Poetry and Human Rights: Words That Burn - Session 2

Session 2 - being me

In this session Dean Atta shows there are many ways to be a poet. After reading and discussing his poem I Come From, which raises interesting questions about identity, students collaborate to tell their own stories.

About Words that Burn

Words That Burn challenges you to take action for human rights through poetry.

Using this resource secondary schools can explore human rights through poetry, with 10 free educational resources designed to help students develop their own writing and performance style.

This is national project to explore and express human rights through poetry by Amnesty International in partnership with Cheltenham festivals.