Session 8 - power

Throughout history, words and poetry have been used to challenge, protest and inspire change. In this session students watch Inja perform his poem Freedom and explore poems about race and privilege before creating their own protest poems.

About Words that Burn

Words That Burn challenges you to take action for human rights through poetry.

Using this resource secondary schools can explore human rights through poetry, with 10 free educational resources designed to help students develop their own writing and performance style.

This is national project to explore and express human rights through poetry by Amnesty International in partnership with Cheltenham festivals.