Session 1: being heard
In session 1 talented spoken-word artists reveal their urge to write in a documentary which helps students explore the right to freedom of expression. Students then read thought provoking human rights poetry and create similes and metaphors for freedom.
With poems by Joe Coelho, Pat Parker, Walt Whitman, Elsa Wiezell, Grace Nichols, Sarah Crossan, Oscar Wilde, Martin Niemöller, Rachel Rooney
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 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.
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