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Teaching The Negro Speaks of Rivers

The Negro Speaks of Rivers

"The Negro Speaks of Rivers" is a poem written by Langston Hughes in 1920.

Langston Hughes
Reprinted by permission of Harold Ober Associates. Copyright 2002 by Langston Hughes Estate.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

What might the rivers represent?
STANDARDS:

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

2,3
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