Black History Month Digital Activities I Have a Dream Speech MLK Jr

Deepen your students' understanding of Martin Luther King Jr's life, ideas, impact, accomplishments, and powerful quotes and speeches with this thoughtful and engaging EDITABLE, NO PREP, GOOGLE SLIDES activity. Students research MLK Jr. and organize their learning into a one pager before analyzing Martin Luther King's speech, "I Have a Dream" and creating their own found poem. The activity provides an opportunity for making connections to current social justice issues in our community and around the globe today.

Please note: The full text speech is NOT INCLUDED in this resource. The speech is copyright and cannot be included, however it can be found easily online - search "Martin Luther King Jr I Have a Dream Transcript")

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What is included in this resource?

Teacher Guide: Directions for teachers facilitating this activity

MLK Webquest Directions: Prompts include MLk's Key ideas, key messages, key actions, and personal facts/life

MLK One pager Directions, Template, and Scaffolded Template: Prompts include MLK's top 3 accomplishments, connection to current social justice issues, a key quote, an explanation of the chosen quote.

Annotation Guide: Printable anchor chart for students to keep in their binder guiding them STEP-BY-STEP through the annotation process.

SOAPSTone Graphic Organizer: An organizer guiding students through identifying the speaker, occasion, author, subject, and tone of the speech.

Rhetorical Appeals Graphic Organizer: An organizer guiding students through identifying and analyzing examples of ETHOS, PATHOS, and LOGOS.

Rhetorical Devices Graphic Organizer: An organizer guiding students through identifying and analyzing examples of the rhetorical (and literary) devices used in the speech.

Rhetorical Devices Cheat Sheet: A list of the most commonly used rhetorical and literary devices with definitions for each device.

Found Poem & Reflection / Debrief Activity: Teacher directions for leading students to create a found poem and prompts for a written reflection or class discussion to wrap up the lesson in a meaningful way.

Please note: The full text speech is NOT INCLUDED in this resource. I am unable to include the speech because it is copyright. It can be found easily online - search "Martin Luther King I Have a Dream Transcript")

Designed for Digital / Distance Learning AND Print: A link to a separate file with JUST the slides your digital students need for the activity.

Activity Duration:

This activity will last about 5 - 6 hours depending on variables such as student background knowledge, depth of research, and the way teachers choose to conduct the one-pager mini-presentations and found poems.

Sample pacing from my own class:

- 1 hour: research and complete the webquest activity

- 1 hour: organize, plan, and complete the one pager activity

- 30 minutes - 1 hour: present the one pagers (depending on class size, student interest, and impromptu discussion). I often end with a written reflection of our "takeaways" from the discussion at the end.

- 1 hour: read/listen to and annotate the speech

- 1 hour: complete an analysis graphic organizer (SOAPSTone, devices, and/or appeals)

- 30 minutes - 1 hour: Wrap up/debrief with a found poem, written reflection, and/or guided discussion (prompts included).

Final Notes and Details:

Please note, this activity is created in GOOGLE SLIDES and is EDITABLE so you can meet the unique needs of your students.

**This resource is a PDF with links to Google Slides documents. However, the documents can also be downloaded from Google Slides as POWERPOINT files or PDF files if you prefer (file, download as, choose your format)

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