The Story of a Speech

What is this article mostly about?

• Why Dr. King's speech is so important.

• How Dr. King wrote his speech.

• How to give good speeches.

• How to write a speech.

Where did Dr. King give the speech in this article?

• Alabama

• Washington, D.C.

• California

• Texas

What does segregation do?

• Brings people together

• Keeps people apart

• Sends everyone to the same school

• Makes sure everyone gets ice cream after dinner

Look at the photo at the top of page 2.

What does the caption tell you?

• People came from all over the country to march.

• Dr. King gave a speech.

• There were about 250,000 people at the march.

• People held hands and sang at the march.

How did Dr. King inspire others?

• He spoke from his heart.

• He sang a song.

• He followed people in a march.

• He acted in a movie.

Segregation means that Black children and White children __________.

• were not allowed in the same schools.

• played together.

• marched together.

• sang together.

When someone is giving a speech, they are ________.

• quietly listening to others.

• always reading from a paper.

• talking to a group of people

• watching t.v.

Dr. King inspired other people to ________.

• think laws were fine the way they were.

• want to change unfair laws.

• watch more T.V.

• read more books.

In what year did Dr. King give his speech?

• 1969

• 1989

• 1963

• 2024

What did Dr. King's speeches give people?

• money

• hope

• hugs

• more problems