Unit Title: How can we research, and publish a paper on Martin Luther King Jr. in Microsoft Word?
Duration: January 2nd to 25th, 2013
Description of Unit: The introduction to conducting on line research; the sourcing of text, audio, and image material collected.
Essential Questions: Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?
What role did he play in the Civil Rights Movement?
On Line introduction and review of Microsoft Word:
"MARTIN LUTHER KING RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT, RUBRIC and VOCABULARY ASSESSMENT"
• Log onto:• The Martin Luther King Center for Nonviolent Social Change
• http://www.thekingcenter.org
• Go the Archive, Scroll down Browse the digital Archive
• Themes: Nonviolence; Type of Content: Speeches
• Search & Read: “Abstract” and “I have a Dream” or use link below.
• Use this link : http://www.thekingcenter.org/archive/document/i-have-dream-1
Page 1: Launch Microsoft Word
• Type your heading, using double space. Times font, 16 pt.Student Name Teacher’s Name
I.S. 240 Class #
Date Due 1/ 25 / 12
• Using Google Image; find, copy & paste, and center a Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr.
• Type Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. below photo, and center the text use 16 to 18 pt.
Page 2:
• Type and center Martin Luther King, Jr. name at the top of the page. Use Times font 16 pt.• Type (return key) and center; then type “I Have a Dream”
• Use Times font 10 to 12 pt.
Log onto: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm
• I have a Dream, Washington, D.C. 1963 Audio and full text.
• Click on Audio and Full text to hear Dr. King’s “I have a Dream” Speech.
• Write down your favorite part of the speech,
“Copy and paste” it onto the top of page two.
• Use Times font 14 to 16 pt.
• Explain why you picked that part of the speech.
• Use Times font 14 to 16 pt.
• Include a photo of Dr. King
giving his “I Have a Dream speech on the page two.
Page 3:
• Log on to : http://tstrong.com/Martin.htm• Scroll down to Question # 7; What march happened in 1963?
http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/resources/article /king_major_events_chronology_1929_1968/
• Use above link to locate answer; copy and paste answer from the time line. “The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom attracts more than two hundred thousand demonstrators to the Lincoln Memorial. Organized by A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin, the march is supported by all major civil rights organizations as well as by many labor and religious groups. King delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech”.
http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_march_on_washington_for_jobs_and_freedom/
• Using Goggle images Include one to two photographs from
the March on Washington that illustrate quote.
Page 4: Bibliography
Lists all your sources; Websites, text, and photographs use Times font 14 to 16 pt.
Be sure to credit the photographers if possible.
"Rubric for Martin Luther King Project"
Task: Students create a Martin Luther King research paper.
• Create a cover page with the proper heading, a portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King, and text identifying Dr. Martin Luther King.________.
• Page two contains; Martin Luther King Jr. heading, “I Have a Dream” title, followed by a paragraph in quotes selected by the student from the “I Have a Dream” speech. Student writes a brief reflection of their selected quote expressing their thoughts about the “I Have a Dream” speech. Students select and layout one photograph depicting the speech being given._______.
• Page three contains;
Question: What march happen on August 28, 1963? A quote describing the march on Washington for jobs and freedom. One to two photographs that illustrate the quote. Photographs should contain a title, or a subtext that describes each image.________.
• Bibliography page; Identify photographs and quotes used and the internet link used as its source. ________.
Martin Luther King Research Paper Layout Guide
Cover Page
Page 2
Page 3
Page 4
