The King Project

Instructions:  

• 1. Sign into Google and go to your Drive

  2. Create a new document, titled “KING PROJECT”

  3. Share it with your group member (and with jwsimmer@gmail.com )

  4. Copy and paste A - D below into your Google doc

  5. Divide the work evenly among both group members

Remember:

CTRL C = copy

CTRL V = paste

A.  Research:   "Martin Luther King Jr." and “The Civil Rights Movement”  

• • Scan through 6 - 10 different web pages in your search results.  

  • Pick the one you think is the best, most comprehensive, authoritative source for each.   

  • Place the link on your Google Doc along with a one sentence explanation of why it was the best.

  • You should have 2 links and 2 sentences explaining the resources you chose when you are done.

B.  Read: Dr. King’s sermon, “I have a Dream” here:  

http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/mlk01.asp

• • Write a short 1 paragraph initial response to his speech

  • Include specifics of what you liked, recognized, etc.

  • Was it hard to understand or easy?

  • How do you imagine it would sound if you heard it spoken aloud?

  • Would it be inspiring to you?  Why or why not?

C.  Listen:  to Dr. King’s delivery of his sermon here:  

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm

• • Write a short one paragraph response to hearing his speech.

  • Include specifics of what changed for you now that you have heard it aloud.

  • Does King’s delivery affect your reception of the speech?

  • How was the speech different or similar to our reading in class?

D.  Provide:  definitions and examples for each of the following literary terms:

• • Search the Internet for the definitions of each term

  • Write your own definition (using your own words) for each one

  • Find an example of each from the "I Have A Dream" speech

  • Include the quote and a link to the website(s) you referenced

Alliteration -

Allusion -

Anaphora -

Assonance -

Metonymy -

Hyperbole -

Parallelism -

Personification -

Simile -