Realizing the Dream Today

Students will analyze a political cartoon depicting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the title of his famous speech, “I Have a Dream.” Discussion of the meaning of the cartoon leads into a more general conversation about rights and equality.

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/resources/lesson-plans/middle-school/equal-protection/realizing-the-dream-today/
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Standards

NCSS

Grades

6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Subjects

Legislative Branch/Congress

Issues

Civility

Resource Types

Modules (Teaching Unit), Lesson Plans

Teaching Strategies

Whole Class Deliberation, Small Group, Small Group Discussion, Small Group Deliberation, Whole Class, Whole Class Discussion

Duration

30 minutes

Tags

I have a dream, equality, rights, political cartoons