SUBJECT:

A Collaborative (free verse)

Electronic Poem

OBJECTIVES:

1. Having young people share ideas and learn from each other.
2. Encourage young people to dream, wonder andnot be afraid to take risks.
3. To familiarize the students with the contributionsthat Martin Luther
   King made to the Civil RightsMovement.
4. Making young people aware that many of their ideas and feelings are similar, regardlessof skin color.
5. To those studentswho are from outside the USA, please feel free to mention aperson from your country who had dreams to follow and was an inspiration to your society.

SUMMARY:

The students at Rock Falls Middle Schoolare writing a collaborative poem in honor of Martin Luther King's birthday, titled "I Have a Dream." We would like to have studentsfrom all over the world join us by adding one short free verse stanza (4-10lines) to the poem.

DURATION:

December 16-January 17, 1998

PROCEDURE:

We will be using Dr. King's "I Have a Dream Speech" as an inspiration to write the free verse poem. The poems contributed will bedisplayed in our school through out the month of January, and hopefullyon our school's homepage.

Please send a verse of 4-10 lines that you create.The first line of the poem should be entitled "I Have a Dream."Please include some background information like possibly your first name only,geographic location and possibly your school's name. If your native languageis not English, please feel free to contribute your verse in your native tongue, and then translate into English beneath it. We would loveto see it!

EXAMPLE:

I HAVE A DREAM:

That there will be peace on earth.
That families and communities will learn to getalong with each other.
That people around the world will have food and shelter.
That dreams can become realities.
That domestic violence will come to an end.

Dennis
Rock Falls Middle School, Illinois, USA

In order to participate, students must answer the four KIDLINK questions:

1. Who am I?
2. What do I want to be when I grow up?
3. How do I want the world to be different whenI'm grown up?
4. What can I do nowto make this happen?Come and join us in the celebration of Martin LutherKing's birthday

POEMS:
here are the first contributions by our KIDLINK kids! Please feel free to add to the growing poem!

Information Contact: Patti Weeg, Title 1 Computer Teacher, Delmar El. School, Delmar, Maryland, USA. Home Page: http://www.globalclassroom.org  

KIDPROJ WWW Contact: Grant Dougall and Diane Smith