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Martin Luther King Jr
for K-12 teachers & students



Martin Luther King Jr Day

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Speech Bulletin Boards Clip Art
Webquests Worksheets/Posters   Links

Our Lessons 
Free Presentations in PowerPoint format 
See Also: Black History Month



Our Lessons

Civil Rights - Segregation  (Mrs Donn's Special Section) includes ..

Eye Witness Accounts - These Stories Really Happened
The Year: 1935 - Back of the Bus
The Year: 1945 - Welcome Home
The Year: 1955 - Rosa Parks



Background

About Martin Luther King, Jr (Seattle Times)

Scholastic for Teachers

Life and Words - Part 1, Part 2

CNN - Birthplace of a Leader

The King Center

Classes in Conversation (3rd grade students)

Honoring Dr King



I Have a Dream speech


Martin Luther King Day (2 mini-units, scroll down)

Analyze I Have a Dream speech (for debates on other subjects, click here)

Exploring the Power of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Words through Diamante Poetry (2-3 90 minute lessons)

Video Clip (History Channel)

UTube - March on Washington



Lesson Plans


Martin Luther King Lesson Plan (3/4 grades)

Martin Luther King Lesson Plan (4/5 grades)

Let Freedom Ring - Life and Legacy

Lesson Plan (Hardee Florida Schools)

Teaching with Primary Documents

Martin Luther King

Peace, Critical Thinking Lesson Plan (9th-12th)

Non-Violent Protest Through The Ages (MLK, Jr, Gandhi, Karamch, Thoreau) 

Lessons in Courage: Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, and Ruby Bridges  •  complete unit [pdf]

Teaching King

Idea Exchange - MLK

Martin Luther King Lessons

Freedom Fighters

Martin Luther King Jr (lesson)

Civil Rights Movement UNITS & Lesson Plans K-12 (Donn)

Happy Birthday MLK! (Lesson ideas)

News Art

Box of Crayons Activity

Breaking the Color Barrier (science lesson. K-2)

 



Bulletin Board Ideas

Unity Wreath

Grade 3 (gigglepotz)

Bulletin Board Ideas



Free Worksheets, Printables

MLK Worksheets (in the social studies section)

Martin Luther King - links to lessons, printable pages

Many Free Worksheets (Teachology)

A Teeny Book about Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King, Jr (Sheryl's Holiday Page)

Peace, Theme Unit with Printable pages (ABC)

Print out a poster

RHL School Worksheet (reading and comprehension activity)

Fill in the blanks worksheet (speaking of speech)



Free Coloring Pages

Coloring Page (Class Brain)

Coloring Pages and Lesson Ideas

MLK, Jr (Enchanted Learning)  



Online Activities/Webquests

Golden Legacy (picture book to read online)

Wordmover (Shockwave, poetry game)

Interactive Timeline

Webquest (Pocantico Schools)



Free Clip Art

Discovery School

Teachers and Families Preschool



Links

Links from Arthur Elementary School

Martin Luther King (sjy church)

The Martin Luther King You Don't See on TV (Waterboro Library)  








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