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Martin Luther King

&ach year) on the third Monday in January) people in the *nited States pause to honor the life and dreams of

Martin Luther King Jr. Many classroom teachers also pause in the wee+s leading up to Martin Luther King ,ay to

ta+e adantage of an opportunity to teach aout the King legacy of tolerance) euality) and respect. - See more

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0inally) if you1e een searching for an authoritatie collection of lin+s to online classroom resources aout ,r.

King) we recommend Martin Luther King Jr.) from "!&(plore

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Martin Luther King, r. led the !i"il #ights Mo"ement of the

$%&'s. (e organi)ed non"iolent marches to protestsegregation and racial in*ustice. +his peaceful means of

protest is known as passi"e resistance. (is $%& -I (a"e a

ream- speech dealing with peace and racial eualit0 is one

of the most powerful speeches in 1merican histor0. r. King

was assassinated 0 a gunman in $%&3.

Martin Luther King r.: 1 act or 5pinion 1cti"it0

 

Subjects: Arts 2 3umanities) 4iics) 3olidays) Language Arts) Social Studies) *.S. 3istory

Grades: 5-6) 7-#

8rief ,escription

 A rief iography of Martin Luther King Jr. reinforces students1 understanding of the difference etween fact and

opinion.

9ecties

Students

• discuss the difference etween fact and opinion.

• read or listen to a rief iography of Martin Luther King Jr.

• complete the Martin Luther King Jr.: 0act or 9pinion; wor+ sheet.

Keywords

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ciil rights) critical thin+ing) fact) Martin Luther King) opinion

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• rief iography of Martin Luther King Jr. at http://www.lucidcafe.com/lirary/?7an/+ing.html

• Martin Luther King Jr.: 0act or 9pinion; wor+ sheet.

Lesson @lan

,o your students understand the difference etween fact and opinion; &(plain to students that a fact is real or

true and its truth can e erified. An opinion is a elief or udgment that cannot e erified it may or may not e

true.

Bf the concepts of fact and opinion are new for your students) complete the first four steps of the actiity elow

together. Bf students hae een e(posed to the concept preiously) organiCe them into small groups and hae

them complete those steps independently.

• 4hoose a oo+ or moie that all students can use as a frame of reference. As+ students to share what

they +now aout the oo+ or moie. Drite their statements on a chal+oard) a chart) or an oerheadtransparency.

• 4reate a simple two-column graphic organiCer laeling the columns E0actE and E9pinion.E The graphic

organiCer headline should reflect the title of the oo+ or moie eing discussed.

• Fead each of the students1 statements aout the oo+ or moie) and as+ students to determine

whether the statement is a fact or an opinion.

• Drite each statement in the correct column on the graphic organiCer.

• &(plain to students that they will apply their understanding of fact and opinion to a story aout the life of 

Martin Luther King Jr.

• Share with students a rief online iography of  Martin Luther King Jr. Fead aloud the iography page)

and proect the Bnternet page for all to see. Bf possile) print a copy of the page for each student.• ,istriute the Martin Luther King Jr.: 0act or 9pinion; wor+ sheet and hae students complete the wor+

sheet indiidually or in small groups.

 Assessment

Students correctly identify eight of the ten statements as fact or opinion. The correct answers are: G. 0) !. 9) 5.

9) ". 0) 6. 0) 7. 9) H. 9) #. 0) ?. 9) GI. 9.

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6+he ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands inmoments of comfort and con"enience, ut where he stands attimes of challenge and contro"ers0.7

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Martin Luther King, Jr.4iil-Fights Leader) G?!? - G?7#

Martin Luther King, Jr. was orn on January G6) G?!? at his family home in Atlanta) eorgia. King

was an elouent 8aptist minister and leader of the ciil-rights moement in America from the Mid-

G?6Is until his death y assassination in G?7#. King promoted non-iolent means to achiee ciil-

rights reform and was awarded the G?7" Nobel @eace @riCe for his efforts.

King1s grandfather was a 8aptist preacher. 3is father was pastor of Atlanta1s &eneCer 8aptist

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4hurch. King earned his own 8achelor of ,iinity degree from 4roCier Theological Seminary in G?6G

and earned his ,octor of @hilosophy from 8oston *niersity in G?66.

