We our blessed to enjoy a 3-day weekend in
honor of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Some people end up commemorating this day as day to complete acts of community service. Many cities throw parades.
I am grateful for the people who worked so diligently to open the future to a better society for us through the Civil Rights Movement!
This year, I taught my class about
Martin Luther King, Jr. with the
following videos:
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Kid President
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Flocabulary
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BrainPop
To teach the concepts of
current global injustices the students may not be aware of, I discussed & showed this video on
62 Million Girls aimed at making sure girls without access to education are given the ability to get an education. Michelle Obama has a program called "
Let Girls Learn" and Malala's efforts are called "
Girl Rising."
"The time is always right to do what is right." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
After building enough background on this important leader, I used this
great & FREE template by Jodi at
Fun-in-First for my bulletin board.
I teach at a Leader in Me school so I assigned the students a homework assignment in which they were required to teach a parent/guardian about
Habit 8 (Find Your Voice and Inspire Others to Find Theirs). Then, they were to dig deeper and discover a time when their parent/guardian took a stand or stood up for an injustice by using Habit 8.
Finally, the student wrote their own "Dream" to solve an injustice in the world. I collected the papers and revised/edited before they published onto the
free cloud template from Fun-in-First.
After writing their final copies neatly on the reduced size clouds
(75% of the original size), they cut it out and glued down on the top left corner of their turquoise signed name background papers. If you'd like to use
this template, click the image above. Also, make sure you have the
font: KG Eyes Wide Open installed. Lastly, the students cut & glue a picture of themselves to the bottom right corner.
If you need something to
post beside your bulletin board, you may use the photo above if you are a Habits or Leader in Me school!
Wayne Ford has created an infographic focusing on Martin Luther King Jr and some of his famous quotes. This is another great visual to share with your students as you help to build background!
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