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Lesson Plan for Dr. Martin Luther King Day

Students will learn about the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Students will reflect on sections of the I Have a Dream speech..

Students will gain some understanding of the experience of being involved in the civil rights movement.

Students will recognize the chronology of Martin Luther King’s life and develop a timeline.

More about this lesson plan:
Materials Needed: KWL chart, Read: My Dream of Martin Luther King by Faith Ringgold, Watch an excerpt from the video “Echoes of the Dream”, Have children write their “dreams", Listen and learn the song, “We Shall Overcome” by Pete Seeger
Source: © home.moravian.edu
Found in: 4th Grade • 5th Grade • History • January • Language Arts

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