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Kindergarten Lesson 1: Who Was Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.?

The student will be able to:
1. recognize Martin Luther King Jr. as a great leader who worked to get equal rights for all people.
2. understand Martin Luther King Jr.’s hope that all people could live together without prejudice.

Found in: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, Holidays, January, Kindergarten, Language Arts, Visual Arts

Martin Luther King, Jr. and Me: Identifying with a Hero

Students will:
Participate in read aloud and in inquiry-based research activities.
Compare and contrast their lives to the early life of Martin Luther King, Jr., through their journals (using pictures and words as developmentally appropriate).
Share their journals with an authentic audience.
Explore various sources of information about Dr. King and share the discoveries of their research, recording them on a class KWL chart.
Create art and plan a party to celebrate Dr. King?s birthday.

Found in: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, History, Holidays, January, Kindergarten, Language Arts, Visual Arts

Evaluating Web Sites for Bias

Students: Become familiar with checklist they use to evaluate Web content for bias.
Use the checklist to evaluate two Web sites from very different sources.

Found in: 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, History, Holidays, January, Language Arts, Social Studies, Technology

Dr. King’s Dream

In this lesson, students will learn about the life and work of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. Students will listen to a brief biography, view photographs of the March on Washington, hear a portion of King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, and discuss what King’s words mean to them. Finally, they will create picture books about their own dreams of freedom for Americans today.

Found in: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, History, Holidays, January, Kindergarten, 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. The lesson has individual sections divided into vocabulary development, rhetorical structures (figures of speech), understanding the speech, relating to the speech, and an optional opportunity for students to record the speech.

Found in: 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade, 9th Grade, Holidays, January, Language Arts