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Civic Voice Situating the text in history. That well forever be tied together victorious.

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Weve seen a force that would shatter our nation Rather than share it Would destroy our country if it meant delaying democracy.

. Weve braved the belly of the beast Weve learned that quiet isnt always peace and the norms and notions of what just is isnt always just-ice. The poem celebrates the US. Not as a perfect union but as a country that has the grit to struggle with its all-too-real problems.

Its okay to have more than one word -- different parts of the poem might have different tones. Its the past we step into and how we repair it. The Hill We Climb Amanda Gorman Lesson 3 Fill out the Tone row of your graphic organizer using a word or a few words to describe the overall attitude of the speaker in each poem.

Let the globe if nothing else say this is true. We seek harm to none and harmony for all. Weve seen a force that would shatter our nation rather than share it.

Weve braved the belly of the beast weve learned that quiet isnt always peace and the norms and notions of what just is isnt always justice. That even as we hurt we hoped. If were to live up to our own time then victory wont lie in the blade but in all the bridges weve made.

The loss we carry a sea we must wade. The hill we climb If only we dare. Amanda Gorman wrote The Hill We Climb in part as a response to the storming of the Capitol on January 6 2021 when rioters charged the steps and broke into the halls of Congress.

From The Hill We Climb By Amanda Gorman And yes we are far from polished far from pristine but that doesnt mean we are striving to form a union that is perfect 5 - We are striving to forge a union with purpose To compose a country committed to all cultures colors characters and conditions of man And so we lift our. We will rise from the wind-swept Northeast where our forefathers first realized revolution. The Hill We Climb - Amanda Gorman When day comes we ask ourselves where can we find light in this never-ending shade.

Ask students to read the transcript of the poem number the lines there are 108 lines total and mark any words they need help defining. If were to live up to our own time. Weve learned that quiet isnt always peace and the norms and notions of what just is isnt always just-ice.

The Hill We Climb is a spoken word poem written by American poet Amanda Gorman and recited by her at the inauguration of Joe Biden in Washington DC. We close the divide because we know to put our future first 31. That even as we tired we tried.

Weve seen a force that would shatter our nation rather than share it. On January 20 2021. Amanda Gormans poem The Hill We Climb is a moving depiction of the United States as it was on the cusp of President Bidens inauguration in 2021.

We close the divide because we know to put our future first we must first put our differences aside. We lay down our arms 33. That even as we grieved we grew 38.

Its a slow and. Amanda Gorman wrote and performed The Hill We Climb to celebrate the 2021 inauguration of Joe Biden as 46th President of the United States. But in all the bridges weve made.

That is the promise to glade the hill we climb if only we dare. The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman Read her words as you listen and watch When day comes we ask ourselves where can we find light in this never-ending shade. And no one shall make them afraid.

Weve braved the belly of the beast. Let the globe if nothing else say this is true. Throughout The Hill We Climb readers will encounter allusions to contemporary society in the United States recent economic social and political issues all through the perspective of the poet herself.

We will rise from the gold-limbed hills of the West. We must first put our differences aside 32. That even as we grieved we grew.

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. Because being American is more than a pride we inherit Its the past we step into And how we repair it. Every breath from my bronze-pounded chest we will raise this wounded world into a wondrous one.

And yet the dawn is ours before we. That is the promise to glade the hill we climb if only we dare it because being American is more than a pride we inherit its the past we step into and how we repair it. We seek harm to none and harmony for all.

The Hill We Climb When day comes we ask ourselves where can we find light in this never-ending shade the loss we carry a sea we must wade. So we can reach out our arms 34. Not because we will never again know defeat.

That even as we hurt we hoped 39. The loss we carry a sea we must wade. We seek harm to none and harmony for all.

Then victory wont lie in the blade. The poem was written in the weeks following the 2020 United States presidential election with significant passages written on the night of January 6 2021 in. The hill we climb If only we dare Its because being American is more than a pride we inherit its the past we step into and how we repair it Weve seen a.

As we grieved we grew even as we hurt we hoped as we tired we tried pride we inherit that would shatter our nation rather than share it has its eyes on us such a terrifying hour we found the power our childrens birthright will not march back to what was move to what shall be from the sunbaked south new dawn blooms as we free it. At the inauguration of President Biden two weeks after. And yet the dawn is hours before we knew it somehow we do it somehow weve weathered and witnessed a nation that isnt broken but simply unfinished.

Let the globe if nothing else say this is true. So let us leave behind a country better than one we were left with. Its because being American is more than a pride we inherit.

That would destroy our country if it meant delaying democracy and this effort very nearly succeeded. And so we lift our gaze not to what stands between us but what stands before us. And yet the dawn is ours before we.

We lay down our arms so we can reach out our arms to one another. Progress the poem argues doesnt happen all at once. The Hill We Climb 4 AN OCCASIONAL POEM Activity 2.

Once you have done so complete the questions that follow. Watch a video of Amanda Gorman performing The Hill We Climb at President Bidens inauguration. We lay down our arms so we can reach out our arms to one another.

And yet the dawn is ours before we knew it somehow we do it.

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