How Martin Luther King engages an audience

English

Speaking to an audience

What is a speech?

How Michelle Obama addresses an audience

In this unit, pupils explore public speaking, learning what makes a strong speaker and the purpose of a speech. They study famous speeches by Martin Luther King and Michelle Obama, examining how techniques like repetition and rhetorical questions engage and inspire audiences.

Introduction to speeches

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

True or false? An effective speech will engage the audience.

Which of these techniques involves changing the speed at which a speaker delivers parts of their speech? 

How does repetition impact the audience in a positive way for the person making a speech?

fighting for equal rights for black Americans

being from a city called Atlanta in Georgia

What is Dr Martin Luther King Jr. most famous for?

In which city did Martin Luther King Jr. make a speech in front of two hundred thousand people?

Which famous line did Martin Luther King repeat in his speech?

True or false? A speech is the communication of someone’s thoughts, through words, to an audience. 

Which of these jobs might involve making speeches?

Which of these occasions may involve someone making a speech?

What are common features of persuasion in speeches?

True or false? A speaker does not need to justify their opinion with reasons. 

How Martin Luther King engages an audience

Lesson outcome

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