Book Detail

I Have a Dream

Publication Information
Author:  King, Dr. Martin Luter, Jr. Illustrator:  various
Title:  I Have a Dream Date:  1963
Publisher:  Scholastic City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-590-20516-1 ISBN, hardback:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:   Yes
Family:   Yes Young Adult:  
Picture:   Yes

General Information:
Book Type(s):    speeches, nonfiction

HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies

Summary:
The text of the "I Have a Dream" speech is accompanied by illustrations from noted Coretta Scott King Award and Honor Book artists. The Foreword by Mrs. King explains the project, and notes from each artist explain details of the illustrations.

Teaching Ideas:
Learners can read the text, examine the illustrations, and then reread to explore the artists' symbolism, etc. more carefully. Comparisons of artistic style might prove fruitful. A class could undertake a similar project with another famous speech, such as the Gettysburg Address.

Teaching Strategies:
bullet Copy Change
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/copy_change.pdf
bullet Fluency Activities
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/fluency_activities.pdf
bullet Matrices or Charts
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/matrices_charts.pdf
bullet Reader's Theater
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/readers_theater.pdf
bullet Think-Pair-Share
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/think_pair_share.pdf

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet History > region > U.S. history > Civil Rights
bullet Literature and Language > speeches
bullet Social Studies > sociology > social issues > racism > race relations
bullet Art and Photography > art > artists
bullet History > region > U.S. history > well-known people > King, Martin Luther, Jr.
bullet History > topic > Black History


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