Robin McMahon, French teacher at Smith Middle School, had a lesson plan published in the November edition of the National Bulletin of the American Association of Teachers of French.
McMahon’s lesson is entitled “Power of the Dream: Martin Luther King Day and Europe Day†and affords students the opportunity to study King’s “I Have a Dream†speech in French and to compare and contrast it with the Mission Statement of the European Union. The lesson underscores the fact that both countries value unity.
The lesson was developed in conjunction with a grant McMahon has received from the European Union for the past two years. The purpose of the grant is to heighten awareness of the European Union in the U.S.