Write the words "civil rights" in the middle of your page.
Use a brainstorming or listing technique to come up with as many associations as you can about civil rights. Jot down anything that comes to mind in the span of two or three minutes. If you don't come up with many things, allow yourself a couple more minutes.
Branching out from these associations, allow yourself time to write down associations for each of the secondary level topics. You can keep taking these associations out further and further until you feel the need to stop.
Extension Activity: These type of web activities are often used for organizing thoughts in essay writing, but they work well for creative writing too. Start organizing your connections on the web. You can create just about anything from this type of web, from a poem to a piece of art. The trick is to use only a portion of the web and concentrate your project on that portion.
Happy Birthday, MLK!
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K ... I did this ... don't know what to make of it, but here's the list I ended up with ...
arrow place insensible rise direction decline movement Rome fall danger principles religion fear warning beliefs spirit Rosa Parks plane bus car MLK Malcolm X travel diplomatic nations tactful enjoyable strike degrees hit hammer circles type kind gentle generous amounts war fight battle win lose run marathon race color correctness absolute relative remove seat displace place chair transcendentalism Walden jail Thoreau pond conclusion prison Emerson acdeptance disruption enjoyment peace angst involved KKK unhappiness active interested prejudice fear aware afraid equality knowing powerless sameness history study progress organic library movement forward
K ... I don't know what to make of all of this ... have I mentioned, not much of a writer? I'm tryin' ...
Lara
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