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Reaching the Clouds for Equality

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Students listen to Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. They create their own cloud and write a dream they have for the world inside. They write journal entries on how to treat others fairly.

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K - 2nd
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English Language Arts
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1 hr
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