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"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."

Martin Luther King Jr., Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C., August 28, 1963

Do you know the answer to the following questions? If you don't, why don't you find out?

Civil rights quiz

1. What year was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated?

•  1960
•  1963
•  1968
•  1973

2. Where did Rosa Parks become famous?

•  At a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina
•  At a high school in Little Rock, Arkansas
•  On a bus in Montgomery, Alabama
•  On a march in Selma, Alabama

3. Which president signed the first major civil rights act of this century?

•  John Kennedy
•  Lyndon Johnson
•  Richard Nixon
•  Ronald Reagan

4. Which president signed the law creating the Martin Luther King holiday?

•  John Kennedy
•  Lyndon Johnson
•  Richard Nixon
•  Ronald Reagan

5. What was the name of King's first book?

•  Stride Toward Freedom
•  Dreamer
•  Why We Can't Wait
•  We Shall Overcome

6. Where was the tactic of the sit-in protest first used?

•  At a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina
•  At a high school in Little Rock, Arkansas
•  On a bus in Birmingham, Alabama
•  On a march in Selma, Alabama

7. Where did King deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech?

•  At Ebenezer Baptist Church
•  In front of the Atlanta City Hall
•  At the Lincoln Memorial
•  At the Nobel Prize ceremony

8. Who is the protagonist of the Charles Johnson novel, Dreamer?

•  The driver of a Birmingham bus
•  Martin Luther King Jr.
•  A bodyguard in Chicago
•  A sanitation worker in Memphis

9. What foreign figure has King been compared to?

•  Charles de Gaulle
•  Mohandas Gandhi
•  Albert Nobel
•  Nelson Mandela

10. What year was the Martin Luther King national holiday first observed?

•  1969
•  1973
•  1980
•  1986

11. What black leader was killed five years before King's assassination?

•  James Meredith
•  Malcolm X
•  Medgar Evers
•  Stokely Carmichael

12. Why was King arrested in 1956?

•  Protesting segregated department store facilities in Birmingham.
•  Driving too fast
•  Sitting in at a Woolworth's lunch counter.
•  Assaulting a police officer.

Making a persuasive speech

How do great speakers address and engage their audience?

A: Rethorical appeals: ethos, logos and pathos

B: Rhetorical devices

1. Alliteration: The repetition of a sound in the first syllable of each phrase. In the first example below, you will see one string of three words beginning with “f,” and another with three words beginning with “d.” In the second example, you will see Dr. King’s riff on the letter “t.”

“They are part of the finest fighting force that the world has ever known. They have served tour after tour of duty in distant, different, and difficult places.” – President Barack Obama

“With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

2. Anadiplosis: The last word or phrase is repeated to begin the next.

“Suffering breeds character; character breeds faith.” – Rev. Jesse Jackson

“Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” – Yoda

  

3. Antimetabole: The repetition of words or phrases in successive clauses, but in reverse order.

“Not all schooling is education nor all education, schooling.” – Economist Milton Friedman

“Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.” – Scientist Carl Sagan

  

4. Antithesis: A word, phrase, or sentence opposes the original proposition.

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” – Neil Armstrong

5. Asyndeton: Omits conjunctions, which helps to increase the tempo and highlight a specific idea.

“…and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.” – Abraham Lincoln

“He was a bag of bones, a floppy doll, a broken stick, a maniac.” – Jack Kerouac

6. Diacope: A repeated word or phrase split up by other words; typically used to express a strong emotion.

“Put out the light, and then put out the light.” – William Shakespeare, Othello

“For the love of God, man, for the love of God.” – Me, all the time

“You’re not fully clean unless you’re Zestfully clean.” – Zest Soap commercial 

7. Litotes: You’ve probably heard this if a friend ever told you her first date was “not bad.” Litotes is essentially a double negative, expressed by denying an opposite idea; often used ironically.

“She’s no dummy” (she’s smart)

“This is no small problem” (this is a big problem)

8. Metaphor: An analogy that compares one thing or idea to another, using a term or phrase it literally isn’t to suggest similarity.

“Homeowners are the innocent bystanders in a drive-by shooting by Wall Street and Washington.” – Sen. John McCain

“It’s raining men.” – The Weather Girls

9. Simile: A comparison between two unalike things, usually using the words “as” or “like.”

“We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

“You’re as cold as ice.” – Foreigner

NOW OVER TO YOU!!!

Martin Luther King made one of the most memorable speeches ever. Why not use the framework of his "I have a dream speech" to make our own speech and share our dream for Argentina?

"I Have a Dream Too!"

I have a dream that one day this nation will __________________
I have a dream that one day ______________________________
I have a dream that one day ______________________________
I have a dream that _____________________________________
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day ______________________________
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day ______________________________
This is my hope and faith. With this faith we will be able to ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

This will be the day when _________________________________






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PERSEPOLIS

PERSPECTIVES

Let's discuss some rather controversial issues. 

• Women should be careful about what they wear in public to protect their own safety.
• The government should be able to monitor what you watch or listen to (consider videos that teach people how to make bombs, etc)
• Religion should be taught in school.
• People should challenge authority (police officers, teachers, etc) using technology such as their phones to record instead of fighting back with their hands and weapons)
• It is OK for the government to torture its prisoners or terrorists. 

                             

THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION

Watch the following clip in order to find out about the context of the novel

Check out the following link. It is a picture of the beautiful BAYEAUX TAPESTRY which tells the story of William of Normandy's invasion of England in 1066.

What is the purpose of this artistic depiction ? What are the similarities and differences with a grahic novel like PERSEPOLIS?



Ch1: THE VEIL

Check out the following audio file: Muslim Women, the Veil and Western Society

Ch 2: THE BICYCLE

Ch 3: THE WATER CELL

Ch 4: PERSEPOLIS

Ch 5 to 7: THE LETTER; THE PARTY; THE HEROES

Ch 8 to 9: MOSCOW, THE SHEEP

Ch 10 - 12: THE TRIP; F14's, THE JEWELS

Ch 13-19: THE KEY, THE WINE, THE CIGARETTE, THE PASSPORT, KIM WILDE, THE SHABBAT,, THE DOWRY


Read a 2005 article by M Satrapi in the NY Times. Like the artist she is, she does not use just words!!!

DEFENDING MY COUNTRY

Two minute final presentation: 

Rubric: Analyse a panel from Persepolis. You will have to project it in class for everybody to see. 

Your analysis should include references to plot, character, context, conflict as well as specific references to graphic and visual techniques used to create a specific effect on the reader. You will be assessed against the following criteria.

Persepolis writing assignment