Bonjour !
1- Find a title (suggestions)
He had a dream !
Hopes and dreams
Dreams never die ! (la dernière phrase du texte)
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2- nature of the document (à toi de choisir)
This document is a short biography of Martin Luther King
This document relates how civil rights for black people were violated.
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3- Who is the document about ?
The document is about Martin Luther King
What was his job ?
MLK was a pastor in a Baptist church
3 names of the 3 other people and who they are
Mahatma Gandhi. Indian leader of a non-violent protest movement
Coretta Luther King = Martin's wife
Rosa Parks = a black woman who was arrested because she refused to give her seat on a bus to a white man.
Detailed comprehension
4- Find the equivalents of the following words in the text
frequent ► common
an objection ►a protest
a university ► a college
Racial discrimination ► segregation
5- MLK's identity card
date of birth = January 15th, 1929
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place of birth = Atlanta (Georgia state)
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3 details abut his childhood : (les phrases sont longues. j'ai souligné ce qui me paraît le plus important)
He had to go to a school for black children ,as his friends were going to a school for Whites
Martin and his father were asked in a shoe shop to sat the back of the shop by the shop assistant, so they left
He heard about the Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi while he was at college.OU Gandhi's message of non-violence had a great effect on MLK
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3 details about his life as an adult (tu en choisis 3)
He moved to Motgomery and got married.
In December 1955, Rosa park's story changed King's life
He became the leader of civil rights movement
A quarter of million people listened to his famous speech "I have a dream" in Washington in 1963
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residences (2) Atlanta
Montgomery (Alabama state)
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jobs (2) pastor in a baptist church
leader of the civil rights movement
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6- right or wrong
-When he was a child, Martin Luther King went to school with his white friends WRONG
"He had to go to a school for black children and his friends went to one for Whites" (line 5&6)
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- MLK understood the meaning of "segregation" when he became an adult.
WRONG
" Martin first learnt what segregation meant when he strated school" (line 5)
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- MLK, like Gandhi, didn't believe in non-violence. WRONG
"Gandhi's message of non-violence had a profound effect on King"(line12) ou la phrase d'avant
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- The story of Rosa Park is a symbolic example of segregation at that time. RIGHT
" In December 1955, something happened that changed King's life. Rosa Park.... was arrested by the police.
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- MLK's ideas were accepted by everyone. WRONG
"MLK was assassinated [ ...] because of his civil rights activities
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