Martin Luther King Jr. & anti-racism speeches.

Elevate Resources presents this unit of work guiding students towards writing their own anti-racist speech modelled on Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech.

Using apartheid in South Africa as a stimulus, but easily adaptable to other anti-racist themes, the unit covers:

• Understanding of arguments around apartheid
• Glean features of a persuasive speech
• Compare two persuasive speeches
• Understanding use of punctuation for effect.
• Organise the structure of a speech
• Plan a persuasive speech
• Writing a persuasive speech

Resources include:

• Speeches (edited and full) by Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King Jr., Tony Blair, Abraham Lincoln & Earl Spencer.
• ‘Boxing up’ planning sheet.
• WAGOLL speech.
• Axis of emotion & venn diagrams for comparing speeches.
• Success criteria for final piece.

A great cross curricular unit which will lead students to producing their own fantastic speeches!