Martin Luther King Jr Middle School | MLK Activities for Middle School One Pager

If you're looking for Martin Luther King Jr Activities for your middle and high school students, this webquest and one pager activity is the perfect way to deepen your students' understanding of MLK Jr and his life and impact. This thoughtful and engaging EDITABLE, NO PREP, GOOGLE SLIDES MLK Jr activity is perfect for MLK Day, Black History Month, or teaching about civil rights, resilience, or the power of rhetoric and language. Students research MLK Jr and organize their learning into a one pager to share with the class. The activity provides an opportunity for making connections to current social justice issues in our community and around the globe today.

***This Martin Luther King Jr activity is fully editable, so you can tailor the assignment to your students and teaching style!

The activity is formatted to be printable as well as digital.

What is included in this resource?

Teacher Guide: Directions for teachers facilitating this activity. Includes discussion prompts and step-by-step directions.

Student-Friendly Directions: Clear directions to guide students through the activity. The directions include discussion prompts, a webquest with links to online resources, and 6 open-ended prompts to help guide student reflections on growth, challenges, goals, and more.

Webquest Template: Students use credible online sources to deepen their understanding of Martin Luther King Jr. By middle or high school, many students know the basics around MLK Jr and this activity allows for personalized learning about this important topic.

One-Pager Template: A blank template for creating the one pager and reflecting on growth, challenges, and experiences from the year.

Scaffolded One-Pager Template: The blank template above with short directions in each space telling students where to put each requirement for the project. This is especially helpful for students with learning disabilities or students who are English Learners - simply print it on the back of the blank template.

One Pager Reflection: Students finish the project with a paragraph explaining the choices they made in creating their one pager and reflecting on the importance of Martin Luther King Jr's impact and the civil rights movement (and the work we still have to do around civil rights)!

Rubric: A rubric to help students create quality one pagers that meet the assignment goals.

Designed for Digital / Distance Learning AND Print: A link to a separate file with JUST the slides your digital students need for the activity.

Activity Duration:

This activity will take about 2 hours.

Sample pacing from my own class:

- 15 minutes: Introduce the project and brainstorm

- 30-45 minutes: Complete the Webquest

- 30-45 minutes: Complete the One Pager

- (optional) 15-30 minutes: Share one pagers with the class.

Final Notes and Details:

Please note, this activity is created in GOOGLE SLIDES and is EDITABLE so you can meet the unique needs of your students.

**This resource is a PDF with links to Google Slides documents. However, the documents can also be downloaded from Google Slides as POWERPOINT files or PDF files if you prefer (file, download as, choose your format)

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