We’re excited to share our newest free lesson plans, created to accompany Her Beautiful Sound by Cris Eli Blak—a tender, music-infused play about grief, creativity, and the courage it takes to speak after loss.
At the center of the story is Nina, a thirteen-year-old navigating the sudden death of her father, a move to a new home, and the pressure of finding her place in an unfamiliar world. Through hip-hop, spoken word poetry, and intergenerational wisdom, the play explores how art can hold pain, memory, and hope all at once.
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What’s Inside the Free Lesson Plans?
Designed for flexible use in ELA, theatre, and humanities classrooms, these lesson plans help students engage emotionally and creatively with the play’s themes. Highlights include:
🎤 Pre- and Post-Reading Questions
Prompts that explore silence, voice, grief, and the power of self-expression.
🧍 Character & Relationship Analysis
Activities that examine how Nina, her mother, her grandmother, and her father each experience loss differently.
🎶 Cultural & Artistic Context
Mini-research projects on spoken word poetry, hip-hop as storytelling, and intergenerational knowledge.
🎨 Creative Activities Across Modalities
Spoken word writing, sound design, visual art, and production concepts that center student voice.
📚 Assessment Options with Choice
From analytical essays to performance-based projects, students can show understanding in multiple ways.
Bring Her Beautiful Sound into Your Classroom
Whether you’re teaching poetry, exploring grief through drama, or centering student voice, this play offers a powerful entry point. Download the free lesson plans and invite students to consider a question at the heart of the story: What is your beautiful sound—and when are you ready to let others hear it?