Lesson Plans for Martin Luther King Day
Teachers looking for new things to do for Martin Luther King Day (January 17) next week might find some ideas in these resources from Annenberg Learner.
"Egalitarian America," unit 20 of America's History in the Making, looks
at the struggle for civil rights in the U.S. from the 1940s to the
1970s. Be sure to fully explore the unit's rich video, audio, and text
resources. http://www.learner.org/
Look back at the social movements of the 1960s and the work of Dr. King with A Biography of America program 24, "The Sixties." http://www.learner.org/
View a picture of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom http://www.learner.org/
For Grades 6-8: Find an engaging lesson for teaching the book The Watsons Go to
Birmingham--1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis. Look at workshop 5 of
Teaching Multicultural Literature: A Workshop for the Middle Grades, http://www.learner.org/
Grades K-5
In Social Studies in Action: A Teaching Practices Library, K-12, http://www.learner.org/
elementary teacher Cynthia Vaughn shows how the concepts of equality
and fairness can be incorporated into a general social studies lesson in
the session "Leaders, Community, and Citizens." The session "Unity and
Diversity" introduces ways of teaching students to overcome their
differences and develop a sense of community.
Observe teachers introducing their 4th-, 5th-, and 6th-grade students to
literature about Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement in
Engaging with Literature: A Video Library, Grades 3-5 in two programs http://www.learner.org/
"Egalitarian America," unit 20 of America's History in the Making, looks
at the struggle for civil rights in the U.S. from the 1940s to the
1970s. Be sure to fully explore the unit's rich video, audio, and text
resources. http://www.learner.org/
Look back at the social movements of the 1960s and the work of Dr. King with A Biography of America program 24, "The Sixties." http://www.learner.org/
View a picture of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom http://www.learner.org/
For Grades 6-8: Find an engaging lesson for teaching the book The Watsons Go to
Birmingham--1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis. Look at workshop 5 of
Teaching Multicultural Literature: A Workshop for the Middle Grades, http://www.learner.org/
Grades K-5
In Social Studies in Action: A Teaching Practices Library, K-12, http://www.learner.org/
elementary teacher Cynthia Vaughn shows how the concepts of equality
and fairness can be incorporated into a general social studies lesson in
the session "Leaders, Community, and Citizens." The session "Unity and
Diversity" introduces ways of teaching students to overcome their
differences and develop a sense of community.
Observe teachers introducing their 4th-, 5th-, and 6th-grade students to
literature about Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement in
Engaging with Literature: A Video Library, Grades 3-5 in two programs http://www.learner.org/
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