Martin Luther King Jr.
Objective: students will explain the events of the Civil Rights
Movement focusing on the life of Martin Luther King
Book Summary: the story of the life of
Martin Luther King Jr. throughout
childhood to his adult life and the impact
he had on the civil rights movement.
Setting: Life in the South during the
1950’s and 1960’s.
Links to LOC Resources:
- House
- Riding the Bus
- Civil Rights Act of 1964
Author: Margaret Davidson
I Have A Dream: The
Story of Martin Luther
King
Kaitlyn Rubino – Winthrop University- 2011
What are you marching for?
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Using the information in the book
about the Civil Rights marches.
Write a simulated journal. Pretend
to be one of the participants in a
march. Describe the feelings in the
crowd, the people around you and
what you are marching for.
Martin Luther King participating in
the Selma Montgomery Rights March
in Montgomery, Alabama
How does this hospital compare
to hospitals we have today?
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Use a Venn diagram to compare and
contrast the hospitals we have now
compared to the one in this picture.
Include what you think the inside of
this hospital looked like, the equipment
used in the hospital and the importance
of personal health now and then.
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Hospital
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Today's Hospital
Hospital
Why is voting important?
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The class could run a campaign for
president, vice president, treasurer and
secretary. Each student will run for one
position. They will make a campaign
then the class will vote. After they vote
have the students write about how they
felt when they voted and how they
would feel if they didn’t get to vote for
who they wanted to represent them.
Martin Luther King, Ralph Abernethy, and
Andrew Young led a group of African
Americans to vote.
Standards
• NCSS
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I. Culture
II. Time, Continuity and Change
III. People, Places and Environments
VI. Power, Authority and Governance
X. Civic Ideals and Practices
• South Carolina
– 5-5.3 Explain the advancement of the civil rights movement in the
United States, including key events and people: desegregation of
the armed forces, Brown v. Board of Education, Martin Luther
King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Malcolm X. (P, G, H)
References
House
Hospital
Voting
Riding the Bus
Selma Montgomery Rights March
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Today's Hospital