1. What was the MAIN IDEA of MLK’s speech?
Exit Ticket
I can read and listen to Martin Luther King’s “I Have Dream Speech” speech and determine his purpose for the speech.
What was the MAIN IDEA of MLK’s speech?

2. Book Club Question
Pick a topic from your book club book. What three book titles would be good sources to find out more about that topic? Title 1: Title 2: Title 3:

3. Your Prior Knowledge
Turn N’ Talk: What do you already know about Martin Luther King Jr.? What do you already know about MLK’s “ I Have a Dream” speech? What is author’s purpose?

4. MLK Introduction
Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American minister, activist, humanitarian and leader in the African American Civil Rights Movement He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience. One of King’s most famous speech, “ I Have a Dream” was a spiritual call to America about equal rights for all of her citizens. As you read and listen to the speech, ask yourself, what was MLK’s purpose of the speech? What message did he want to get across to the American people?

5. “I Have a Dream” By: Martin Luther King
Author’s
Purpose
Support From Text 1. 2. 3.
Sources 1. 2. 3.

6. Source Choices An autobiography on MLK A biography on MLK
A book about MLK’s childhood
A book about the civil rights
A map of the Lincoln Memorial
Mr. Plummer
A newspaper from 1963
A book about MLK’s speech
A book about speeches
MLK’s “ I Have A Dream Speech”
Interview with MLK’s Cousin
Dictionary

7. The Speech