MLK Essay, Art/Poster & Performance Contest Theme

MLK Essay Writing Resources

• HANDOUT: MLK Essay, Art & Performance 2015-2016 Contest Packet 
• HANDOUT: Flow Map for a 4-Paragraph Essay (created by Mr. Rojas) - due to the word limit (350 words maximum) I only recommend a 4-paragraph essay. 
• INTERACTIVE: Essay Map
• RUBRIC: Expository Essay Rubric
• INTERACTIVE: K-W-L Map
• INTERACTIVE: Compare & Contrast Essay Map
• INTERACTIVE: Persuasion Map
• INTERACTIVE: Timeline Creator
• PRESENTATION: How to Create Interest in the Introduction
• ESSAY HELP: How to Write a Multiple-Paragraph Essay (PDF)

Martin Luther King, Jr. Resources

• VIDEO: "I Have a Dream Speech" (Youtube - 17:27 minutes)
• SPEECH: "I Have a Dream Speech" (American Rhetoric - mp3, full text, and partial video)
• MP3: "I Have a Dream Speech" 
• HANDOUT: "I Have a Dream" Speech (PDF)
• HANDOUT: Biography on Martin Luther King Jr.
• Martin Luther King Jr. Biography
• HANDOUT: MLK Timeline-Biography
• Chronology of King's Life
• Dr. King's Speeches & Sermons

Online VIDEOS on Dr. King and The Civil Rights Movement 

• VIDEO: Martin Luther King, Jr. (Brain Pop free animated video) 
• VIDEO: The Story of Martin Luther King Jr. (by Kid President)
• VIDEO: MLK Story Picture Book (Reading Rainbow)
• VIDEO: A Martin Luther King Jr. 5 Min. Biography 
• VIDEO: Freedom March (History Channel - 1:38 minutes)
• VIDEO: King Leads the March on Washington (History Channel - 3:10 minutes)
• VIDEO: Martin Luther King Jr. Day (History Channel - 3:22 minutes)
• VIDEO: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Remembered (National Geographic Kids - 2:34 minutes)
• VIDEO: Our Friend, Martin
• VIDEO: Condoleezza Rice: Memories of Dr. King
• VIDEO: Bill Clinton on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

• VIDEO: Blacks in the Military (History Channel - minutes)
• VIDEO: Separate but Not Equal (History Channel - 2:21 minutes)
• VIDEO: Little Rock Nine (History Channel - 2:28 minutes)
• VIDEO: Civil Rights of 1964 (History channel - minutes)