Analyze an abridged version of Martin Luther King Jr's "Letter from Birmingham Jail." Class members read the excerpt and respond to four provided questions, which focus on the content provided. Consider taking the time to read the entire letter and using this page as an assessment or homework assignment.

Concepts

martin luther king jr., the civil rights movement

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Additional Tags

letter from birmingham jail, martin luther king jr, Primary Source, social studies

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Pros

• The questions allow for higher-level thinking
• Neatly formatted to fit on one page

Cons

• The resource only includes a very small amount of the text
• Since the lines provided are relatively small, students may need to respond on a separate sheet of paper

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.9-10.1 RH.11-12.1