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Elementary Martin Luther King Day ELA test prep cultural activities for Microsoft Word
Our Friend Martin movie questions
Questions that go with the movie Our Friend Martin. This movie is hard to find. But, if you do find it, buy it!!! The kids will LOVE it!!!
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
"No Stuff" by Eloise Greenfield - Harriet Tubman Poem and Questions
Evidence Based Selected Response (EBSR) questions to use with the poem "No Stuff" by Eloise Greenfield. "No Stuff" shares Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and her heroic acts to help over 300 other enslaved people escape to the North on the Underground Railroad.
No Stuff Poem and Questions by Shana Sterkin is licensed under a
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3rd - 5th
Martin Luther King, Jr (Our Friend, Martin) Video Discussion Guide
"Immersion is felt by students in ways we don't even realize...we like that you watch and react to the video with us" (Burgess, 2012, Teach Like a Pirate).
This video discussion guide will engage your students as you watch and react to the video with them. Dave Burgess, author of Teach Like a Pirate, believes that immersion is a way to "set your classrooom on fire" and this is what happened in my classroom with this discussion guide. Students were highly engaged in discussion throughout the vi
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Writing Assignments over Racism and Stereotypes (Personal Narratives)
Two different writing assignments where students choose a prompt and write about their own personal experiences with racism or stereotypes and reflect upon those experiences. I included a guide for students to use to help them organize their thoughts. I use this when reading themed passages and novels having to do with racism and stereotypes. It is in word document, so feel free to change the prompts and guided sentence stems as you see fit:)Thank you.
Grades:
5th - 12th
Martin Luther King Jr. and Cesar Chavez
Great lesson for MLK holiday or Black History Month. The lesson compares the two civil rights leaders and their relationship with each other.
This includes a worksheet, rubric for project and prezi presentation that goes with the lesson.
Grades:
4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Our Friend, Martin (1999) Film Viewing Guide: Summary/Vocabulary/Questions
"Our Friend, Martin" is an animated children's educational film released in 1999 that tells the story of two friends, Miles and Randy, who discover a time-traveling baseball in Martin Luther King Jr.'s childhood neighborhood. As they touch the ball, they are transported back in time to various significant moments in MLK's life. Throughout their journey, they meet a younger MLK at different stages of his life, witnessing key events like the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, and the
Grades:
4th - 12th
Also included in: Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Documentaries & Movies Viewing Guide BUNDLE
Black History Interview and Author Project
This project involves students interviewing an African American person in their community that they admire and writing the story of his or her life in a blank book.
This pack includes all the resources necessary to take a fresh and new approach to studying African American history. Students learn to look to their own communities to find people who are living examples of the justice that so many before us fought for. They are stretched to hone new skills: interviewing, note taking, writing, il
Grades:
1st - 4th
"I Have a Dream, Too!" MLK, Jr. Lesson Plan
This lesson is part of a unit on the civil rights movement in America. It focuses on Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech and the impact of his speech on both the civil rights movement and our society today. Students will listen to and discuss Dr. King's famous speech and have the opportunity to create their own "I Have a Dream" speech as well. The template for the poem/speech is attached at the end of the lesson plan.
Grades:
5th - 7th
Dr Martin Luther King Jr - Play
A play about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Life. Enough characters for the entire class to participate.
Learning about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr by Sarita Felder is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Black History Assessment
This document can be used to assess students' knowledge of important African Americans. This assessment includes ten true/false questions about Martin Luther King Jr., Ruby Bridges, Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman. The document is editable. Feel free to change it to fit your needs!
Grades:
1st - 5th
Women's Rights Reading Comprehension
Brief nonfiction passage about women's rights. Includes information about when women were allowed to own property, vote, and attend college. Comprehension questions are both above and below the surface. Two bonus questions are included; students would need to use Google or other reference materials to respond. Answer key is included.
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3rd - 4th
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I Met Martin Luther King Jr Today
This is an inspiring rhyming poem about how Martin Luther King Jr became a hero, and it asks the reader:
How can I make the world better?
What is my great dream?
Dream Big, Do Big, and Be Big
And I will shine my own light in a big, beautiful beam!
The Beginning………
of Finding the Hero in Me!
