This document outlines a creative thinkers project for a poetry group called The Guerrilla Artists. As members, students will use their voices through poetry to bring about positive change and give voice to the oppressed. They will produce 3 products over the course of the project: 1) An original protest poem exploring if voices can create change, compiled in an eBook audio book. 2) A performance poem on a specific issue written with a group. 3) A selected protest poem analyzed in writing along with a persuasive speech on the issue presented for competition. Students can earn extra points for positive contributions on the online platform.

1. Creative ThinkersProject
Can people use their voices to bring about
positive change?
You are living in a time where injustice is evident in every country in
the world. As a sensitive, critical and creative young individual, you
have decided to become a member of a poetry group called The
Guerrilla Artists. As a member of this artistic collective you give a
voice to the socially, spiritually, politically and physically oppressed.
Your words are your weapons.
PRODUCT 1:(DueThursday, Week 4)
Research, design and produce an original poem based on the work of protests poets
from Australia and around the world. Your poem will reflect your answer to the
question: Can people use their voices to bring about positive change?This poem will
be composed with the help and feedback of your co-poets from The Guerrilla Artists.
The group will compile an eBook of these poems. The working title is "Poems for the
Silenced."
You will compile your eBook into an audio book.
Presentation: This compilation will be shared with family and friends via the
internet. Selected poems will be read at our Performance Poetry Evening.
PRODUCT 2:(Due Thursday, Week 6)
Art requires passion. Passion ignites conflict. You and a group of co-poets have
created a break-away poetry group to explore a specific issue. As a group you will
write a performance poem on this issue.
Resource: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performance_poetry
Presentation: Your group willperform your poem in front of an audience including
family, friends and poetry experts at our Performance Poetry Evening.

2. PRODUCT 3:(Due Thursday, Week 9)
As a member of The Guerrilla Artists you acknowledge that poetry is a powerful
medium, but often words must take a new form to make an impact. In class we will
study moving protest poems about issues that are significant to us all as rational,
emotional humans. As an individual you are to select one of the poems studied in
class, write two STEEL paragraphs about it, research the issue being protested and
then write a persuasive speech about this issue.
Presentation: A collection of all pieces (poem, STEEL paragraphs and persuasive
speech) will be included in an ePortfolio and shared with the class via edmodo. Your
persuasive speech will be presented to your peers. The top three speeches will
compete in the Davidson High School SPEAK UP! Public Speaking Competition.
NOTE:
You can gain additional POINTS for being a good digital citizen - helping others,
offering new information and ideas via edmodo. This will be assessed at the end of
the project - and could make a real difference.
SPEAK UP!