Listening Activity: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Linking Lines Revised – Unit 4

Listening Activity: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Watch the video of Dr. Martin Luther King making a speech, and then answer the questions.

*Before watching the video, make sure that you know the meaning of the word blueprint.

Blueprint = תוכנית אב / נייר טיוטה

1. What does Dr. Martin Luther King mean when he uses the word "blueprint"?

He means people should have a blueprint for building a house.

He means that everybody needs to set goals for their life.

He means that blueprints are important only for leaders like him.

2. The first thing Dr. Martin Luther King thinks you should have on your blueprint is a deep belief in your own dignity and your own self worth. This means that . . .

sometimes you may be inferior to other people.

if you aren't famous, you don't count.

you shouldn't let anybody make you feel that you are a nobody.

3. Dr. King also says in his speech that . . .

there is always an alternative, you can always find something else that you can be.

you can’t be anything you want.

sometimes we don't have a choice.

4. Write what you think Dr. King means when he says "..if you can't fly, run, if you can't run, walk, if you can't walk, crawl, but by all means keep moving."

Linking Lines Revised – Unit 4