MLK's+Speech

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 **
 * Gave new driving force in Civil Rights Movement
 * Showed government that action was needed quickly
 * Created mass appeal toward civil rights to the public

**If we didn't get to it in class, watch [|16th Street] to see what happened right after the March.** 16th Street Baptist Church (used as headquarters for Civil Rights Movement) was bombed - 4 young girls died

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?** **Was King "the right man at the right time"?** The author feels that whites owe King because he removed the age-old American hypocrisy about race.

Yes, MLK was the "right man at the right time"; King was the culmination of two centuries worth of hatred and disgust as well as thousands of baby boomers that wanted change.

**Would King be upset with the current use of his most often quoted line? Why or why not?** Yes, MLK would be upset with the current use of his most often quoted line. In modern day society, the words are used almost like a joke. When these words were said, they were said with urgency and determination for change, not something you would put on a Hallmark card.

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.


 * || [|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] ||