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These teacher-reviewed resources from TeachersFirst provide lesson ideas, activities, research materials, and interactive sites for studying Martin Luther King, Jr. Whether you are celebrating Martin Luther King Day in January or including Dr. King in units on the 1960s, civil rights, or famous Americans, start from this list recommended by Thinking Teachers. Don't miss the TeachersFirst Exclusive lessons about Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Flocabulary - Blake Harrison and Alex Rappaport
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2 to 12
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Have you thought about including music into your curriculum or poetry unit, but have just run out of time to pull it all together? Well, you can get a ...more
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Have you thought about including music into your curriculum or poetry unit, but have just run out of time to pull it all together? Well, you can get a start now at Flocabulary. At Flocabulary you will find some free, cool resources in the subjects of language arts, social studies, vocabulary, science, and "The Week in Rap." The age range for the free videos is second grade through high school. Though the free selections change monthly, at the time of this review there were several free videos for stories from Edgar Alan Poe, Martin Luther King and his "I Have a Dream" speech, and Shakespeare. You can sign up for their newsletter which will let you know the free offerings for the month. These are really cool for middle and high school age students.The lesson plan section is always free, as well as their blog, where they post new, engaging lesson plans weekly. You need NOT sign up for the "free trial" to see the monthly features.
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tag(s): news (125), vocabulary (231), vocabulary development (30)
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Be sure to keep an offline record of any good ideas your discover here, since they may "disappear" next month. You can start teaching students how to "rap a review" on a unit of study you just finished by clicking on "Rap Tips & Lessons" where you and your students can read about Flocabulary's ten step technique. They also have a section for "Rhymes & Words", and "Rap Beats."Feeling less adventurous? Try using the "Five Things" video about the five elements of the short story, or use one of the Poe or Shakespeare videos as an introduction to their stories. (Or another free offering of the month.)
For even more music in your class room visit these two programs reviewed here by TeachersFirst: 60 Seconds (reviewed here) and Lit Tunes (reviewed here).
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Daria -World Music for Children - World Music by Daria
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K to 5
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World Music for Children, though a commercial site, shares some simple treasures of music: song lyrics, audio files, and music-related craft projects to engage children with music at...more
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World Music for Children, though a commercial site, shares some simple treasures of music: song lyrics, audio files, and music-related craft projects to engage children with music at school or at home. Steer clear of the items for sale, and you will find songs to play for Martin Luther King Day, Hispanic Heritage Month, Native American Heritage month, Cinco de Mayo and more. This review directs you to the Teacher section where you can also find directions and photos to make simple percussion instruments from all over the world. The site is simple, but the options for making music are many. PDF files of song lyrics are available.
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tag(s): hispanic (14), martin luther king (27), musical instruments (14), native americans (32), sound (72)
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Turn up your speakers and try the limbo. Make simple instruments as part of your cultural heritage celebrations. Record your class singing one of the simple songs using a simple tool such as PodoMatic (reviewed here ) or your computer's own recording software; then share the link to the recording on your class web page for younger students to sing along at home. During units on sound in elementary science class, make some of the instruments to explore how sound is created and transmitted. PE teachers can teach lessons using the song/dance options, such as the limbo. World language classes and world cultures classes may even find some of the ethnic instruments from other parts of the world interesting, despite the more juvenile appearance of this site.
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Highlights Kids Story Player - Highlights Magazine
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1 to 5
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This site offers several original stories from Highlights Magazine. The stories feature audio, text, and beautiful illustrations. There is a wide variety offered, and the stories...more
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This site offers several original stories from Highlights Magazine. The stories feature audio, text, and beautiful illustrations. There is a wide variety offered, and the stories include both prose and poetry. You can also print page by page. Elementary aged ESL students and emerging readers will benefit from the double presentation of the stories both in text and orally. At the time of this review, there were five audio stories. All current stories are related to recent holidays and weather. Check back frequently as story choices may change along with the seasons. Don't miss the "Poetry Player" under the "Read it" tab for more readaloud options, including a Martin Luther King poem in January.
tag(s): audio books (12), holidays (97), martin luther king (27), reading comprehension (34)
In the Classroom
Share the stories on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Build oral reading expression with these examples, as well. Following this model, have your students select a favorite story or poem. After they make original pictures and/or graphics to go with the stories, have them record themselves reading the story page by page. Two interactive ideas would be to have students create a Voicethread or online book using the site Bookemon. Voicethread reviewed here, allows users to narrate a picture. Bookemon reviewed here is a tool to create online books. Share the Voicethreads or Bookemon books on your class website. Share the Highlights site on your class webpage for families to read together.
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The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Non-violent Social Change - The King Center
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4 to 12
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This site is one of two official Martin Luther King sites. Come to this site to learn more about Martin Luther King, Jr: his life, his legacy, the holiday honoring ...more
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This site is one of two official Martin Luther King sites. Come to this site to learn more about Martin Luther King, Jr: his life, his legacy, the holiday honoring him, his wife and family, and more. There are video and audio inserts, PDF printables, excellent research information, and a very inspiring Flash enabled speech. This site requires Adobe Acrobat and Flash. You can get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.
tag(s): africa (168), african american (104), martin luther king (27)
In the Classroom
Share the video and/or audio clips on your projector or interactive whiteboard. Have students use this site for research projects. Challenge students to write a blog from King's perspective. Have students pretend that he could write a blog for people to read in the 2000s. What would he say? Has his dream come true?
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EncycloMedia - EncycloMedia.com
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2 to 12
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Use this video encyclopedia to learn about a variety of school and non-school topics. Share videos by link or use the embed code to share the video clip on a ...more
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Use this video encyclopedia to learn about a variety of school and non-school topics. Share videos by link or use the embed code to share the video clip on a blog, wiki, or site. The video topics are amazing and include such a variety: Discovery of the Holocaust, I Have A Dream, The Great Barrier Reef, Polio Vaccine, several current events videos, and some "pop culture." You may want to preview this site before allowing students to peruse on their own, as some of the videos are not appropriate for younger students. (For example, Anna Nicole Smith Dies.) The videos do not include information on their creators or sources. Like Wikipedia, this site relies on the "wisdom of crowds" to point out erroneous information. Have knowledge to share? Upload your own pictures or video.
tag(s): civil rights (58), coral (16), diseases (29), holocaust (35), martin luther king (27), reefs (12), video (54), world war 2 (117)
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Users must be able to use the search feature to find appropriate videos.When sharing a specific clip, consider embedding the clip on your class page. If uploading videos to this site, be sure to check the content of student videos prior to uploading.
Many students prefer videos to understand and research information. Share the videos on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Use the videos to teach information literacy skills such as evaluating or comparing sources. As you share the videos, ask students how they can tell whether the video is a reliable source or whether they can validate its information fro another source. Use this site for research about the Holocaust, Civil Rights, or one of the many other topics found here. Be sure to look at the fact sheets and/or information with the videos. Offer different ways for students to learn information to suit the way they learn.
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Remembering Martin Luther King - TeachersFirst
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1 to 4
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This primary-level unit offers language, math, and science activities, all built around the themes of equality and non-violence that Dr. King espoused. The activities include word banks,...more
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This primary-level unit offers language, math, and science activities, all built around the themes of equality and non-violence that Dr. King espoused. The activities include word banks, science experiments (some with eggs), and more. Ready to print PDF files make this unit easy to use. This site requires Adobe Acrobat. You can get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.
tag(s): africa (168), african american (104), civil rights (58), holidays (97), martin luther king (27)
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Students can hone counting skills with the "Birmingham Bus" or test their powers of scientific observation by comparing brown and white eggs.
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Rosa Parks: How I Fought for Civil Rights - Scholastic
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4 to 8
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The Rosa Parks: How I Fought for Civil Rights website includes free printable lesson plans, worksheets, an interview, a biography, and other reading material that can be easily...more
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The Rosa Parks: How I Fought for Civil Rights website includes free printable lesson plans, worksheets, an interview, a biography, and other reading material that can be easily viewed full-screen on your classroom interactive whiteboard. The site is easy to navigate with links built right into the text for vocabulary and other relevant information. The activities help students understand the importance and necessity of every individual citizen in a democracy working together to contribute to a better way of life for all.
tag(s): black history (32), civil rights (58), martin luther king (27), rosa parks (4), tolerance (12), women (79)
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Spark your students' interest for how one brave individual changed history by not giving up her bus seat to a white passenger. Whether you are doing a unit on people who make a difference, civil rights, tolerance, or studying women and events in history, this self-contained website provides resources and materials that you can display on your classroom whiteboard and involve students in using the interactive links to enhance learning and spring board discussions on what still needs to be done in regards to acceptance and embracing racial, ethnic, and cultural differences. Use an online tool like The Interactive Three Circle Venn Diagram (reviewed here) to compare and contrast discrimination in our country then with similar challenges we face today, and what still needs to be accomplished for a better tomorrow. Broaden the concepts to include that even when we are brave and have courage, change doesn't come about immediately; it takes time and continued perseverance. Culminate the unit with a writing prompt for students to reflect on and explain: Have you ever faced something that you thought you couldn't stand up to?
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A Class Divided - Frontline/PBS-WGBH Educational Foundation
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6 to 12
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This is one of the most requested programs for effectively conveying the reality of discrimination, what it feels like, and how it can change a person. Frontline, the PBS news-magazine...more
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This is one of the most requested programs for effectively conveying the reality of discrimination, what it feels like, and how it can change a person. Frontline, the PBS news-magazine show, produced this gripping piece that tackles the controversy, complexity, and consequences of discrimination that have shaped our society. This film and collection of activities are based on the 1970 documentary of the daring lesson that teacher Jane Elliott taught her third-grade class to give them a firsthand experience in the meaning of discrimination, immediately following the assassination of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. The film shows what she taught the children and the impact that lesson had on their lives. It includes three major segments: the footage of the original documentary of Jane Elliott's third-graders, (approximately 20 minutes), the reunion of those third-graders 14 years later who talk about the effect her lesson has had on their lives, (approximately 7 minutes), and also Elliott teaching her lesson to adult employees of Iowa's prison system and how their reactions to her exercise were similar to those of the children, (approximately 20 minutes). A Teachers' Guide, as well as an abundance of supplementary materials that allow students to wrestle with realistic ideas, are available on this site.
tag(s): black history (32), bullying (39), civil rights (58), diversity (39), racism (12), segregation (16), tolerance (12)
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Help your students understand why Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated and raise their awareness of discrimination and the struggle for civil rights by involving them in active viewing of A Class Divided projected on your classroom interactive whiteboard or projector. You can view the film in its entirety, or in separate chapters followed by the Discussion Questions. You may want to give students a specific task to do during the film. For example, you might ask them to listen for a particular issue or the answers to a set of questions, or take notes in preparation for one of the post-viewing activities. Replay the video or pause for discussion whenever you choose for focused, in depth exploration. Depending on your students' background knowledge and grade level, you may want to review or introduce some of the basic tenets of the United States Constitution that provide the legal grounding for equality and protection of individual rights. Explain that there are examples in American history when individuals' rights were denied and that many civil rights activists were arrested for either challenging demonstrating or breaking rules that they thought were unfair. Pose some of the questions for written assignments and discussion. This is a perfect lesson for Black History Month! Divide the class into groups to brainstorm situations that exist today within our own communities, and how they would feel and deal with it if they were the subjects. Students can easily create mind maps using free tools from Teachersfirst, such as diagrammr.com reviewed here or bubbl.us reviewed here. Have students choose words from songs to explore themes of freedom and equality, using Stories Behind the Songs reviewed here. High school students could extend this to a reading and study of the final chapter of "One America in the 21st Century," the 1998 report of President Bill Clinton's Initiative on Race, which lists 10 things that every American should do to promote racial reconciliation. Ask students to add anything they think is missing and make a commitment to continue the crusade to end discrimination.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Finishing the Dream - NBC Learn
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5 to 12
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This site offers a collection of videos on the Civil Rights Movement. Topics range from Brown Vs. Board of Education to the assassination of Martin Luther King. The time span ...more
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This site offers a collection of videos on the Civil Rights Movement. Topics range from Brown Vs. Board of Education to the assassination of Martin Luther King. The time span is from the 1950s to the present, the most current being a special produced by NBC asking about "finishing the dream." Each of the ten topic areas links to many news clips that focus on the particular topic of that civil rights problem. Each clip can be "flipped" to see more information about its source, description etc. Finishing the Dream is a free area of the broader NBC Learn video site that is subscription-based. There is even an embeddable widget to make the collection available on other web sites or blogs.
