A Theme Page about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s life and work as the leader of the Civil Rights Movement in the USA (A2-C1)
Related Pages: Civil Rights, Slavery, Racism, Tolerance, Human Rights
Background
Warm-up
Vocabulary
Martin Luther King Jr. Timeline – EnchantedLearning.comhttp://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/MLK/timeline.shtml
Reading
ESL Library MLK Reading Comprehension
1956 Martin Luther King “Montgomery Story” Comic Bookhttp://www.ep.tc/mlk/
1956 Martin Luther King “Montgomery Story” Comic Book front cover. A comic book to either project on the IWB or print out pdf copies (yr 8-B1)
Listening
Freedom’s Ring: King’s “I Have a Dream” Speechhttp://freedomsring.stanford.edu/?view=Speech
Freedom’s Ring is Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, animated. Listen to and read the whole speech or start at 12 min for ‘I have a Dream’ (yr 8-B1)
Lesson Plan
Viewing
Writing
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