African American Poets and the Alabama Virtual Library

1. African American Poets and the Alabama Virtual Library An introduction to Databases on the AVL and Great African American Poets

2. Introduction • April is National Poetry Month. • Your English class has been studying poetry. • The Alabama Virtual Library (AVL) is a wonderful source for examining poets and poetry.

3. Objectives • You will • demonstrate the ability to locate, analyze, and comprehend information using AVL databases. • use online information to answer questions about African American poets. • design a report to present to the class highlighting the African American poet studied.

4. www.avl.lib.al.us • Click Campus & Library • Scroll down and click Middle School • Click on Poem Finder Database • Click on Table of Contents • Scroll down and click on Authors • Click on letter of alphabet which coincides with first letter of author’s last name • Scroll down, locate your African American poet and click on his name

5. You’re ready!