First graders listen to the book Happy Birthday Martin Luther King and sing a song about him. In this reading lesson, 1st graders develop listening skills as they listen to the book. They also discuss their feelings about the laws that...

Third graders engage in a instructional activity that is about the study of racial discrimination with the focus upon Martin Luther King Jr. They conduct research using a variety of resources and fill out a graphic organizer looking for...

Students read historical artifacts about the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and analyze the choices made during the time. For this March on Washington lesson, students read Martin's Big Words and the 'Step Back in Time' sheets....

Students view numerous artifacts from the life of Frederick Douglass. Using the objects, they discover the many parts of his life and develop a hypothesis about the significance of the objects in his life. They identify the...

Students examine the contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. They conduct research, participate in a discrimination simulation, write a poem, and create a collage.

Learners are introduced to the concept of segregation and explore its affects on society. They participate in a role-play about segregation, read books about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., create self-portraits, sing songs and participate...

Third graders examine various stories and poems and identify characteristics that make each individual unique. After analyzing the readings, they create their own personality poems to accompany self-portrait drawings. The poems and...

Students explore the goal of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. They find pictures from magazines that show love, kindness, and friendship and other things that would make Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. happy. Students discuss why they selected...

Young scholars explore how people work together to create a better world. In this working for the common good lesson, students recognize how we are all connected and illustrate ways they can give of themselves for the common good. They...

Students work as partners to study Dr. Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech. In this African American history instructional activity, students work with their cross-grade partner to study, understand, and memorize the speech....

Learners use flip video cameras to film a speech about the 'I Have a Dream' speech. In this poetry and speech lesson, students listen to the speech from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Learners memorize part of the speech.

Learners examine a photo to experience history.  In this teaching tolerance instructional activity, students view a photograph of Mrs. Parks sitting on the bus and place their own picture by hers.  Learners imagine that they...

Eighth graders analyze lyrics from songs from a variety of genres. In this musical analysis instructional activity, 8th graders write an essay about their life plans in which they discuss the lyrics of U2's song, "One." They tell how the...

Eleventh graders explore the issue of racism in America.  In this American History lesson plan, 11th graders analyze charts and graphs on blacks and whites in America.  

Students develop conflict mediation and resolution skills by applying the nonviolence philosophy of Dr. Martin Luther King. In this conflict resolution instructional activity, students watch a video about Dr. King and review quotes from...

Students identify the main points and unique qualities of the "I Have a Dream" speech and write their own speech.  In this "I Have a Dream" lesson, students read the speech and discuss why the speech was written and the historical...

Eleventh graders examine the term visionary.  In this World History lesson plan, 11th graders research a specific individual who they feel is a visionary.  Students develop a power point presentation.  

Students discover the meaning of tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary instructional activity, students read Happy Birthday Martin Luther King, listening for 3 pre-selected, tier two vocabulary words. Words are defined by...

Students examine the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. and his impact on racial equality. In addition to lectures and discussion, students also submit two written assignments exploring how struggle builds character and the sacrifices and...

Students examine how race played a critical role in Lena Horne's life. They conduct Internet research, participate in a class debate, write a letter, and create a presentation based on their Internet research.

Learners investigate what discrimination is and study Article 2 from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. They participate in a role play activity involving majority and minority groups for which a letter was sent home to parents....

Students are introduced to various time periods in history in which African Americans wrote songs and poetry to cope. In groups, they travel between different stations to listen or read poems and music from the Civil War period, Civil...

High schoolers engage in a lesson plan that focuses on the development of The Bill Of Rights in the United States. They conduct research using a variety of resources. Students two focus questions in order to guide the information search....

Learners examine the "Cult of Domesticity." In this women's history lesson plan, students visit the specified Web sites to engage in research related to the characteristics that were thought to represent true womanhood as well as...