Still I Rise Teaching PowerPoint

Bring Maya Angelou’s iconic poem "Still I Rise" to life in your classroom with this fully prepared, comprehensive PowerPoint. Designed specifically for English literature educators, this resource provides an engaging, ready-to-teach 1-hour lesson that guides students through a detailed line-by-line breakdown and thematic analysis of the text.

What does this lesson cover?

Who Maya Angelou was

A video reading of the poem by Maya Angelou

Think-pair-share questions on each stanza

Annotated copy of the poem

Exploration of her thematic ideas

How can this resource help you?

Zero Prep Needed: Download, open, and start teaching immediately.

Accompanying analytical video: use the Stream English analysis to support your own subject knowledge or as a flipped learning / post-lesson revision resource

Thorough, high-level coverage of the poem