Poetry in the Content Areas
by Teachers and Students

GUIDE TO WRITING TOPICAL POEMS: Poem Builder

GEOGRAPHY/ECOLOGY
Penguin Tanka
The Seahorse
Ode to the Prairie Dog
I Am

CULTURE/TECHNOLOGY
Simple Machines: A Technology Poem Builder
Light: An Autobiography
A Sound Vocabulary Lesson
Technology Haiku
Technology, Technology
How has Transportation Changed Our Environment?
On the Move
To the Stars
Something Like or Unlike Me
AIDS: The War Inside Our Bodies
Swiss Jollyball Machine
Subs and U-Boats
How Is It True?
How Does Food Affect Our Bodies?

GOVERNMENT/SYSTEMS
A City of Many Shoulders
A Lonely Planet Ponders

ECONOMICS/DISCOVERIES
Money Makers