"He Has the Whole World in His Hands"
Martin Luther King had a dream,
Martin Luther King had a dream,
He had the whole world in his dream.
He had *(student's name) and _________
in his dream.
He had __________ and _____________
in his dream
He had _________ and _____________
in his dream,
He had the whole world in his dream.
*Hold up flash cards with students' names on them for the kids to read as you sing the song.
After reading Happy Birthday Martin Luther King
to my class we make a chart listing things that my students think ALL children might like. I give each of my students a generic person pattern (with arms stretched out) to decorate to look like themselves. I give them each a T-Shirt pattern that fits over the pattern and I write "We all like to__________" on each shirt. Student's glue the shirt to their self-pattern. While students decorate their pattern I go around to each student and have them tell me something they thing "All" kids like to do (have friends, go to recess, etc.) and I write their response on a post it note for the student to copy to the T-Shirt. I hang them in a long line down the hall so that it looks like the children are holding hands. Above it is the caption that says, "We Are One And The Same" I also hang a poster next to it of Dr. Martin Luther King's I Have A Dream speech.
