MLK and NF test

Tuesday, 3/3:

1. Nonfiction test part 1

2. Complete comparison between U2 and MLK

Wednesday, 3/4

1. Nonfiction test part 2 (You will have to define terms....study!)

Background:

• This is a tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. An exhibit dedicated to the civil rights leader was on display at the Chicago Peace Museum in 1983 when the band visited.
• Bono is speaking about those throughout history who have died because they preached of the equality of all men and practiced nonviolence as the only way to achieve their goal of having this equality universally recognized.

  
  

  MLK is the primary example of nonviolent resistance as the only way to bring about changes in civil rights.

  
  

  The song is about singular "people" that lived their life with pride. Not in a boastful way, but with the pride a person has when their thoughts and actions are motivated by their understanding and full awareness of the dignity and sanctity of ALL human life.
• King was killed on a Memphis motel balcony on April 4, 1968. Bono sings "early morning, April 4," but King was actually killed in the evening. Bono has acknowledged the mistake and sometimes sings it as "early evening, April 4."

  U2 "Pride" (youtube link)

Pride

Pride (In The Name Of Love)
U2
One man come in the name of love
One man come and go
One man come he to justify
One man to overthrow
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
One man caught on a barbed wire fence
One man he resist
One man washed up on an empty beach
One man betrayed with a kiss
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
Early morning, April four
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love

III.  Writing Assignment: (This will be a timed essay that we will read aloud in class)

Connecting to the Literature

Reading/Writing Connection: In I Have a Dream, Martin Luther King, Jr., challenges Americans to live up to national ideals of equality and justice. Write an essay in which you describe some other ideals that you consider to be characteristically American. Use at least three of these words: embody, comprise, define, invoke.

Rubric Link

If you use direct references from the speech or song, be sure to cite,