Martin Luther King, Jr. Paired Text Lesson, Printable/Digital

With this no prep activity for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, you'll be set to share important messages for Black History Month as well as meet several standards while engaging your high school students creatively. The resource includes everything you need to be successful while covering Martin Luther King, Jr.'s essay "The Purpose of Education."

Student Experience: This lesson takes King's "The Purpose of Education" and pairs it with a song from popular culture, Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall." Students closely read and analyze both texts and make connections across texts and genres. Then, they will write their own poem in response to the anchor texts' themes and ideas. The relevant topic to teens allows them to share their thoughts and opinions and really gets them thinking and discussing the purpose of education. Various options for differentiation are included. Students will love this "rockin" lesson for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Included:

- Detail teacher's guide and lesson plan

- Anticipation Set Activity

- Links to the texts

- Guided questions and answers

- Paired song/poem with analysis for text-to-text connections

- Creative poetry writing culminating task

- Idea and template for "brick wall" exercise for text-to-self connections

- PDF and ready-made-for-digital Google version (force copy link)

Classroom success stories from teachers who have tried this resource:

♥ "One of my favorite lessons!"

♥ "A topic that immediately grabs a student's attention and written by such a recognizable person."

♥ "Fantastic resource! THANK YOU!!"

♥ "Really unique lesson for MLK!"

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