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Lesson Plan : Martin Luther King Jr. Lesson Plan
| Teacher Name: | Ms. Carissa |
Grade: | Grade 7-8 |
Subject: | Literature Activities |
Topic: | To write an "I Have a Dream Speech" |
Content: | MLA format, future dreams for today's world |
Goals: | To understand MLK's speech and create their own based on how the world is now and what they want for their future |
Objectives: | To hear the teacher read the MLK speech and understand what was said and why. Think of how this can apply to today and how it can be modified |
Materials: | Projector (to display speech), copies of speech, paper (provided), and pencils,pen, printed paper (final outcome) |
Introduction: | In February, I will introduce the students to Black History Month (give a brief background) and read aloud the "I Have a Dream Speech" by Martin Luther King Jr. |
Development: | For the students to understand how life was in the Sixties and how it is different today and what they can come up with for rewriting this speech for today |
Practice: | As a class, we could brainstorm ideas together on the board. We could do a web or just list ideas of what our dreams for the future entail. |
Accommodations: | None |
Checking For Understanding: | Will accept questions and with the brainstorming class project, I hope they will understand the project |
Closure: | Read the speech, brainstorm and then write their own essays on the "I Have a Dream Speech" |
Evaluation: | After checking to see if they are on the right track by looking at their journals, they will have a rough draft due in a week followed by the final paper |
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