Martin+Luther+KIng's+Dream

I HAVE A DREAM August 28, 1963 **It’s been called the greatest speech in history – period. The words that Martin Luther King Jr. exclaimed in the nation’s capital in August of 1963 still ring in the ears of Americans. But what exactly did he actually say? What was his dream? Listen to the excerpts from Dr. King’s speech and summarize and illustrate each on the Power Point file. **

Click on the [|Dream template.pptx]. With your group, enter your first names, and be prepared to analyze the words of King. For each segment (8 total), you will be summarizing it in your own words and selecting images (clip art, not historic) to illustrated the main ideas of what King was conveying on that hot summer day.

Once you are done, you will be embedding your illustrated "Dream" speech into your online notebook on a new page. To do so, you have a few options ...
 * Upload the finished file to your Google docs account, save it, and then get the embed code using "Share" on the top right of the screen.
 * Upload the file to voicethread ( [], and you will want to start an account), save it as a voicethread, make it "public" and embed it.
 * Use a PowerPoint to flash converter online, save the file as an .swf file, and upload it to your wiki.

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Once you have finished uploading it, copy and paste the following exercises onto your "Dream" page and complete them using the resources provided.

THE MARCH

** Read the [|last paragraph from ABC-CLIO]and the second paragraph from [|CORE's discussion of the March] to answer the question below: **

**What was the impact of the March on Washington?** ** AFTER ** It made the government realize that they had to act quickly to end this problem. It also made civil rights fighters seem more powerful.

**If we didn't get to it in class, watch [|16th Street] to see what happened right after the March.**

KING

** Read the essay from [|**TIME 100 - Martin Luther King**] **. As you do, respond to the following questions:

**Why does the author feel that whites owe King the greatest debt?** The author believes that King has been under appreciated for all that he did for the African American population. The author believes that King does not get enough recognition for his doings. He also believes that King helped get rid of the issue of judging by race in the American society and we don't give him credit for it. **Was King "the right man at the right time"?** I think King was the right man at the right time because he got America thinking about racism.

**Would King be upset with the current use of his most often quoted line? Why or why not?** Yes because it is too over the top for him. It was not what he meant to use it for. He meant to use it as a reason for people to put differences aside and let bygones be bygones.

MEMORIALS

There are many memorials to King around the United States, and there will soon be a new one in Washington D.C.! Check out some of the links below, and look at the video of the new National Memorial.


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media type="youtube" key="s9f_iEHahco" height="257" width="415" || [|Washington, DC, **Martin Luther King** Jr. National **Memorial**]

[|The King Center]

[|**Martin Luther King** Jr National Historic Site]

[|Some King historical sites from Taft's travels] [|Some King historical video from Taft's travels] ||