1. Martin Luther King, Jr.
I Have a dream

2. Anticipation Guide Directions: Mark T for true or F for false.
1. All Americans are entitled to freedom and equality.
2. Peaceful protests are more effective than violent protests.
3. It’s OK to hate or feel bitter toward people who treat you unfairly.
4. Even when times are difficult, a person should still have hope for the future.

3. Before we read…
1. What was the Civil Rights Movement? What role did Martin Luther King, Jr. play in this movement?
2. Think of the ways in which prejudice and discrimination affect its victims.
3.If you were going to compare discrimination to something (in a simile or a metaphor), what would you compare it to? Why?

4. “I Have a Dream”
You are going to read the famous “I Have a Dream” speech delivered by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the March on Washington in August, 1963.
As you read, you will also listen to a recording of his actual delivery of this speech.

5. Dr. King gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech during the March on Washington in 1963, where thousands of people gathered in support of the civil rights movement. He delivered the speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. in front of 250,000 people.
Interesting fact: Even though he wrote one of the greatest speeches of all times, he actually put down the speech and went off script when someone said, “Tell them about the dream…”

6. Watch the video