Encourage your students to explore the ways that powerful and passionate words communicate the concepts of freedom, justice, discrimination, and the American Dream in Martin Luther King, Jr.?s “I Have a Dream” speech by paying attention to the details of King’s speech as they read and as they gather words to use in their own original poems.
Students will learn about the pain and injustice of segregation
In this lesson students will learn more about who MLK was, what many of his contributions to society were and why those contributions were important.
Each student will make a drawing of an event in the life of Martin Luther King Jr. Once completed, they can be quilted together and displayed in the hall to celebrate Black History Month.
Students will compare Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela