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Martin Luther King Day cultural activities for Microsoft Word under $5
Our Friend Martin movie questions
Questions that go with the movie Our Friend Martin. This movie is hard to find. But, if you do find it, buy it!!! The kids will LOVE it!!!
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Martin Luther King, Jr (Our Friend, Martin) Video Discussion Guide
"Immersion is felt by students in ways we don't even realize...we like that you watch and react to the video with us" (Burgess, 2012, Teach Like a Pirate).
This video discussion guide will engage your students as you watch and react to the video with them. Dave Burgess, author of Teach Like a Pirate, believes that immersion is a way to "set your classrooom on fire" and this is what happened in my classroom with this discussion guide. Students were highly engaged in discussion throughout the vi
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Writing Assignments over Racism and Stereotypes (Personal Narratives)
Two different writing assignments where students choose a prompt and write about their own personal experiences with racism or stereotypes and reflect upon those experiences. I included a guide for students to use to help them organize their thoughts. I use this when reading themed passages and novels having to do with racism and stereotypes. It is in word document, so feel free to change the prompts and guided sentence stems as you see fit:)Thank you.
Grades:
5th - 12th
Martin Luther King Jr. and Cesar Chavez
Great lesson for MLK holiday or Black History Month. The lesson compares the two civil rights leaders and their relationship with each other.
This includes a worksheet, rubric for project and prezi presentation that goes with the lesson.
Grades:
4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Martin Luther King MLK Assassination Free Write Activity
Quote about MLK's assassination by Robert Kennedy and an African American troop deployed to Vietnam. Students read these quotes, envision themselves from a specific perspective, and write an account of how they would feel about the MLK assassination from their selected perspective.
Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education
Dr. Martin Luther King “I Have a Dream” Speech Scavenger Hunt
Dr. Martin Luther King “I Have a Dream” Speech Scavenger Hunt where students take a closer look at the speech by "hunting" or identifying all of the different writing strategies Dr. King employed when drafting his famous speech. By identifying the tools of persuasion, students will be able to both gain deeper understanding of the speech itself as well as utilize more sophisticated methods of persuasion in their own writing.
There are also optional questions that connect this speech to Loraine H
Grades:
7th - 10th
"I Have a Dream, Too!" MLK, Jr. Lesson Plan
This lesson is part of a unit on the civil rights movement in America. It focuses on Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech and the impact of his speech on both the civil rights movement and our society today. Students will listen to and discuss Dr. King's famous speech and have the opportunity to create their own "I Have a Dream" speech as well. The template for the poem/speech is attached at the end of the lesson plan.
Grades:
5th - 7th
Black History Assessment
This document can be used to assess students' knowledge of important African Americans. This assessment includes ten true/false questions about Martin Luther King Jr., Ruby Bridges, Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman. The document is editable. Feel free to change it to fit your needs!
Grades:
1st - 5th
Compare and Contrast MLK's "I Have a Dream" and L. Hughes' "Refugee in America"
This lesson resource includes questions for "I Have a Dream" and "Refugee In America" and can be used for MLK activity, for Civil Rights unit, and for Black History Month. This resource covers ELA standards in "Key Ideas and Details", "Craft and Structure", and "Integration of Knowledge and Ideas".This could be used as a mini lesson on its own or can be done over the course of a few days, if it's used as scaffolding for writing an essay.
Grades:
6th - 9th
I Met Martin Luther King Jr Today
This is an inspiring rhyming poem about how Martin Luther King Jr became a hero, and it asks the reader:
How can I make the world better?
What is my great dream?
Dream Big, Do Big, and Be Big
And I will shine my own light in a big, beautiful beam!
The Beginning………
of Finding the Hero in Me!
Many thanks,
Adam and the School of Athens
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Grades:
PreK - 8th
Leadership Poster Project for National Honor Society
This is a project that any group interested in leadership can complete. I currently use it for National Junior Honor Society, but it can be used in National Honor Society as well. Students will interview a community leader, and will create a poster reflecting the interview. The interview is guided by the questions on the document. Students can present the final product, or it can be displayed during the months of January and February when schools celebrate American leaders.
