Here are a few ideas for using the January - April issue of MidLink Magazine to integrate technology with standard curriculum. The best place to start is with your own curriculum.
- Weave a computer writing activity into your course. Let students write an paragraph or an essay for I Have a Dream, TOO. Select the best essays, post them on your web site, and we will point to you from the growing dream menu.
- Read some of the exciting dreams submitted to I Have a Dream, Too by students around the globe. Students can select one and compare their dreams by constructing a Venn Diagram (Print out a graphic organizer from Graphic Organizer.Com or use Inspiration software to create your own.) Analyze the similarities and differences and discuss them. Some dreams have e-mail addresses, which would provide an opportunity for e-mail exchanges. MidLink will point to your web page if you post your results.
- Related Web Activities:
- National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, Tennessee: History, images, and sounds of the era.
- The Seattle Times information and on-line activities about Dr. King. Includes teacher's guide.
- Timeline of the Civil Rights Movement history, images, and activities from the University of Western Michigan.
- Write a story for Electric Soup, another award-winning literary magazine. When you share your classroom activities in MidLink Magazine, your students will get the thrill of publishing that will inspire them to write even more. Publish the final product and get fan mail from MidLink readers!
