Students understand, analyze, and interpret historical events, conditions, trends and issues to develop a historical perspective.
Students will understand the following:
1. Dr. Martin Luther King was a strong advocate of nonviolent protest and fought for civil rights for all Americans with an eloquence that can be found in speeches such as his famous ?I Have a Dream? speech.
2. Throughout U.S. history, certain groups of people have been discriminated against for characteristics as superficial as the color of their skin. That racism still exists despite the passage of laws that make it illegal.
3. Stereotypes can lead people to make unfair judgments about individuals and groups.
4. Segregation is hurtful and unfair to those discriminated against.
Students will:
Read and analyze a text closely for the underlying concepts and ideas.
Identify rhetorically significant words, words which bring passion to a text.
Be introduced to the genre of diamante.
Explore the relationship between the structure and meaning of a poem.
Draw conclusions about the ways a writer’s choices play a role in writing.
Students will
read (or listen to stories) about Dr. King’s life and think about their own impact on the future.
identify the different meanings of the word “big” as it relates to the idea of “big words.”
analyze sample quotations for “big” words.
think reflectively about personal dreams and ideas and create a list of their own “big words” either originally or as a found poem.
Students will review Dr. King’s life.
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