Hunter, W. (2018, January 16). The story behind the poem on the Statue of Liberty. The Atlantic.
This article gives context to Lazarus’s poem advocating for humanitarian aid towards immigrants in light of the political atmosphere during President Trump’s administration. The article contends that political figures who often-quote her poem get the message wrong, and it explains why.
Florida’s B.E.S.T. Standards – English Language Arts
- ELA.9.R.1.1 Reading Prose or Poetry – Literary Elements – Explain how key elements enhance or add layers of meaning and/or style in a literary text.
- ELA.9.R.1.2 Reading Prose or Poetry – Theme – Analyze universal themes and their development through a literary text.
- ELA.9.R.2.1 Reading Informational Text – Structure – Analyze how multiple text structures and/or features convey a purpose and/or meaning in texts.
- ELA.9.R.2.3 Reading Informational Text – Purpose and Perspective – Analyze how an author establishes and achieves purpose(s) through rhetorical appeals and/or figurative language.
Language Arts Florida Standards (LAFS)
- Strand: Reading Standards for Literature, Cluster 1: Key Ideas and Details – LAFS.910.RL.1.1 – Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
- Strand: Reading Standards for Literature, Cluster 1: Key Ideas and Details – LAFS.910.RL.1.2 – Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
- Strand: Reading Standards for Literature, Cluster 2: Craft and Structure – LAFS.910.RL.2.4 – Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).