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Write Your Own "I Have a Dream" Speech
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Subjects: Arts & Humanities, Civics, Holidays, Language Arts, Social Studies, U.S. History
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Grades: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
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Brief Description
Students use a fill-in-the-blanks work sheet to write speeches that imitate the form and content of Dr. King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
Objectives
Students
- listen to King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
- use a fill-in-the-blanks worksheet to express their dreams for the world in a format similar to King's speech.
Keywords
dream, Martin Luther King, speech
Materials Needed
- recording of King's "I Have a Dream" speech:
Lesson Plan
Explain to students that they are going to learn about Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of the future and think about their own dreams.
- Play a recorded version of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech so students can get a sense of King's delivery and of the excitement the speech generated.
- Discuss with students King's dream for the country, and ask why people might consider the speech great. Ask students to think about their own dreams for the future.
- Have students complete the ThinkQuest "I Have a Dream Too!" work sheet at http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/Starter.htm.
Assessment
Students present their speeches to their classmates. Ask each student to privately grade his or her peers' speeches with a rating of 3 (good work), 4 (very good job), or 5 (superb effort). Average the peer scores to come up with each student's final grade.
Lesson Plan Source
Education World
National Standards
FINE ARTS
- Theatre
GRADES K - 4
NA-T.K-4.1 Script Writing by Planning and Recording Improvisations Based on Personal Experience and Heritage, Imagination, Literature, and History
NA-T.K-4.2 Acting By Assuming Roles And Interacting In Improvisations
GRADES 5 - 8
NA-T.5-8.1 Script Writing by Planning and Recording Improvisations Based on Personal Experience and Heritage, Imagination, Literature, and History
NA-T.5-8.2 Acting By Assuming Roles And Interacting In Improvisations
GRADES 9 - 12
NA-T.9-12.1 Script Writing by Planning and Recording Improvisations Based on Personal Experience and Heritage, Imagination, Literature, and History
NA-T.9-12.2 Acting By Assuming Roles And Interacting In Improvisations
LANGUAGE ARTS
SOCIAL SCIENCES
TECHNOLOGY
GRADES K - 12
NT.K-12.4 Technology Communications Tools
See more lessons at Happy Birthday, MLK at
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson046.shtml.
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Originally published 1/4/2002
Links last updated 04/17/2007
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