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7th grade Martin Luther King Day study guides
I Have a Dream Speech Analysis Discussion Guide
This speech analysis discussion guide highlights the rhetorical devices used by King with margin annotations and correlating color coded lines underlined in the text. I use this key to show the students, "How did the author say it?" (a common core step when doing close and critical reading). Using this activity helps the students understand the speech better and helps them with evaluating what King was saying.
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Butler - Movie Guide
The Butler is a film based on the life of Eugene Allen, who worked as a waiter and butler in the White House for 34 years. He started working in the White House in 1952 and retired in 1986 (as the head butler). This discussion guide is made up of 50 questions and is intended to help make viewing the film more meaningful for your students.
Grades:
7th - 12th
"I Have a Dream" Speech Jigsaw Activity
This product includes the FULL text of Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech (not just the few paragraphs we normally hear). It is divided into five sections. Each section includes questions to answer as a small group.
It also includes directions on annotating, working as a group, and presenting the answers to the class. I used it as a Google Classroom activity, where students wrote their answers in a Google Slides presentation, but this could easily be changed if you don't have acc
Grades:
7th - 10th
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I Have a Dream Speech Analysis Student Copy
This is a student copy for Martin Luther King's speech, "I have a Dream". I use this activity to show the students, "How did the author say it?" (a common core step when doing close and critical reading).
Using this activity helps the students understand the speech better and helps them with evaluating what King was saying.
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
MLK and Obama's March on Washington Speeches - Rhetorical Analysis w/Annotations
This resource includes the annotated texts of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream Speech" given at the March on Washington and President Obama's speech given at the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington given in 2013. The included zipped folder also includes an unmarked copy of the speeches without annotations and marginal notes so that you can reproduce them for students so that they can annotate them. Reading and annotating informational texts is a critical componen
Grades:
6th - 12th
"I Have a Dream" Speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. Socratic Seminar
Teaching Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech? Elevate your class with an amazing "I Have a Dream" Socratic Seminar, a best practice strategy that includes reading, writing, speaking, and listening components. This 15-page ready-to-go Socratic Seminar packet incorporates everything you need, including the speech text, text-dependent seminar questions, student guidelines, Socratic Seminar Tips and Tricks, annotation symbols guide, note-taking/talking points guide, reflective writing
Grades:
5th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Socratic Seminar Literary Jumbo Bundle
Martin Luther King Jr. - "IT STARTS WITH ME" TAKING US "BEYOND JUST A DAY"
"It starts with me" This is the theme that Bernice King has chosen to honor her late father Martin Luther King Jr. This guide is an honor to the "radical king", the lesser known details about Martin Luther King Jr., that are often left out and leaving his legacy extremely sugar coated. I think our youth deserve to see him as the radical Civil Rights Leader that he was. In this guide we will "educate, advocate, and activate" as per the wishes of Bernice King. That is how she said her father would
Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
MLK's Letter fr Birmingham Jail: Guide and Adapted Excerpt on Civil Disobedience
Note: Preview of page 1 shows a formatting issue that does not occur in the actual document.For the editable version, please contact me after purchasing, and I will share a Google Doc, from which you can make a copy to edit as you please and assign to students for online completion.Designed to be used in isolation or with the free narration video here: https://youtu.be/rbF1VFis2f4 (link included in file as well), this is a 3-page guide that features a discussion of civil disobedience as it relat
Grades:
5th - 7th
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"March" by John Lewis - Guided Notes
"March" is a memoir of John Lewis's lifelong struggle for civil rights. This graphic novel comprehensively covers the most important events and people from the Civil Rights Movement. This document provides links to the text and has comprehension questions/guided notes for this graphic novel. Some questions assess general understanding, but there are also questions related English concepts such as irony, figurative language, character analysis, theme, etc.While this book has some heavy content, w
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â "March" Graphic Novel Unit
The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306 - Movie Guide
These discussion questions are the perfect lesson for anyone teaching about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement. With the King holiday fast approaching, this lesson is a great way to spend the day remembering his life.
The film itself can be purchased from the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee.
Grades:
7th - 12th
I Have A Dream Speech Analysis Packet
This includes a step by step thoughtful analysis of Dr. King's I Have a Dream. It is used with students who have little experience with the speech and is a good introduction. I use this as a group activity, a group of 4-5 students seem to work nicely for this activity. I have included a link to the speech, and I usually label each section--or you can ask students to do that as they work. I show the actual speech, there are many youtube versions. It includes a reflective essay at the end.
Grades:
7th - 10th
My Brother Martin by Christine King Farris I Have a Dream
Activities for your study of the leader Martin Luther King Jr. by Christine King Farris.
This supplements Imagine It, SRA Reading series, sixth grade,
Unit 1: Taking a Stand.
Activities Included in the student study guide:
spelling
vocabulary
comprehension
dictionary/glossary
creative writing
Revised Bloom's Taxonomy
Daily Edit
Big Idea and Focus Questions Posters
Balanced Literacy
These activities meet Common Core standards.
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Letter From Birmingham Jail - Literature Reaction Worksheet
Encourage comprehension and critical thinking with this "Letter From Birmingham Jail" literature reaction worksheet. Great resource for MLK Day, Black History Month, Social Studies, American Literature, Essay writing, etc.Classroom-tested!This 2-page worksheet contains ten questions arranged in chronological order as each issue is dealt with in the text. Attractive graphics, clean/crisp layout, and plenty of room to write help students engage with what they are reading. Geared toward Middle and
Grades:
6th - 12th
Black History Word Wall
This resource can be used as a classroom chart, a word wall, or an insert into a social studies binder or notebook! It includes terms, names, and concepts typically studied during a Black History or Civil Rights Movement unit.
Grades:
K - 12th
Parts of a biography
With this worksheet, kids will learn the parts of a biography in easy way. After working with this worksheet, they will know how to write a biography properly and step by step.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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Civil Rights Movement Review Guide
The handout provides a concise format for all information pertaining to the Civil Rights Movement. The listed events are in chronological order and this is a great handout to have students place in their review packets. Enjoy!
Grades:
7th - 12th
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