Martin Luther King

Introductions

  ·        Does the weather sometimes affect your mood? Are you happier on sunny days than on rainy days?

  ·        In your opinion, what is your idea of the perfect weekend?

Discussion Topic: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

   1.      What do you know about the life of Martin Luther King, 
  Jr. already? (Then our American volunteers can tell us more)

   2.      Can you  think of any other world leaders who remind you of Dr. King? Maybe someone from the history of Ukraine?

“I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.”

3.      Do you believe that Equality exists in Ukrainian society? What are the areas where inequality exists?

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”
      4.      Do you think that Dr. King’s dream came true in the United States? What do you imagine the

5.      Martin Luther King Jr. used a philosophy know as non-violent resistance. What do you know about this idea?

6.      Do you think that the world can be changed without the use of violence? What are the situations in which it is necessary to use violence to make a change?

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

     7.      Do you believe that love is the answer to the problems of the world?“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”

Expressive Expressions of this Day:

1. A person should be killed to be remembered.
2. Quality exists only in the paradise and the hell.


Useful Links:
1969 in the American History
http://www.trivia-library.com/a/united-states-and-american-history-1969.htm
Segregation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segregation
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/segregation
Philosophy of non-violent resistance
http://www.suite101.com/content/martin-luther-king-a88177
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=1131
Equality
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equality


Look it up in the dictionary: http://dictionary.reference.com/
1. Segregation – 

1. the act or process of segregating : the state of being segregated
2. a : the separation or isolation of a race, class, or ethnic group by enforced or voluntary residence in a restricted area, by barriers to social intercourse, by separate educational facilities, or by other discriminatory means
b : the separation for special treatment or observation of individuals or items from a larger group <segregation of gifted children into accelerated classes>
3. the separation of allelic genes that occurs typically during meiosis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segregation

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/segregation

Non-violent resistance  - Nonviolent resistance (or nonviolent action) is the practice of achieving socio-political goals through symbolic protests, civil disobedience, economic or political noncooperation, and other methods, without using violence. It is largely synonymous with civil resistance.

Equality – 

1.the state or quality of being equal; correspondence inquantity, degree, value, rank, or ability.
2.uniform character, as of motion or surface.
3.Mathematics . a statement that two quantities are equal;equation.

Inequality – 

–noun, plural -ties.

1.the condition of being unequal; lack of equality; disparity:inequality of size.
2.social disparity: inequality between the rich and the poor.
3.disparity or relative inadequacy in natural endowments: astartling inequality of intellect, talents, and physical stamina.
4.injustice; partiality.
5.unevenness, as of surface.
6.an instance of unevenness.
7.variableness, as of climate.
8. Astronomy .
a.any component part of the departure from uniformity inastronomical phenomena, esp. in orbital motion.
b.the amount of such a departure.
9.Mathematics . a statement that two quantities are unequal,indicated by the symbol ?; alternatively, by the symbol <,signifying that the quantity preceding the symbol is less thanthat following, or by the symbol >, signifying that thequantity preceding the symbol is greater than that following.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/inequality

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inequality

Discrimination - 

1.an act or instance of discriminating.
2.treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favorof or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, orcategory to which that person or thing belongs rather thanon individual merit: racial and religious intolerance anddiscrimination.
3.the power of making fine distinctions; discriminatingjudgment: She chose the colors with great discrimination.
4. Archaic . something that serves to differentiate.
Afro-Americans – 
 African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa. In the United States, the terms are generally used for Americans with at least partial Sub-Saharan African ancestry.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro-Americans

A Book of this Day:
Ray, Dana Meachen. Martin Luther King Jr. Day: науково-популярна література / Dana Meachen Ray. - New York; Toronto; London: Children's Press, 2001. - 47 p.