Using King's Speech To Inspire An Illustration Project
Martin Luther King Jr's speech has been studied and lauded as a great work of oratory on the level of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, or Winston Churchill's, "We Shall Fight on the Beaches," or Frederick Douglass', "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" Or Maya Angelou's, "On the Pulse of Morning."
In this assignment, I have students review and highlight portions of King's speech that they feel attract their attention or they feel are important lines from the speech. Then we begin to doodle some images based on these lines. We then share in a circle or small groups what stood out and how we are thinking to illustrate those points seeking feedback from peers.
Then we begin to sketch with the idea of integrating text and imagery. THIS lesson and THIS one integrate text and image to illustrate a song. Here though, instead of a song we are using a speech. I have chosen to focus on Mr. King's speech to tie into Black History Month, but you, as a teacher, could open this idea to other works of great oratory. THIS page will connect you to the top 35 speeches in history, and THIS page will take you to "10 Inspirational Women."
My video introduction for this lesson is below. Samples of some works I found on the internet that were based on King's "I have a Dream" speech are below that. I have also uploaded a video of his speech from YouTube and the text of this speech you may copy and paste for your students end this post.
In this assignment, I have students review and highlight portions of King's speech that they feel attract their attention or they feel are important lines from the speech. Then we begin to doodle some images based on these lines. We then share in a circle or small groups what stood out and how we are thinking to illustrate those points seeking feedback from peers.
Then we begin to sketch with the idea of integrating text and imagery. THIS lesson and THIS one integrate text and image to illustrate a song. Here though, instead of a song we are using a speech. I have chosen to focus on Mr. King's speech to tie into Black History Month, but you, as a teacher, could open this idea to other works of great oratory. THIS page will connect you to the top 35 speeches in history, and THIS page will take you to "10 Inspirational Women."
My video introduction for this lesson is below. Samples of some works I found on the internet that were based on King's "I have a Dream" speech are below that. I have also uploaded a video of his speech from YouTube and the text of this speech you may copy and paste for your students end this post.
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