Martin Luther King Jr. Activities

Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. with this meaningful mini-unit! It includes an original informational book/PowerPoint presentation, opinion and informational writing activities, three literacy stations, a cute craft, language arts printables, and so much more!!

Included in this unit:

I Have a Dream: A Look at the Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. – An original informational book/PowerPoint presentation

Writing Activities

• Martin Luther King, Jr. – Was/Had/Loved/Wanted/Is Remembered Because…
• Opinion Writing Piece
• Martin Luther King, Jr. web
• Graphic Organizer
• Martin Luther King, Jr. informative/explanatory writing piece
• I have a dream web and writing paper (Students can write about their dreams.)
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Craft – Use the pictures as a guide! Copy directly on colored paper or make patterns. The craft can be displayed with the informational writing, opinion writing, or I have a dream… writing.

Language Arts Printables

• Venn Diagram – Students compare Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to themselves.
• Action Verb and Linking verb Sort – Students cut and paste verbs on a flap book.
• Correct the Sentences – Students rewrite the sentences correctly. {quotation marks, commas in a series, commas between cities and states, capitalization, punctuation}
• Fact or Opinion – Students cut and sort facts and opinions. The statements can be glued on the recording sheet or in an interactive notebook.

Literacy Stations - The stations are in color but print great in black and white or greyscale!

• ABC order - Students put cards in ABC order and record answers on the recording sheet.
• Vocabulary – Students determine the meaning of a word based on the context. Students write a definition and draw a picture of the word on their recording sheet.
• Rhyming Words – Students group words {Words that rhyme with King and words that do not rhyme with King} and record answers on the recording sheet.