The document discusses Martin Luther King Jr., a prominent civil rights leader. It describes that he was born in Atlanta, Georgia and worked as a pastor before becoming an activist. King worked with other civil rights leaders to fight against racial discrimination faced by African Americans in the southern United States. He was jailed multiple times for his nonviolent protests against issues like segregation and racial injustice. King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee in 1968 at the young age of 39.
1. 1. Who is the main character in the text? _______________________________
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2. Why was he so famous and popular among black people? __________________
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3. Where was he born? ______________________________________________
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4. What did he do for a living before becoming an activist of the Civil Rights
Movement? _____________________________________________________
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5. With whom did Martin Luther King work together to help black people? ______
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6. What was the problem related to black people in the southern United States?
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7. Why were Dr. King’s home and church bombed? _________________________
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8. What education did Luther King have? ________________________________
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9. What did he love to do as a young boy? _______________________________
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2. 10. Why was he put in jail many times? __________________________________
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11. What great achievement did he get in 1964? ___________________________
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12. What was one of his most important beliefs as a citizen? _________________
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13. How was Luther King an inspiration for black people? ____________________
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14. How is it called the discrimation of a social group due to sex, race, culture or
ideology? _______________________________________________________
15. What is “I Have a Dream”? _________________________________________
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16. Where did Luther King study theology? ________________________________
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17. How was he killed? ________________________________________________
18. Where was he killed? ______________________________________________
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19. From whom did Luther King learn his phylosophy of non-violent protest? _____
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3. 20. How old was he when he died? ______________________________________
21. Was he a religious man? ___________________________________________
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22. Who was his wife? ________________________________________________
23. How many children did they have? ____________________________________
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24. What were the two books that Luther King wrote about? _________________
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25. Why did he know he might be killed? __________________________________
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26. What trait of character was Luther King full of to fight for what he believed in
without using violence? ____________________________________________
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27. Do you consider Luther King a rebelious person for raising up against the
establishment at that time? ________________________________________
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4. 28. What can we learn from Luther King’s non-violent retaliation methods when he
was attacked? __________________________________________________
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29. Do you see acts of terrorism in the text? ___________________________
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30. What can you say about Luther King’s personality after reading the text? ___
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31. Do we have equal rights in Mexico? ___________________________________
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32. This quotation comes from Dr. King’s last speech: “I have a dream that my four
children will one day live in a nation where they wll not be judged by the color of
their skin but by the content of their caracter”
What do you understand? _________________________________________
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33. What happens in our country when a Mexican expresses his ideas against the
establishment?
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34. Do you think Trump is a good leader?
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35. What comparison can you make between Trump and Dr. King as leaders?
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36. What kind of person do you consider should be the wife of a good leader?
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