I HAVE DREAM
1. What is meant by the phrase “the American Dream”?
The American Dream is a national ideal of the United States in which freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success.
James Truslow Adams said "life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement" regardless of social class or circumstances of birth
The idea of the American Dream is rooted in the United States Declaration of Independence which proclaims that "all men are created equal" and that they are "endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights" including "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness
2. What does it say about our country’s ideals of social and political equality?
That we, Americans, believe that we should all have the same choices/chances…
3. Why do so many Americans feel that they have failed to achieve the American dream?
Many feel that they have not had THE CHANCE to be all that they can be
Comprehension Questions
1. What three American documents associated with liberty does King refer to?
The Emancipation Proclamation, the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence
2. What does King advocate as a countermeasure to physical force?
Discipline and Dignity
3. Give three specific examples of injustice that King cites.
police brutality, blacks not being able to stay in hotels, blacks not being able to vote, blacks only living in ghettos,
4. What different groups of people does King include in his vision of brotherhood?
whites and blacks, slaves and slave owners, Jews, Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics
5. King uses figurative language throughout the speech. Explain the ‘bank’ metaphor.
Promise of freedom is like a promissory note, which has come back as a bad check
a. Why is it effective?
Most of us are familiar with banks and money
6. What does King identify as the problem the nation faces?
There will be no rest until blacks have been granted their rights
a. What is his solution?
He recommends that we protest creatively until there is justice
7. In the “I have a dream” passage, King quotes from the Declaration of Independence, the Bible, and a well-known patriotic song. What emotional response might he wish to elicit from his audience?
these quotations are inspirational. He wants people to be uplifted by faith
8. What evidence is there in the speech that King intends for his dream to include the whole nation?
He talks about the hilltops of New Hampshire, Alleghenies of Pennsylvania, Rockies of Colorado, etc.
9. King quotes from a spiritual at the end of his speech. Why is this an effective technique?
Most black people would be familiar with the spirituals and would respond to the sorrow, hope. love and courage from the spirituals.
Literary Elements
Repetition - He repeats this phrase
“I have a dream”
Parallelism - Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words or phrases
“by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination”
“their destiny is tied up with our destiny and their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom.”
“One hundred years later, the life of the Negro…”
“One hundred years later, the Negro lives…”
Metaphors
Explain why each of these metaphors is effective (or not)
“bank of justice”
A bank stores valuables and justice is compared to the wealth that is kept safe
“great vaults of opportunity”
Valuables are held in vaults. Opportunity is compared to the great resources available in the nation
“sunlit path of racial justice”
Racial justice travels a sunny path. Light is a symbol of hope
“mountain of despair”
Mountain suggests the overwhelming nature of suffering
“symphony of brotherhood”
Symphony consists of instruments playing together harmoniously to create beautiful music.
The American Dream is a national ideal of the United States in which freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success.
James Truslow Adams said "life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement" regardless of social class or circumstances of birth
The idea of the American Dream is rooted in the United States Declaration of Independence which proclaims that "all men are created equal" and that they are "endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights" including "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness
2. What does it say about our country’s ideals of social and political equality?
That we, Americans, believe that we should all have the same choices/chances…
3. Why do so many Americans feel that they have failed to achieve the American dream?
Many feel that they have not had THE CHANCE to be all that they can be
Comprehension Questions
1. What three American documents associated with liberty does King refer to?
The Emancipation Proclamation, the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence
2. What does King advocate as a countermeasure to physical force?
Discipline and Dignity
3. Give three specific examples of injustice that King cites.
police brutality, blacks not being able to stay in hotels, blacks not being able to vote, blacks only living in ghettos,
4. What different groups of people does King include in his vision of brotherhood?
whites and blacks, slaves and slave owners, Jews, Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics
5. King uses figurative language throughout the speech. Explain the ‘bank’ metaphor.
Promise of freedom is like a promissory note, which has come back as a bad check
a. Why is it effective?
Most of us are familiar with banks and money
6. What does King identify as the problem the nation faces?
There will be no rest until blacks have been granted their rights
a. What is his solution?
He recommends that we protest creatively until there is justice
7. In the “I have a dream” passage, King quotes from the Declaration of Independence, the Bible, and a well-known patriotic song. What emotional response might he wish to elicit from his audience?
these quotations are inspirational. He wants people to be uplifted by faith
8. What evidence is there in the speech that King intends for his dream to include the whole nation?
He talks about the hilltops of New Hampshire, Alleghenies of Pennsylvania, Rockies of Colorado, etc.
