Martin Luther King Jr. Activities and Craft

This Martin Luther King Jr. mini unit includes activities and crafts to help celebrate the life of MLK Jr. with your class! In this mini unity, you’ll find ELA and Social Studies activities to teach students about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to supplement or add to your social studies and language arts instruction.

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1. Vocabulary word cards: Display these vocabulary cards during your studies of Martin Luther King Jr. to help your students learn these critical vocabulary words and assist them with their writing.
2. Printable Martin Luther King Jr. Biography Books (black and white mini reader for students & full page colored version for you to use as a read aloud)
3. Martin Luther King Jr. Was/Wanted/Changed graphic organizer
4. Martin Luther King Jr. Fact & Opinion activity
5. How Many Words Can You Make vocabulary activity
6. Martin and I are Leaders Venn Diagram 
7. Martin's Big Words word search
8. Martin Luther King Jr. dove craft
9. Martin's Big Words Writing Activity: students come up with a definition, illustration, and use the word in a sentence. Word choices include  Peace, Dream, Love, Friendship, and Leader.
10. Fact or False sorting Activity: there are true and false sentences. Students help decide which go under which heading. Pieces included for the teacher to create a class display/anchor chart.
11. The Life of Martin Luther King Jr. Timeline Project: This unique project guides students through creating a timeline of the like of Martin Luther King Jr. The timeline includes assembly instructions so that each student takes home and extendable timeline. You can use the included biographies, in addition to any other literature you read as a class, to fill in the timeline dates.
12. 2 Writing Templates: My Dream & All About MLK Jr. Each prompt comes in 3 different sizes and lengths to all for quick differentiation 

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