Amber Cox

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Martin Luther King, Jr.
1929-1968
I Have a Dream . . .
Amber Cox ED 417-A02
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Rationale for Lesson Our curriculum must
encompass African American history and the
struggles endured. The key concept for third
grade will be to understand that Martin Luther
King, Jr. made significant contributions to
American society and holds an important place in
American history.
Unit Getting to know Martin Luther King,
Jr.
Grade Three Goal of Lesson The lesson will
introduce third graders to Martin Luther King,
Jr. and his part in the Civil Rights Movement.
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Lesson Objectives
The students will

• Give specific biographical information on
  Martin Luther King, Jr..

• Explain Martin Luther Kings role in the Civil
  Rights Movement

• Explain the meaning of selected quotes from
  speeches given by Martin Luther King, Jr..

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• Read stories about Martin Luther King, Jr..

• Interpret a poem and relate it to Martin Luther
  King, Jr..

• Define the following terms segregation,
  equality, boycott, integration, Civil Rights
  Movement, Nobel Peace Prize, assassinate.

• Discuss the impact of the Civil Rights Act of
  1964.

• Participate in activities related to Martin
  Luther King, Jr..

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Web Sites for Martin Luther King, Jr.
http//www.pps.k12.or.us/district/depts/itss/buckm
an/timeline/kingframe.html
http//www.mlkonline.com
http//seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/
http//www.lifemag.com/Life/mlk/mlk.html
http//users.massed.net/tstrong/Martin.html
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Materials

• Several pictures of Martin Luther King, Jr. at
  different ages

• Shel Silverstein poem No Difference

• Recording of I Have a Dream speech

• Books about Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Martin Luther King A Man and His Dream
  Filmstrip

• Ingredients to bake a birthday cake

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Student Activities This lesson will occur the
five days preceding the Martin Luther King, Jr.
holiday commemorating his birthday. There will
be one activity per day. This activity will
take place during our social studies time.
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• Day One
• Have students listen to last part of I Have a
  Dream speech
• Ask students of they can identify speaker
• Show pictures of Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Read Martin Luther King, Jr,-A Picture Story by
  Margaret Boone-Jones to reinforce concepts
• For homework, ask children to write the names
• of the people in his or her family back to the
  great-
• grandparents, if possible, for tomorrows
  activity.
• Students without information on families will do
  an
• alternative assignment.

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• Day Two
• Review information about Martin Luther King, Jr..
  
• Discuss how important family was to Martin
  Luther King, Jr. and why family is important to
  most people.
• Have children use construction paper, markers,
  scissors, and glue to create their own family
  tree.
• For homework, students will read several quotes
  from Martin Luther King, Jr.s speeches and be
  prepared to discuss them in class.

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• Day Three
• Use homework to have a small group discussion.
• Give each group of four students two quotes.
  Have them first discuss the quotes in their
  group, then have each group present their
  quotes and their conclusions to the class.
• Have a large group discussion with the class.
  Use a chart to write down observations to remind
  the class of Martin Luther King, Jr.s influence
  on them.
• For homework, have students write a personal
  journal reflection on how learning about Martin
  Luther King, Jr. has affected their life thus
  far.

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• Day Four
• Present the poem No Difference by Shel
  Silverstein.
• Have students write a short essay comparing
  Martin Luther King, Jr.s beleifs with the
  philosophy presented in the poem.
• Have students watch Martin Luther King A Man
  and His Dream. After the movie, discuss the
  importance of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus
  Boycott. Encourage children to critically
  think about segregation and integration and how
  would life be different if it hadnt been for
  the Civil Rights Movement and Martin Luther
  King, Jr..

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• Day Five
• Play a Jeopardy style review game with the
  children to culminate lesson. The game will
  review all information learned during class.
• To celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.s birthday,
  have students bake a birthday cake.
• On a sentence strip, have the children write
  their own dream, prompting the sentence with I
  have a dream. My dream is. This activity
  will conclude our lesson on Martin Luther
  King, Jr..

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Getting to know Martin Luther King, Jr.
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• Biographical Information
• Born January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia to
  Martin Luther King, Sr, and Alberta Williams King
• His father was the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist
  Church
• He had an older sister, Willie Christine, and a
  younger brother, Alfred Daniel
• Martin was called M.L. and Alfred was called
  A.D.

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• As a child
• Martin and his family lived with his maternal
  grandparents on Auburn Street
• Martins first two friends were white and they
  played together all the time
• When they went to school, Martin went to a
  school for blacks and his friends went to a
  school for whites
• Martin was not allowed to play with his white
  friends any more after school started
• This was Martins first experience with
  segregation

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Martin was born in this house in Atlanta,Georgia.
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• Martin Grows Up
• Martin graduated from high school when he was
  fifteen years old
• After high school Martin went to Morehouse
  College, a black college in Atlanta, Georgia
• Martin became a minister when he was only 19
  years old
• Martin attended Crozer Theological Seminary to
  learn more about being a minister
• Martin became a Doctor of Philosophy at Boston
  University

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• Martin Has a Family
• Martin married Coretta Scott in 1953
• They moved to Montgomery, Alabama
• Martin became the pastor of Dexter Avenue Church
• They had four children Yolanda, Martin Luther
  III, Dexter Scott, and Bernice Albertine

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Martin and his family frequently traveled
together fighting for equality among all
Americans.
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• Montgomery Bus Boycott
• The buses in Montgomery, Alabama used to be
  segregated
• Blacks had to sit in the back of the bus and
  give their seats to white people when the bus
  was full
• On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give
  up her seat to a white person and was put in jail
• Martin and other black leaders organized a
  boycott of the buses
• The Supreme Court eventually ruled that bus
  segregation was unconstitutional
• Martin decided to spend his life fighting for
  integration and equality

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Rosa Parks played an important role in the Civil
Rights Movement with Martin.
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• The Civil Rights Movement
• The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a turning point
  in the Civil Rights Movement
• Martin remembered his mother telling him he was
  as good as anyone, black or white
• Martin used speeches and other nonviolent means
  to protest inequality
• Martin traveled all over the United States
  helping people who were working to change unfair
  laws
• In 1964 Martin was given the Nobel Peace Prize
  for his work to build peace among all Americans

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Martin and Coretta at the Nobel Peace Prize
ceremony.
Martin continues to preach peace.
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• The Civil Rights Act
• In 1963 President Kennedy proposed a Civil
  Rights Act to Congress
• A march was organized on Washington D.C. to
  support the bill
• On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 people
  gathered in Washington, D.C.
• Martin gave his I Have a Dream speech
• President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of
  1964 on July 2, 1964

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Martin would never see the Civil Rights Act
passed.
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• Martin Luther King Dies
• Many people loved Martin, but some people hated
  him for fighting for equality
• During his fight for freedom he received many
  threats against him and even experienced some
  violence
• On April 4, 1968, Martin was assassinated on the
  balcony of the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis,
  Tennessee
• The assassin was James Earl Ray
• James Earl Ray was convicted of first degree
  murder
• Martin was buried April 9, 1968 in Atlanta,
  Georgia, where he was born
• On his tombstone are the words Free At Last
  ... from his famous Washington speech

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The world is stunned by the loss of this great
man and leader.
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We celebrate Martins birthday to remember his
struggles and triumphs, and to remind us to live
a peaceful life.helping others.