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If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:
To study the rhetorical strategies the author uses to be persuasive.
To make strong connections between the text and contemporary life.
To understand and articulate the wide range of references invoked by King in the letter.
To understand and articulate the historical context of the Letter and its appeal beyond that context.
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The Question and Answer section for Letter From Birmingham Jail is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
In the letter, King acknowledges the criticism that he is one of many “outsiders coming in” to cause trouble (their words). He explains his purpose: he is the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), based in Atlanta but...
Dr. King provides a moral reason for his presence, saying that he came to Birmingham to battle “injustice.” Because he believes that “all communities and states” are interrelated, he feels compelled to work for justice anywhere that injustice is...
How do allusions that King uses in his letter help the audience relate to him and what he is saying?
King uses allusions to align his arguments with famous thinkers of Western civilization.
John Donne: "New Day in Birmingham" allusion to "No Man is an Island".
John Bunyan:Puritan writer, imprisoned; "I will stay in jail before I make a butchery...
