1. MLK Essay Graphic Organizer

2. MLK Essay Outline Introduction: – Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream and how has that affected your dream? – _______________________________________________________________________ Body paragraph1: What is your dream? : _______________________ – Detail Body 2: How would this dream affect your life/school/etc.? – 1 st way: – 2 nd way/or further explanation: – 3 rd way/ or further explanation: Body 3: How would you achieve this dream? – 1 st way: – 2 nd way/or further explanation: – 3 rd way/ or further explanation: – Conclusion: Tie all of your information together. Remind them of the intro paragraph!

3. Link to “I Have a Dream” speech http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/martin- luther-kings-speech-dream-full- text/story?id=14358231 http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/martin- luther-kings-speech-dream-full- text/story?id=14358231

4. Excerpt from MLK “I Have a Dream” Speech I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self- evident: that all men are created equal.” I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. have a dream today.