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Lesson Plans - 9th Grade

Exploring the Power of Martin Luther King, Jr.?s Words through Diamante Poetry

Encourage your students to explore the ways that powerful and passionate words communicate the concepts of freedom, justice, discrimination, and the American Dream in Martin Luther King, Jr.?s “I Have a Dream” speech by paying attention to the details of King’s speech as they read and as they gather words to use in their own original poems.

King & Civil Rights Lesson Plan using the Web

Upon completion of this lesson students will have the know how to extract useful information off the World Wide Web. They will have an understanding of the civil rights time period in America, and an awareness of the obstacles that Martin Luther King had to over come to persue his dream. They will see the relevance of civil rights and how it helped shape our nation and the world.

Found in: 10th Grade • 9th Grade • History • Holidays • January • Language Arts

Critical Thinking

The following is designed as an independent lesson to foster critical thinking over Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

Evaluating Web Sites for Bias

Students use a checklist to evaluate Web content about Martin Luther King Jr. for bias.

Martin Luther King Jr.: A Clothesline Timeline

Students create a clothesline timeline depicting events in the life of Martin Luther King Jr.