Students may then incorporate these dreams into their picture books. In order to gain a fuller picture of King's life, you and your students might wish to read some of the letters he wrote as a child, which are included in Volume I of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project. Click to access the letters . After reading the letters, ask students to reflect on some of the ways that King's childhood was similar to or different from their own. You might also discuss how King's experiences of segregation in the south and integration in the north fueled his later dreams of equality for people all across America.
Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts.
Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.