We're sharing this project from our friends over at the Arizona State Museum, who carried it out in collaboration with Tucson high school students & teachers:

In spring 2021, students at Pueblo High School and City High School in Tucson, Arizona wrote these poems at the end of a six-session workshop exploring walls and borders in association with the exhibit A History of Walls: The Borders We Build.

A traveling exhibit featured at ASM in 2020, A History of Walls: The Borders We Build, serves as the foundation and springboard for this exploration. These writing prompts and activities will help you explore ideas and information about border walls with your students.

        Read and listen to the poem by Taylor Cleland's class, Pueblo High School

          Read and listen to the poem by Caroline Fioramonte's class, Pueblo High School

          Read and listen to the poem by Annie Holub's class, City High School

Visit the Arizona State Museum website to read the text of the poems, download writing and visual literacy activities, and learn about the exhibit that inspired the poems.