Dhile at seminary King ecame acuainted with Mohandas Gandhi1s philosophy of noniolent

social protest. 9n a trip to Bndia in G?6? King met with followers of andhi. ,uring these discussions

he ecame more coninced than eer that noniolent resistance was the most potent weapon

aailale to oppressed people in their struggle for freedom.

 As a pastor of a 8aptist church in Montgomery) Alaama) King lead a 8lac+ us oycott. 3e and

ninety others were arrested and indicted under the proisions of a law ma+ing it illegal to conspire to

ostruct the operation of a usiness. King and seeral others were found guilty) ut appealed their

case. As the us oycott dragged on) King was gaining a national reputation. The ultimate success of 

the Montgomery us oycott made King a national hero.

,r. King1s G?75 Letter from Birmingham Jail  inspired a growing national ciil rights moement. Bn

8irmingham) the goal was to completely end the system of segregation in eery aspect of pulic life

stores) no separate athrooms and drin+ing fountains) etc. and in o discrimination. Also in G?75)

King led a massie march on Dashington ,4 where he deliered his now famous) I Have A

Dream speech. King1s tactics of actie noniolence sit-ins) protest marches had put ciil-rightssuarely on the national agenda.

9n April ") G?7#) King was shot y James &arl Fay while standing on the alcony of the Lorraine

Motel in Memphis) Tennessee. 3e was only 5? at the time of his death. ,r. King was turning his

attention to a nationwide campaign to help the poor at the time of his assassination. 3e had neer

waered in his insistence that noniolence must remain the central tactic of the ciil-rights

moement) nor in his faith that eeryone in America would some day attain eual ustice.

8ack to 1rticleMartin Luther King Jr.: Fact or Opinion?

DIRE!I"NS: Fead each statement elow. ,ecide whether each

statement tells a fact or an opinion aout Martin Luther King Jr.

Drite F  on the line efore each statement that tells a fact. Drite O on

the line efore each statement that tells an opinion.

G. Martin Luther King Jr. was orn on January G6) G?!?.

!. King ecame a preacher ecause his father andgrandfather were preachers.

5. King was one of the smartest students in his class at8oston *niersity.

". Bn G?6?) King traeled to Bndia to meet followers ofMohandas andhi.

6. King elieed andhi1s ideas could help lac+ people

in the *nited States.

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7. The Montgomery us oycott was the most importanteent in King1s life.

H. King1s EB 3ae a ,reamE speech was the est speechhe eer gae.

#. Martin Luther King Jr. receied the <oel @eace @riCein G?7".

?. James &arl Fay should hae een sentenced to diefor +illing King.

GI. <oody had more impact on the ciil rightsmoement than King did.

Lesson: Mapping Martin Luther King, r.

 

Subjects: &ducational Technology) eography) 3olidays) Social Studies) *.S. 3istory

Grades: 5-6) 7-#

8rief ,escription

Students e(plore places that were important in the life of ,r. Martin Luther King Jr.

9ecties

Students

• use a ariety of print and online resources to learn aout Martin Luther King Jr.

• search for information aout places that were important in King1s life.

• create a *.S. map that shows where those places are.

Keywords

geography) Martin Luther King) *.S. map

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• 8oo+s) Bnternet sources) and other resources aout Martin Luther King) Jr.

•  A lan+ *.S. map try this map or  this map

Lesson @lan

Note: Students can complete this actiity independently) in pairs) or in small groups.

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@oint out to students that cities such as Atlanta) eorgia Montgomery) Alaama Memphis) Tennessee and

Dashington) ,.4. figured prominently in the life of Martin Luther King Jr. #s$: Dhat other places can you thin+ of 

that are closely associated with Martin Luther King; Drite the name of each important location on the

chal+oard. 4hallenge students to research a ariety of print and online resources to find information aout each

of those places.

Tell students that as they locate each place of importance) they should

• affi( a star to a lan+ *.S. map to indicate that place1s location.

• write the name of the location ne(t to the star on the map.

• record on a separate Map Key a sentence or two of e(planation aout the importance of that place in

,r. King1s life.

Dhen students complete their maps) proide a time for them to display their maps and share what they learned

with their classmates.

 Assessment

Students complete a simple teacher-created uiC in which they match a place name with the reason that place

was important in King1s life.

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