Image Source - ​Behind Martin Luther King’s Searing 'Letter from Birmingham Jail'

Instructions

• Observe the Political Cartoon
  • What do you notice?
  • What do you wonder?
• ​Watch the Video - The Time Has Come, 1977 (30min)
• Navigate to Newsela through Schoology or click on the bottom picture to read the Famous Speech - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. "Letter from Birmingham Jail."

​Guided Notes
Political Cartoon

• What do you notice?
• What do you wonder?

Video

• What does SNCC stand for?
• What were the goals of SNCC?
• What were the challenges that the organizers and members of SNCC had to endure and overcome?
  

Speech

• Read the Speech "Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and answer the quiz questions.
• Write down the questions and your answers in your notes.
  

Background Information - The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

Click on this image to go to Newsela and log in with your school account. The Primary Sources: Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" has been assigned to you to read. Complete the quiz questions by writing down the questions and your answers in your notes.

Video - Excerpts from "Letters from Birmingham Jail" (16min)

• Use this if you have yet to engage in reading the whole document.
• Use this if you have completed the whole reading to get a recap of the elements of the letter.

Additional Resources

• MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.’S ‘LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL’