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Free 8th grade Martin Luther King Day resources
Martin Luther King Jr. Coloring Page FREEBIE!
Are you looking for a fun activity to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday or Black History Month? You came to the right place! Help students celebrate with this coloring page. Students can have fun coloring and thinking about their hopes and dreams for the future! Great for all ages!Please review this product :) Follow me for more coloring pages and freebies!Other MLK ActivitiesMLK Puzzles AVAILABLE HEREMLK Coloring Bookmarks AVAILABLE HEREMLK Digital Coloring PagesLET'S CONNECT!*
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3rd - 12th
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FREE! MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. - High Interest Reading Comprehension & Activities
Improve reading comprehension while ALSO teaching about Martin Luther King Jr! This illustrated skill-based lesson focuses on the influential civil-rights activist. The high-interest reading passage is followed by reading comprehension questions targeting six specific skills—details, locating the answer, vocabulary, fact or opinion, comparison, and summarize—plus a cloze reading activity. A great way to focus on basic skills while also teaching about this influential person. And best of all...
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5th - 8th
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"Dissecting the Dream" - Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" Speech
An engaging, Common-Core-based activity to help students analyze the structure of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.
I always like doing a Civil Rights Movement-based unit during January to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. In "Dissecting the Dream," students work in groups to divide "I Have a Dream" into thematic sections. Then they discuss and analyze the purpose, funtion, and effectiveness of each section of the speech. Each student in the group has a clearly defined rol
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7th - 12th
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: Passages - Distance Learning Compatible
With this resource, students will learn all about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day through reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. Students can respond to short-answer questions after reading. The questions are aligned to informational text reading standards. Teaching notes and lesson plans are included. This resource can be printed or shared digitally. What is included?+ Printable and interactive digital versions1 reading passage – (See topic below.)5 differentiated reading l
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3rd - 8th
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Timeline Activity for 4-8: FREE for a Limited Time Only!
Download this reading and social studies cross-curricular lesson and activity for a limited time only.
Students find facts and dates from a given website, complete a fact-gathering sheet, and then transfer their information to a timeline format.
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4th - 8th
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FREE Martin Luther King Jr. Activity | Big Words Bulletin Board Kit
This activity was designed to be paired with the book Martin's Big Words. Encourage students to reflect on what words they would like to be remembered for while creating a beautiful bulletin board display. Product includes a low-prep version as well as a craftivity version if your students are up for a little cutting and gluing.Resource includes three different speech bubble styles with and without the prompt "MY BIG WORDS:"Product includes multiple versions of both the low-prep and craftivity v
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K - 8th
Martin Luther King, Jr. Inspirational Quotes
This collection of 8 quotes can be used to create an attractive and thought provoking display in your classroom or school. They also make great writing prompts for students to analyze, connect to current events, or connect to their personal lives.
The quotes vary in complexity - use them all or the ones most appropriate for your students.
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Grades:
1st - 12th
Martin Luther King Activity / Art / Free MLK Activities Black History Month
This MLK Art Activity is the perfect assignment for Martin Luther King Day or Black History Month. The following activity uses the Grid Method to recreate an image. Each student needs both the completed image and an empty grid. To complete encourage students to complete one square at a time. Continuing until they have a drawing that resembles the original picture. Once the illustration is complete. Students are welcome to add a favorite MLK quote. I have two FREE activities available that corres
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3rd - 12th
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" Speech
This is the full version of MLK's "I Have a Dream Speech." I'm sure there are a million creative ways to use speeches. I would love to hear how you plan to use this in your classroom. Comment below! :)
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5th - 12th
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MLK Writing Paper Martin Luther King Jr
This is a Martin Luther King, Jr. Freebie for you! It is writing paper that you can use with all ages! I am using this as my final draft paper! I hope you can use it!
Michelle Griffo
Apples and ABC's
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PreK - 12th
Martin Luther King & the Civil Rights Movement Video Guide & Link + Google Apps
Free! This 21 minute documentary is still the best Martin Luther King/civil rights video for middle and high school students I’ve seen. It's short and to the point, yet powerful. This is not your typical documentary. Information is conveyed only by sound bites of King himself and through short onscreen titles. The soundtrack is the best. This is a perfect video to add to your Civil Rights Movement Unit or just right before or after Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Video questions are very short and
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Free Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks Clip Art
This Free Martin Luther KIng, Jr. and Rosa Parks Clip art is in a 300 dpi transparent format for high quality printing.
1 Martin King, Jr with Lincoln Memorial in Background
2 Martin King, Jr images - color an line art
2 Rosa Parks images - color and line art
This freebie is available for commercial use as long as you give credit to the illustrator. Complete Terms of Use included in this download.
Grades:
PreK - 12th
Civil Rights Movement Timeline
This is a graphic organizer with some resources to help your students get started and organize research on the Civil Rights movement. The resource is organized for each student to pick a year in the 1950s or 60s, research 2-3 significant events from that year (some links to reliable resources to kick off their research are included), reflect on those events, and then, as a group, plan out and create a timeline.
Grades:
4th - 8th
Free Martin Luther King, Jr. Day & Black History Month Activities
Ten pages of pure content: No Ads, No Filler! Context clues, vocabulary, and word activities relating to the positive aspects of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Black History Month.***The full unit is available here.***
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9 Weeks of Vocabulary Lesso
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6th - 9th
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Martin Luther King Jr. Poems Reading Comprehension Worksheets Civil Rights
This freebie has 3 different poems related to Martin Luther King Jr. These are great for classwork, homework, or fast finishers. It is helpful if the students have a background understanding of Martin Luther King Jr's life to answer the questions. There are several links below to products I have that provide this information. I've included both color and black and white versions of each poem and questions. The answer keys are also attached. Part of my MLK BundleYOU MAY ALSO LIKE:Civil Rights
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5th - 8th
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Martin Luther King Jr. Task Card/Journal Prompts
Looking for a way to add a quick lesson on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. into your classroom? These 16 task cards/journal prompts are the perfect solution. Each card features a different quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, with a prompt below.
The cards can be used as bell ringers/exit slips, journal prompts, or discussion questions. I usually print a set for my class and instruct students to answer the prompt on the back of the card so I can collect them easily. You can also laminate and reuse for
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6th - 12th
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day - Distance Learning
Greetings!Hope this resource helps you during Distance Learning. These are intended to use as a whole group on a live platform such as Zoom and is not intended to be assigned individually as a task for students* These can be completed in one day ( I am going to use this on Friday, January 15th, his birthday) but you can definitely use them little by little each day of the week if you choose. Feel free to edit slides and use what you need.Thank you again for supporting my work and please see the
Black History Month Music Appreciation
This is an activity for Black History Month, covering the basic beginnings of African-American music, and it's monumental influence. The packet includes mini bio's on prominent African-American musicians and an activity page for a music response.
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1st - 12th
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3 FREE Learning Tasks for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” Speech!
The following resource includes 3 FREE and RIGOROUS Common Core learning tasks to be used after students have read and studied Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 March on Washington “I Have A Dream” speech.
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MLK "I Have A Dream" Common Core Annotated Text w/Marginal Notes
MLK and Obama's March on Washington Speeches -
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6th - 12th
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day Activity with Passage Writing Frame FREE
Target academic vocabulary and context clues for your upper elementary and middle school students with a Martin Luther King Jr. Day activity with a passage writing frame. Meet IEP goals while students learn about the life and work of the inspiring Martin Luther King. Students build vocabulary skills while using context clues to complete a passage of informational text for Martin Luther King Junior Day. A complete word bank is provided with the words.This FREE download targets:Vocabulary in Conte
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5th - 9th
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MLK Listening Comprehension
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Listening and Vocabulary
Created by Danielle Cavallaro, M.A., CCC-SLP for my deaf/hard of hearing elementary and high school students.
I work as a speech-language pathologist in an elementary and high school. All of the students on my caseload have a hearing loss and language delays. Several of their IEP goals include listening for details and increasing vocabulary. I created this lesson with my students in mind, but I hope you are able to use it with your students as
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3rd - 12th
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Teaching Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in basic Spanish
Google Slides presentation with description for teachers of how to use the ideas.1) Infographic Idea 2) Authentic Text Idea 3) Class Discussion Idea4) My Original One-Page Basic Reading on MLK. Uses 152 unique words, mostly in past tense. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y5Av91lzGEMLViC6m4igZ0UVyPf2lq1AwglKXjcYJQI/edit?usp=sharing5) A 25-Slide Presentation of my Reading with Photos from the Civil Rights Era.6) A link for your to copy a Google Form 6-question quiz plus
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
Free- I Have a Dream- Middle School Informational Text
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's legendary "I Have a Dream" speech, as given at the March for Freedom in Washington D.C., marked its 50th anniversary on Aug. 28, 2013. This non-fiction text tells a bit of the background to the speech and has students answer questions from the ELA Common Core Curriculum. This text is also part of a packet featuring informational texts about events from fifty years ago, and can also be found as a free trial download under the name "A Year of Change and Unrest, 1963-1
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5th - 8th
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