Dr. Martin Luther King & A Letter From Birmingham Jail

We continue our unit on transformational thinkers and the use of civil disobedience.  Today we will look at civil disobedience and its affects in the United States.  Specifically, the civil rights movement and the work of Dr. Martin Luther King.  We will look at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter From A Birmingham Jail.  First, I want to watch a short video about the history behind the letter.

Please carefully read and annotate Letter From A Birmingham Jail.  Please highlight you 5 favorite quotes from the letter.  We will discuss the letter in detail when you turn in it at the beginning of class on Wednesday, March 5th.

Continue to work on you 1920's projects.  I am giving you a lot of time to work on and perfect this project.  I have very high expectations for your presentations so DO NOT PROCRASTINATE.  Make sure you are doing your own research beyond the textbook; you are able to present information or details on what you find interesting.  If you think the information is boring, then your presentation will most likely be boring; so find something that peaks your interest.

We will be creating new descriptions of your internships to display in the classroom.  It will more informative and better looking for our classroom than the current list.  Here is the example.  Please fill out all required info and be creative, this will go up on the board so make it pretty.  This will be due by Friday, March 7th.