9. King quotes from a spiritual at the end of his speech. Why is this an effective technique?
Most black people would be familiar with the spirituals and would respond to the sorrow, hope. love and courage from the spirituals.
Literary Elements
Repetition - He repeats this phrase
“I have a dream”
Parallelism - Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words or phrases
“by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination”
“their destiny is tied up with our destiny and their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom.”
“One hundred years later, the life of the Negro…”
“One hundred years later, the Negro lives…”
Metaphors
Explain why each of these metaphors is effective (or not)
“bank of justice”
A bank stores valuables and justice is compared to the wealth that is kept safe
“great vaults of opportunity”
Valuables are held in vaults. Opportunity is compared to the great resources available in the nation
“sunlit path of racial justice”
Racial justice travels a sunny path. Light is a symbol of hope
“mountain of despair”
Mountain suggests the overwhelming nature of suffering
“symphony of brotherhood”
Symphony consists of instruments playing together harmoniously to create beautiful music.
A TALE OF TWO INDIAS
1)SOME PEOPLE HAVE BETTER EDUCATIONS.
2)IF YOUR BORN RICH YOU STAY RICH AND IF YOUR POOR YOU POOR.
3)THERE BOTH CONTROLLED BY GOVERNMENTS BUT CHINA IS DOING BETTER. 4)THERE DOING BUSINESS WITH OTHER COUNTRY'S AND BECOMING BETTER. 5)DOING BUSINESS FOR OTHER PEOPLE. 6)PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SCHOOL. 7)PEOPLE WELL DO BETTER. 8)COMPANIES GET MONEY AND PEOPLE GET JOBS 9)WHEN WE COME BACK FROM WARS
1. What is the event or issue that inspired the cartoon/picture?
2. List the people and/or objects in the cartoon/picture/picture.
3. Identify the specific artistic techniques used in the cartoon/picture (i.e., symbolism, analogy, exaggeration, labeling, and irony).
4. List three things that you might infer from the cartoon/picture.
5. Explain the message of the cartoon/picture.
6. What special interest groups would agree/disagree with the cartoon/picture message? Why?
7. What is the artist’s point of view (for or against) about the topic portrayed in the cartoon/picture? Give examples to support your interpretation.
8. Is this cartoon/picture persuasive? Explain why or why not?
2. List the people and/or objects in the cartoon/picture/picture.
3. Identify the specific artistic techniques used in the cartoon/picture (i.e., symbolism, analogy, exaggeration, labeling, and irony).
4. List three things that you might infer from the cartoon/picture.
5. Explain the message of the cartoon/picture.
6. What special interest groups would agree/disagree with the cartoon/picture message? Why?
7. What is the artist’s point of view (for or against) about the topic portrayed in the cartoon/picture? Give examples to support your interpretation.
8. Is this cartoon/picture persuasive? Explain why or why not?
UNable
The United Nations has been controversial since its founding in 1945.A turtle on its back,and a U.N helmet.The artist uses a helpless turtle to symbolize what he sees as an often equally helpless U.N .The U.N didn't help lots of people,They worryed mostly about them selfes,And their helpless.The U.N are unable to do things.People that lived in countries that weren't helped would agree.Against because they use a helpless turtle.kind of Because it depinds how you look at it.
Cancer sticks
The makers of this parody of Camel cigarettes packaging were criticizing tobacco and advertising companies that collaborate to sell such lethal products.A dead camel, and the name cancer sticks.He/She wrote at the bottom of the box a unique blend of high powered advertising and people who fall for it.smokeing can give you cancer,smokeing can kill you ,and people still fall for it.They want people to stop smokeing.People who have loved ones that died from smokeing would agree because its hard when someone dies.Against because from the box it looks like they want it to stop.Yes cause most people want to live.
Nuclear emergency
“The Scream” series, this poster is particularly timely after Japan’s nuclear accident in March.Nuclear waste sign and a person screaming.Nuclear emergency and the sign looks like a face.People where scared,nuclear waste is dangerous, and people didn't know what to do. Japan’s nuclear accident was a terrible and frighting.People in japan could agree because it was bad.He/She where trying to get the word out about japan's accident.Yes because i don't about other people be it makes me think about it
THE DANGER OF A SINGLE STORY
Chimamanda Adichie delivered this speech in 2009 to a crowd at the Ted Global 2009 Conference in Oxford.The audience was full of people that wanted to hear her story about what people though of her.