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In the Classroom
Include this site when your students are going to do a research project on civil rights or MLK. Use one of the videos from the site to introduce a civil rights unit. Have cooperative learning groups explore one of the videos/topics together and create multimedia presentations to share with the class. Challenge groups to narrate a picture using a tool such as Voicethread reviewed here. Compare videos from this site to examine the question of how King's vision is being implemented today. If you know how, embed the widget for the entire collection on your class web page for students to access in and out of school during your civil rights unit or in January near Martin Luther King Day. For more
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MLKing Jr. Day - Myvocabulary.com
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4 to 10
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I have a dream... This site features the historical legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. Here you will find interactive word puzzles, lesson plans, classroom activities, a wordbank of...more
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I have a dream... This site features the historical legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. Here you will find interactive word puzzles, lesson plans, classroom activities, a wordbank of nearly 40 vocabulary words, discussion ideas, and more. Many of the activities are printable. This site does include some unobtrusive advertisements.
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Share this site with your students around Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Black History Month, or any unit that you are teaching about the Civil Rights movement. Display the interactive word puzzles on your projector or interactive whiteboard. Have students create blog entries in response to one of the discussion questions.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Way Back: Fairness - WGBH for PBS
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4 to 8
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Fairness is a hot issue to students. Fairness also carved out who we are as Americans. This site highlights groups of people and individuals who made a difference for many ...more
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Fairness is a hot issue to students. Fairness also carved out who we are as Americans. This site highlights groups of people and individuals who made a difference for many Americans. Through interactive games and biographies, students learn about the Japanese Internment, Civil Rights, Women Rights and voting, Religious Freedom and child labor. Play the Inequity Quiz with another player for educational competition. This site requires Flash. You can get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.
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Students will find this site a great starting place for study of civil rights and other fairness issues. Feature this as a lead-in to Martin Luther King Day, study of the Constitution, and more. Share the interactives on a whiteboard or projector for whole group interactive instruction, then assign students to explore fairness and how our country has (or has not) protected it. Follow up your social studies lesson with time for student blog-writing. They will have much to say and many comments to make to each other. Check out the "Snap Shots: What if..." section for writing prompts and pictures.
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Martin Luther King Papers Project - Stanford University
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6 to 12
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Stanford's collection of King resources is among the most complete, and includes biographical and contextual information on King and his work. There are original documents as well as...more
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Stanford's collection of King resources is among the most complete, and includes biographical and contextual information on King and his work. There are original documents as well as timelines and other study aids. Visit the Liberation Curriculum to find lesson plans, an online dictionary, and other features. The lesson plans are linked to California standards. The site also includes video clips that require Flash. You can get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.
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Use this site for research about King. Share the videos on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Have students create their own videos about Martin Luther King, Jr. Be sure to check out the lesson plans: they are detailed and simple to use.
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Powerful Days in Black and White - Kodak
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4 to 12
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Kodak's site featuring the photos of Charles Moore contains many images of Dr. King and the nonviolent struggle for racial equality in the American south during the 1960s. These are...more
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Kodak's site featuring the photos of Charles Moore contains many images of Dr. King and the nonviolent struggle for racial equality in the American south during the 1960s. These are striking images. Preview before sharing with younger students.
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Share the photos on your projector or interactive whiteboard. Discuss the pictures as a class. What were the lives of those in the photos like? Have students choose one photo that was the most powerful and write a journal entry about that photo.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Day of Service - U.S. Government
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4 to 12
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Here's a site that asks students to live up to Dr. King's ideals by engaging in a service project to help those less fortunate than they. Learn about King, his ...more
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Here's a site that asks students to live up to Dr. King's ideals by engaging in a service project to help those less fortunate than they. Learn about King, his ideals, and how to serve.
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Teachers looking for a meaningful way to honor Dr. King might find this approach attractive. Share the Why Serve link with your class and discuss how serving can change their lives. Why not come up with a class community service project to do in honor of Dr. King?Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Martin Luther King - Leaders and Revolutionaries - Time, Inc.
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6 to 12
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The Time 100 site, created for the year 2000 celebrations, offers a nice King biography, along with links to related materials and other leading figures of the 20th century....more
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The Time 100 site, created for the year 2000 celebrations, offers a nice King biography, along with links to related materials and other leading figures of the 20th century. This one could be a nice starting point for school reports.
