This set of six Lessons offer an innovative approach to teaching historical reading skills and media literacy in one unique multi-media platform through the use of documentary film, first-person interviews, and historical photographs.
“I tell the story of Martin Luther King and Coretta King as I knew it. I lived it. I value all of what they gave me now that I can remember. I’m not just telling stories. I’m not making a speech.
I’m telling you what happened.” - Xernona Clayton, King in the Wilderness
Telling What Happened is a set of unique resources for King in the Wilderness and includes:
* First-person interviews from The Interview Archive
This set of six Lessons offer an innovative approach to teaching historical reading skills and media literacy in one unique multi-media platform through the use of documentary film, first-person interviews, and historical photographs.
The Screening Guide for King in the Wilderness offers resources to engage audiences in an informed and thoughtful discussion and reflect upon the accomplishments and challenges Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., faced in the last three years of his life.
19 full-length interviews were completed in the production of King in the Wilderness and can be watched in full or in part in the Interview Archive. Each conversation offers an opportunity to learn from first-person accounts from Dr. King's inner circle of friends and confidants.