peak
"The Black Family Pledge"

Etext of the Kwanzaa poem; from Watoto World
"Lift Every Voice and Sing"

Etext of "The Negro National Anthem" by James Weldon Johnson
"Sympathy"

By Paul Lawrence Dunbar; from Poem of the Week

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Unit/Lesson Plans
Amazing Grace

Unit Plan. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Grades 7-8.

By Ruth Wilson. From Yale New Haven Lesson Plans
A Middle School Approach to Black Literature: An Introduction to Dunbar, Johnson, Hughes, and Angelou

Unit Plan. By Ivory Erkerd. From Yale New Haven Lesson Plans
Steps toward Writing Poetry

Unit Plan. Grades 4-6. Just Give Me a Cool Drink of

Water 'fore I Diiie By Pearl Mitchel. Yale New Haven Lesson Plans
Magic, Sass, and Rage

Unit Plan. 9th grade. By Bill Coden. From Yale New Haven Lesson Plans
Autobiography: Maya Angelou

Unit Plan. Grades 10-12. By Anna Bartow. From Yale New Haven Lesson Plans
High School Arts: Dance for Literature and Film

Unit plan. By Cheree Knight. High School. Uses Angelou's poetry.

From Yale-New Haven Lesson Plans
How the African-American Storyteller Impacts the Black Family and Society

Unit plan by Barbara P. Moss. Black folktales, Afro-American folktales

for Grade 6. From Yale New Haven Lesson Plans
Pathways to the Creative Imagination: "Creative Writing 101"

Unit plan by Gerene Freeman. Afro-American Literature. Grades 9 - 12.

From Yale New Haven Lesson Plans
'poetry' for "special" Students

Special education, language arts, grades 7-12. by

Victoria Mallison. From Yale-New Haven
Black Birds of Promise Who Defy The Odds of Gods and Sing Their Songs

Unit for middle school students with learning disabilities and

some social emotional problems. By Celeste Y. Davis. From Yale

New Haven Lesson Plans

ERIC Resources

For abstracts, please search AskERIC directly.

Maya Angelou. ERIC Resources

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