Dr.+Martin+Luther+King,+Jr.


 * Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. **

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Today, we will be honouring Martin Luther King, Jr. in class by watching his famous speech, discussing the speech and completing various exercises in regards to it. Dr. King's life was driven by his desire to **//__empower__//** African Americans (and all people) who did not receive their civil rights. Dr. King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968. In July of this year, I will be visiting the site of Dr. King's assassination while attending the Laptop Institute in Memphis. You may visit the National Civil Rights Museum by clicking here. You may read read Martin Luther King, Jr.'s biography [|here]. This will allow you a closer look at the man we will be studying over the next few days.

1.
To help you gain a better understanding of Dr. King's background, I want you to complete the following quiz. Save it to your documents before you begin to answer. Please answer the questions in sentence form.

2.
Read Dr. King's [|speech]. Then, create a poster that celebrates Dr. King and it also illustrates what this speech means to you. You should include pictures, words, direct quotes and anything else that will help represent your feelings. This should be done on Powerpoint. This will be the beginning of the assignment.

**3.**
Dr. King was a great leader, as well as a great speaker. This site contains many of Dr. King's great quotes. On a separate powerpoint slide, you will choose one of the quotes that you like. Please make sure that you onclude the quote on the slide. Your task is to explain (with pictures, words, etc.) why this quote stands out to you. The pictures should clearly represent what is being said.