Many thanks,
Adam and the School of Athens
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Grades:
PreK - 8th
Leadership Poster Project for National Honor Society
This is a project that any group interested in leadership can complete. I currently use it for National Junior Honor Society, but it can be used in National Honor Society as well. Students will interview a community leader, and will create a poster reflecting the interview. The interview is guided by the questions on the document. Students can present the final product, or it can be displayed during the months of January and February when schools celebrate American leaders.
Grades:
4th - 12th
Ruby Bridges PebbleGo Webquest
**You must have access to PebbleGo.com to use this webquest.**I created this webquest to go along with our study of Ruby Bridges and Civil Rights. The log-in directions are at the top of the page (you may want to edit it to include your username and password). Students read the information and fill in the blanks from the webquest.This is a great tool to teach note-taking and to provide scaffolding to students for reading comprehension. The students LOVE getting to use the computers for this!Happ
Grades:
1st - 4th
“I have a dream” Martin Luther King Jr. Mobile
Students will be able to recognize the impact and the symbolism of Martin Luther King Jr’s. “I have a dream” speech by constructing a multiracial world peace flower with multi colored hands to represent unity amongst mankind and identifying their own dreams for the world in their cloud of thought.
Grades:
PreK
Etymology Worksheet
I'm seeing more and more etymology questions on my third grade students' standardized exams. Personally I think etymology is fun and interesting, especially since I took Latin in high school! It can also be great for English Learners to see familiar word cognates.
Unfortunately, there are not many etymology lessons or practice sheets available. I made this one to introduce the words carnivore, herbivore, and omnivore. These words are all based on Latin roots.
This worksheet includes 7 multiple
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3rd - 4th
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Martin Luther King Jr MLK poem/rap performed originally for Rosa Parks
This was actually written by me in 1994 and performed at a board meeting in front of Rosa Parks a few years prior to her death. I have had many groups of children perform this and it is always a big hit with parents, kids, and teachers. Feel free to change a few words to fit your own rhythm, but please don’t change the meaning.
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Martin Luther King Jr. Internet Scavenger Hunt
This is a great way to honor the late Martin Luther King Jr. The students will go to age appropriate websites and answer questions about his entire life. They will also watch the very popular “I have a dream” speech, which lasts 17 minutes. Every time I do this with the entire class, I am always surprised that they all listen so intently and love it. It is a video on Youtube.com. My school does not allow the students go onto youtube.com, so I wait until every student is at the same point a
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Martin Luther King Jr. Internet Scavenger Hunt
This is an internet scavenger hunt to go along with MLK Jr. activities. It includes 3 different websites and a video. Website #1 is fill in the blank. Website #2 is a video with questions. Website #3 asks students to find a quote they like and write it down.
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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“I have a dream” Martin Luther King Jr. Mobile
Students will be able to recognize the impact and the symbolism of Martin Luther King Jr’s. “I have a dream” speech by constructing a multiracial world peace flower with multi colored hands to represent unity amongst mankind and identifying their own dreams for the world in their cloud of thought.
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Martin Luther King Jr. CONCERT/PROGRAM/PRODUCTION
This program is complete with an MC, several speakers, and suggested songs. The songs suggested come from the Spotlight on Music Series. The songs are NOT included in this document. You may contact me about the suggested songs and how to find them. msroneschoirs@yahoo.com
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Martin Luther King Jr.
The students will love this quick writing activity about Martin Luther King Jr.
They simply, write what their "Dream" for the future would be and then color the image. Have them brainstorm big differences that could be made in the world today.
Grades:
PreK - 5th
Martin Luther King Jr. Multiracial Peace Flower
The students will make this flower to celebrate the great Martin Luther King Jr. The multiracial hands grow out as a flower from the stem growing from the earth showing that all of us can unite as one in peace just as a flower grows when watered with kindness and love. It represents unity among all humans.
Grades:
K - 1st
African American History Inventors, Scientist, Politicians & Civil Rights Leade
Greetings Friend, This is an amazing activity worksheet's that provides a wonderful opportunity to learn more about some of the most influential Black and African American leaders. Leaders that assisted in today's inventions, scientific breakthroughs, civil rights movements, and political positions. Please enjoy this simple packet of greatness. It only requires the student to read or follow along as it is being taught, then to draw a line from the name to the picture of that person and from the
Grades:
1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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