March: Book One Novel Study (Recently Updated)

Celebrate MLK Holiday with this Novel!

March is a vivid first-hand account of John Lewis' lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation. Rooted in Lewis' personal story, it also reflects on the highs and lows of the broader civil rights movement.

Summary

This book is a graphic novel for high school students. The novel is short and can be read independently. Congressman John Lewis (Ga) shares us remarkable story with collaboration with co-writer Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell. Book One spans Congress Lewis’ youth in rural Alabama, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr., the birth of the Nashville Student Movement, and the “lunch counter” sit-ins.

Unit Information – 6 total pages (Includes pdf and Editable Word documents)

This novel study includes:

· Introduction PowerPoint presentation (9 Slides) with information about John Lewis, the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, and the Nashville Student Movement. There are also several videos with the presentation.

· 56 Novel Study Q & A ( 2 pages)

· 56 Novel Study Answers Resource Page (2 pages)

· 56 Novel Study Question Student Handout (2 pages)

The questions are only literal/recall questions that can be used as daily running quizzes as students read the novel. Instructors are free to create their own higher order thinking questions for this novel. These questions can be used to help quiz students participating in the The Battle of the Books.

The novel lends itself to some interesting class discussions about the civil rights movement, Martin Luther King, Jr, and educational integration movement.