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KS3 · Year 8 - Development · Term 2 - Power and Protest · Week 4
Pages: Martin Luther King Jr, "I Have a Dream" (1963)
March on Washington, August 1963. Demands an end to racial segregation. Draws on biblical and constitutional language.
Lesson 1
What students do
Read "I have a dream" passage; mark each repetition.
Task
List the dream images; classify (family, geography, biblical).
Success criteria
Groups 5+ dream images into themed clusters.
Lesson 2
What students do
Discuss: why "dream" not "plan"?
Task
Talk in threes - what does the metaphor offer the audience?
Success criteria
Articulates that "dream" frames change as inevitable/hopeful.
Lesson 3
What students do
Model analysis of the "table of brotherhood" metaphor.
Task
Write paragraph: King's use of metaphor to suggest unity.
Success criteria
Metaphor unpacked literally and figuratively.
Lesson 4
What students do
Identify biblical allusions ("valley", "mountain").
Task
Match allusions to effects; one sentence on each.
Success criteria
Recognises allusion as borrowed authority.
Lesson 5
What students do
Review analytical paragraph structure.
Task
How does King use imagery to inspire change?
Success criteria
Two quotations embedded; metaphor effect explored.
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