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Martin Luther King Jr.: Civil Rights Leader Lesson PlanMartin Luther King Jr.: Civil Rights Leader Lesson Plan
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3rd - 7th
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English Language Arts
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Martin Luther King Jr.: Civil Rights Leader

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Expand class members' appreciation of the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A powerful resource examines King's speeches, writings, and actions that reveal his deep commitment to a nonviolent approach to Civil Rights. Learners watch a biographical video, analyze primary source documents, and research other leaders who chose nonviolence to achieve social justice.

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social justice, discrimination, segregation, civil rights, civil rights leaders, the civil rights movement, non-violence, non-violent protest, martin luther king jr., boycotts, the montgomery bus boycott, rosa parks, mahatma gandhi, i have a dream speech, the nobel peace prize, the civil rights act of 1964

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social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Pair the lesson with the lesson from the same source on Malcolm X and ask class members to compare the philosophies and approaches of the two leaders

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  • The lesson can be shared and assigned on Google Classroom

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  • The lesson also looks at important but less well known events

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Common Core

SL.3.2 SL.4.2 SL.5.2 SL.6.2

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