Transcript Martin Luther King - Nebo School District

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Follow the
Dream:
Celebrating
Diversity
Description of Lesson:
This lesson is designed to increase the
tolerance of all people.
 Dr. King’s message was very powerful.
 Diversity will be the theme of this lesson.
 You will become aware of Dr. King’s
teachings.
 You will become aware of how the Civil Rights
Movement impacted the African/American
culture as well as all people who face obstacles
of discrimination.
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Background and Content
Information:
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This will follow study of the Civil Rights
Movement, read
Time needed for unit: three school weeks using
class period lasting 80 min. every other day (block
schedule) which would total eight class periods.
Group as well as individual Internet activities,
video interviews, web site evaluations, reading of
literature (letters, readings, ect.), construction of
various projects.
Final grade will be based upon a completed
portfolio produced by each student.
Internet References:
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http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson046.shtml
http://k-6educators.about.com/library/bldrking.htm
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/sec4/Unit11
/Unit_XIQ3rl.html
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/sec4/Unit_1
1XIQ3.html
http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/
http://www.discovery.com/schrockguide.assess.html
http://myhero.com/hero.asp?hero=rosaparks
http://littlerock.about.com/citiestowns/southeastus/littleroc
k/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://cr.virtualscholar.com/c
r6.htm
http://cr.virtualscholar.com/cr1.htm
Essential Questions:
1. In what ways did the Civil Rights movement change lives
of Americans?
2. How do teenagers perceive others who may be different
then them?
Procedures:
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You will watch a video of Dr. King’s speech, “I Have
a Dream”.
You will access the World Wide Web in order to
complete assignments (both group/individual).
You will complete a portfolio to include:
1. Construction of Diversity Power Point.
2. Completed activities from Internet sites.
3. Construction of Diversity Web Site.
4. Construction of Diversity Newsletter.
5. Grade log
6. Final group report
Martin Luther King, Jr.:
“I Have a Dream”
Group Activity
Access the Web site:
http://members.aol.com/klove01/matinsp.htm
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Print the printable
version of MLK’s
speech, “I Have a
Dream”
Download the movie
and watch the
speech
Place speech in
portfolio
Civil Rights:
Before and After
Individual Activity
Access Web site:
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lesons/cr
ossroads/sec4/Unit_11/Unit_XIQ3
R3.html
Go to Question #2, print out chart:
“Civil Rights: Before and
After”
Go to Question #3, print out the
questions for the above chart
Using Microsoft Office, devise a
chart that will show the The
problem (before, the Civil
Right event (change) and the
improvement (after).
Place finished product in
portfolio
Evaluating Web Sites:
Is is reliable?
Individual Activity
Use the search engine,
Yahoo to search, Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
sites
Use selected Web page
evaluation sheets to
evaluate five Web sites.
Use at least three
different evaluation
forms.
Place evaluation forms in
portfolio
Final Report:
“Your Dream for the Future”
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Group Activity
Choose what you believe to be
the most important problems
faced with teenagers at PHS and
describe these problems.
Explain why each of these
problems are important to
teenagers and to the school as a
whole
Suggest at least one solution for
each of these problems. These
suggestions must be creative but
realistic.
Now you are ready to present
your solutions to your peers.
Place in portfolio
Ongoing Project:
The Wall of Fame
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Group Activity
Students will create a
bulletin display on the
wall outside classroom
As students visit various
sites, each will print out
articles, pictures, etc. that
pertain to the Civil Rights
Movement
These pictures, articles,
selections from students
will be placed on “The
Wall of Fame”
Student Assessment:
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Possible Points
Speech, “I Have a Dream”
printed-10 pts
Watching speech-10 pts.
Civil Rights activity-20 pts.
*chart-5pts
*questions-5pts
*student chart-10pts
Web site evaluations-20pts
Final project-20pts
Completed Portfolio-100pts
“We Shall Overcome” We shall overcome,
We shall overcome,
We shall overcome some
day.
Oh, deep in my heart (I
know that)
I do believe: We shall
overcome some day.
We’ll walk hand in hand.
We shall live in peace.
We are not afraid
We shall all be free.
We are not alone.
Live the dream
TODAY!!!
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Kindness
Tolerance
Equality
Togetherness
Non-violence
Peace
Diversity
Pride in ONESELF