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
Download the text of all the poems
Download Writing and Visual Literacy Activities
VIEW THE EXHIBIT THAT INSPIRED THESE STUDENT POEMS
A History of Walls: The Borders We Build
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Listen to a KXCI Radio interview with project managers Lisa Falk and Marge Pellegrino (28 min 16 sec)
Listen to a segment of Arizona Spotlight from Arizona Public Media, featuring this project
This program was possible With support from Arizona Humanities.
