C1: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s I have a dream speech (August 28, 1963)

You will watch and listen to Dr, Martin Luther King's I have a dream speech that was on August 28, 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.

Activity 1: A Variety of Questions

C1 Listening Activity: MLK

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1 - What is the emancipation proclamation? Who signed it?

2 - What is segregation?

3 - What is discrimination?

4 - Are there any people who are discriminated on in Mexico? If so, who? Why?

5 - What does MLK mean when he says the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty?

6 - What is a creed?

7 - What were some of the things MLK wanted to see change? What did he specifically say during the speech?

8 - Which states does he specifically name when talking about the injustices the African-American man has to face?

9 - What does he mean by “with this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood”?

10 - What were MLK’s last words in this speech?

Part 2 Questions

Questions on the speech 'I have a dream'
Why does King chose the word DREAM?
Why does he quote the 'Declaration of Independence'?
Why does he mention many different places, religions, types of people?
Would you say his message is realistic or idealistic?
In your opinion, has King's dream become true in today's America?

Answer Sheet

Question 1: President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free.

Question 2: the action or state of setting someone or something apart from others

Question 3: the action or state of setting someone or something apart from others

Question 4: the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of ethnicity, age, sex, or disability

Question 5: compares the condition of poverty to a “lonely island.” This is a fitting comparison because poverty and a lonely island share these characteristics: (A) isolation and alienation from the “vast ocean of material prosperity” that surrounds them and (B) vulnerability from being surrounded

Question 6: a set of beliefs or aims which guide someone's actions

Question 7: that his four children will love in a country where they will be kicked by the content of their character rather than being judged by the color of their skin. — Main point

Question 8: Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia,

Question 9: King's dream. (SS) The jangling discords are being compared to racial issues; the symphony of brotherhood is when those issues are resolved by teamwork. (CS) In the end, blacks and whites will live together in harmony like King wanted, and they will also have received the justice they had worked hard for.

Question 10: Free at last, free at last, thank god almighty we are free at last.