Martin Luther King, Jr. DAY Activity: 1963 March on Washington

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Total Activity Time: 12 minutes

Step #1: Play "Bet You Didn't Know: March on Washington" video (2:33 min)
Step #2: Play "I Have a Dream" video (5:17 min)
-Students should read along with provided text of speech
Step #3: Discuss talking point (5 min)

Step #1: Click here

Bet You Didn't Know: March on Washington

Step #2: Click here

I Have A Dream 
(Excert: Starts where EXTEMPORANEOUS Speech Begins)
Students should read along with provided text

Step #3

Talking POInT:

Why is Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech so powerful, more than 50 years later?

• "The four words 'I have a dream' have become shorthand for Dr. King’s commitment to freedom, social justice and nonviolence, inspiring activists from Tiananmen Square to Soweto, Eastern Europe to the West Bank" (Kakutani). Why do you think that is?

​MLK, JR. "I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH" VIDEO LINK

​Resources

"Bet You Didn't Know: March On Washington". History.com. N. p., 2014. Web. 18 Dec. 2014.
Kakutani, Michiko. "The Lasting Power Of Dr. King’s Dream Speech". Nytimes.com. N. p., 2014. Web. 18 Dec. 2014.
King, Martin L., Jr. "I Have a Dream." Speech. Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D. C. 28 Aug. 1963. 
YouTube. "Martin Luther King, Jr. I Have A Dream Speech". 28 Aug. 1963. Web. 18 Dec. 2014.