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Bring creative writing into the history classroom with this engaging activity! This engaging journal-writing assignment invites students to imagine they were present at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech on August 28, 1963. Students write a first-person journal entry as if they are reflecting that evening on what they heard, saw, and felt during the March on Washington. Students will:Describe what it was like to be part of the crowd at the March on WashingtonExplain Dr. King’s