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Teaching Let America Be America Again

Let America Be America Again

"Let America Be America Again" is a poem written in 1935 by American poet Langston Hughes. It was originally published in the July 1936 issue of Esquire Magazine.

Langston Hughes
Reprinted by permission of Harold Ober Associates. Copyright 1994 by the Langston Hughes Estate

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

What is the speaker's perspective of the American dream?
STANDARDS:

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

2,3
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