Emma's Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty (Jane Addams Award Book (Awards))

Type

Book

Authors

Linda Glaser

ISBN 10

0547171846

ISBN 13

9780547171845

Tags

Exploration & Discovery, 1800s, Poetry, Judaism, Art, Literary, Multicultural, Political, Social Activists, Religious, United States, Multicultural Stories, Sociology, Emigrants & Immigrants, History

Description

Give me your tired, your poorYour huddled masses yearning to breathe free...Who wrote these words? And why? In 1883, Emma Lazarus, deeply moved by an influx of immigrants from Eastern Europe, wrote a sonnet that was to give voice to the Statue of Liberty. Originally a gift from France to celebrate our shared national struggles for liberty, the Statue, thanks to Emma's poem, slowly came to shape our hearts, defining us as a nation that welcomes and gives refuge to those who come to our shores. This title has been selected as a Common Core Text Exemplar (Grades 4-5, Poetry) - from Amzon

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