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Use this site for research about King. Create a class wiki for students to discuss and compare the lives and legacies of Martin Luther King, Jr and Barack Obama. What characteristics do the men share? How are they different?Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Dr. King Timeline - Pocantico Hills School
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2 to 4
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Use this illustrated timeline of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life, created by kids, for kids, to help students understand the meaning of the holiday. The timeline is easy to ...more
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Use this illustrated timeline of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life, created by kids, for kids, to help students understand the meaning of the holiday. The timeline is easy to navigate: simply click the arrows. After viewing the timeline, the site offers word searches, coloring pages, printables, interactive quizzes, and other features.
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Use this site as the content for a lesson on creating timelines. Use this site (and others) to have students create their own timelines of King's life. Have students work in cooperative learning groups (or as a class) to create an interactive timeline using a tool such as XTimeline (explained here).Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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March on Washington Lesson - PBS Newshour
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6 to 12
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This lesson, from the web site for the PBS Newshour, offers both a set of structuring questions about integration and racism and a set of resources that documents Dr. King ...more
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This lesson, from the web site for the PBS Newshour, offers both a set of structuring questions about integration and racism and a set of resources that documents Dr. King and the struggle for equal rights in America. The lesson includes links to important documents (some PDF files, others require Flash), extension activities, thinking questions, audio and video footage, and correlations to National Standards in history, civics, culture, and more. This site requires Adobe Acrobat and Flash. You can get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.
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This lesson plan is ready to use and easy to follow! The extension activities offer some excellent higher order thinking questions. After sharing video footage with your students, why not project one of the extension activities on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Have students create a blog answering the questions in the extension activities.
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Black History - Manatee School District
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K to 3
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Looking for some new information to share during Black History month? This site highlights some famous African-American heroes: Harriet Tubman, Ruby Bridges, Martin Luther King Jr.,...more
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Looking for some new information to share during Black History month? This site highlights some famous African-American heroes: Harriet Tubman, Ruby Bridges, Martin Luther King Jr., George Washington Carver, and Mary Mcleod Bethune. Each hero has his or her own page of information. These pages include reference information, clickable links (some to outside sites), photos, maps, online quizzes, and more. There are also buttons on each page that say "read." This feature reads the information out loud to the student. This site requires Flash. You can get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.
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Save this site in your favorites to use during black history month, for MLK Day, or during a unit on heroes. Demonstrate this site on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Divide your students into cooperative learning groups to explore these famous heroes. Even non-readers can participate, thanks to the "read" button. Have the groups create a simple PowerPoint or poster about the hero whom they researched. Perhaps you want to use the Web Poster Wizard reviewed here.
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Remember Segregation - DDB Worldwide Communications
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8 to 12
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Visitors will find the entrance to this site a bit disturbing and uncomfortable, but it effectively conveys the reality of segregation as it was experience by millions of Americans....more
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Visitors will find the entrance to this site a bit disturbing and uncomfortable, but it effectively conveys the reality of segregation as it was experience by millions of Americans. You must click to enter as a "White Visitor" or "Colored Visitor."
Rich in biographical information about Martin Luther King, Jr., the site features an interactive time line highlighting events in the struggle for equality, a photo gallery containing some chilling vintage photos, and audio clips and transcripts from some of King's most memorable addresses. This site requires Flash. You can get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.
Rich in biographical information about Martin Luther King, Jr., the site features an interactive time line highlighting events in the struggle for equality, a photo gallery containing some chilling vintage photos, and audio clips and transcripts from some of King's most memorable addresses. This site requires Flash. You can get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.
tag(s): africa (168), african american (104), civil rights (58), martin luther king (27), segregation (16)
In the Classroom
Have students explore this site in cooperative learning groups or independently. Have each group research a different year in King's legacy (the time ranges from 1954 through the present). Challenge the groups to create multi-media presentations to share their "year."
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Martin Luther King, Jr. - Nobel Lecture - Nobel Foundation
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9 to 12
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Dr. King's lecture on the occasion of his award of the Nobel Peace prize in 1964 has elements that still resonate in the political structure of today's world. Try this ...more
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Dr. King's lecture on the occasion of his award of the Nobel Peace prize in 1964 has elements that still resonate in the political structure of today's world. Try this resource as part of a study on non-violence, civil rights, or government. The document is longer than some students might like, but it is not difficult reading. The site also includes a two minute sound recording that requires RealPlayer. You can get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.
tag(s): africa (168), african american (104), civil rights (58), martin luther king (27)
In the Classroom
Since this speech (document) is so lengthy, why not break it down into several lessons. Have students dissect the words of King. What still holds true in the 21st century? What has changed?Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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