"I Have a Dream" and "Speech in the Virginia Convention" Analysis Unit
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Grade Levels
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool
Resource Type
Standards
CCSSRI.9-10.1
CCSSRI.9-10.2
CCSSRI.9-10.3
CCSSRI.9-10.4
CCSSRI.9-10.5
Formats Included
- PDF
Pages
75 pages
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Description
Contains everything you need to teach an interesting, dynamic, analytical unit on Martin Luther King, Jr's "I Have a Dream" and Partick Henry's "Speech in the Virginia Convention."
This unit contains the following:
*Vocabulary Practice from "Speech in the Virginia Convention"
*Prefix, Root Words, and Suffix Practice using words from "Speech in the Virginia Convetion"
*Historical Context and Background for Revolutionary time period including questions on the Virginia Convention, Continental Congress, leaders, purpose, Constitution, and Patrick Henry
*Full text of "Speech in the Virginia Convention"
*Analysis worksheet for "Speech in the Virginia Convention" that asks students questions about the purpose, rhetoric, construction of argument, vocabulary, literary devices, and perspective.
*Vocabulary Practice from "I Have a Dream"
*Synonym Practice using words from "I Have a Dream"
*Historical Context and Background for Civil Rights movement and the 1950s and 1960s including questions about the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Rosa Parks, 14th Amendment, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
*Full Text of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech
*Analysis worksheet for "I Have a Dream" that asks students questions about the purpose, rhetoric, construction of argument, vocabulary, literary devices, and perspective
*Compare/Contrast Worksheet for the two speeches
*Compare/Constrast Essay Organizer Worksheet for essay preparation.
*Answers Keys for all worksheets and practices.
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This unit contains the following:
*Vocabulary Practice from "Speech in the Virginia Convention"
*Prefix, Root Words, and Suffix Practice using words from "Speech in the Virginia Convetion"
*Historical Context and Background for Revolutionary time period including questions on the Virginia Convention, Continental Congress, leaders, purpose, Constitution, and Patrick Henry
*Full text of "Speech in the Virginia Convention"
*Analysis worksheet for "Speech in the Virginia Convention" that asks students questions about the purpose, rhetoric, construction of argument, vocabulary, literary devices, and perspective.
*Vocabulary Practice from "I Have a Dream"
*Synonym Practice using words from "I Have a Dream"
*Historical Context and Background for Civil Rights movement and the 1950s and 1960s including questions about the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Rosa Parks, 14th Amendment, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
*Full Text of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech
*Analysis worksheet for "I Have a Dream" that asks students questions about the purpose, rhetoric, construction of argument, vocabulary, literary devices, and perspective
*Compare/Contrast Worksheet for the two speeches
*Compare/Constrast Essay Organizer Worksheet for essay preparation.
*Answers Keys for all worksheets and practices.
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Total Pages
75 pages
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
2 Weeks
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Standards
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CCSSRI.9-10.1
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSSRI.9-10.2
Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
CCSSRI.9-10.3
Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them.
CCSSRI.9-10.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language of a court opinion differs from that of a newspaper).
CCSSRI.9-10.5
Analyze in detail how an author’s ideas or claims are developed and refined by particular sentences, paragraphs, or larger portions of a text (e.g., a section or chapter).
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