Grades:
4th - 12th
“I have a dream” Martin Luther King Jr. Mobile
Students will be able to recognize the impact and the symbolism of Martin Luther King Jr’s. “I have a dream” speech by constructing a multiracial world peace flower with multi colored hands to represent unity amongst mankind and identifying their own dreams for the world in their cloud of thought.
Grades:
PreK
Martin Luther King Jr MLK poem/rap performed originally for Rosa Parks
This was actually written by me in 1994 and performed at a board meeting in front of Rosa Parks a few years prior to her death. I have had many groups of children perform this and it is always a big hit with parents, kids, and teachers. Feel free to change a few words to fit your own rhythm, but please don’t change the meaning.
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Martin Luther King Jr. Internet Scavenger Hunt
This is a great way to honor the late Martin Luther King Jr. The students will go to age appropriate websites and answer questions about his entire life. They will also watch the very popular “I have a dream” speech, which lasts 17 minutes. Every time I do this with the entire class, I am always surprised that they all listen so intently and love it. It is a video on Youtube.com. My school does not allow the students go onto youtube.com, so I wait until every student is at the same point a
Grades:
3rd - 6th
“I have a dream” Martin Luther King Jr. Mobile
Students will be able to recognize the impact and the symbolism of Martin Luther King Jr’s. “I have a dream” speech by constructing a multiracial world peace flower with multi colored hands to represent unity amongst mankind and identifying their own dreams for the world in their cloud of thought.
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Martin Luther King Jr. CONCERT/PROGRAM/PRODUCTION
This program is complete with an MC, several speakers, and suggested songs. The songs suggested come from the Spotlight on Music Series. The songs are NOT included in this document. You may contact me about the suggested songs and how to find them. msroneschoirs@yahoo.com
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Martin Luther King Jr. Multiracial Peace Flower
The students will make this flower to celebrate the great Martin Luther King Jr. The multiracial hands grow out as a flower from the stem growing from the earth showing that all of us can unite as one in peace just as a flower grows when watered with kindness and love. It represents unity among all humans.
Grades:
K - 1st
Blackout Poetry
The objective of this lesson is for students to be introduced (if necessary) or be reminded of the impact of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and/or gain more information about different important historical and modern leading figures for black history month using an interactive, creative take on poetry.
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Not Grade Specific
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“I have a dream” Martin Luther King Jr. Mobile
Students will be able to recognize the impact and the symbolism of Martin Luther King Jr’s. “I have a dream” speech by constructing a multiracial world peace flower with multi colored hands to represent unity amongst mankind and identifying their own dreams for the world in their cloud of thought.
Grades:
K - 1st
I Have A Dream Speech Analysis Packet
This includes a step by step thoughtful analysis of Dr. King's I Have a Dream. It is used with students who have little experience with the speech and is a good introduction. I use this as a group activity, a group of 4-5 students seem to work nicely for this activity. I have included a link to the speech, and I usually label each section--or you can ask students to do that as they work. I show the actual speech, there are many youtube versions. It includes a reflective essay at the end.
Grades:
7th - 10th
Martin Luther King Jr. and Black History Month Activities
This is a group of activities that will engage students while learning about the Civil Rights Movement. These activities could be used independently in language arts for compare and contrast, articles about the Civil Movement, with social studies lessons, or in conjunction with a novel such as: Watsons Go to Birmingham or Bus Rider Blues.
Grades:
4th - 8th
Civics Initiative: Martin Luther King, Jr Day Activities
This package has a MLK Jr Day activity for grades PK-3 and 4+ to account for their differences in abilities. The PK-3 Activity allows for more thoughts, drawings, single words, etc. The 4+ activity has the "I Have a Dream" speech to annotate, a graphic organizer, and a fill in the blank activity where they can create their own speech.
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Grades:
PreK - 8th
Martin Luther King Jr. Multiracial Peace Flower
The students will make this flower to celebrate the great Martin Luther King Jr. The multiracial hands grow out as a flower from the stem growing from the earth showing that all of us can unite as one in peace just as a flower grows when watered with kindness and love. It represents unity among all humans.
Grades:
PreK
MLK Persuasive Essay
Common Core aligned persuasive essay about Martin Luther King Jr. Originally made for fourth grade, but can be easily adapted to other grade levels.
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
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