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I Have A Dream Opinion Writing: Martin Luther King Jr Writing Prompt: MLK Day

By E•Fish•ient Teaching

I have a dream writing prompt is perfect for the month of January when we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. and his influence he made on the world. This writing prompts gives a little information on Dr. King Jr's dream for the world and then asks the students what dream they have that could make the world a better place. This opinion writing gives students the opportunity to learn a little about MLK and then brainstorm how they can make a difference in the world.

What's included in this is the writing prompt about MLK?

  • I Have A Dream Writing Prompt
  • 2 different graphic organizers to help draft student ideas
  • 4 different writing pages

You can choose to have the students write a lengthy report or a simple essay. The 4 writing pages give students the option to write their own title or draw a picture along with their writing.

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day Biography Reading Comprehension Writing Activity Bulletin Board

By Christyrie's Teachery

No Prep print and go Martin Luther King Jr. reading and writing activities packet. Teach 1st-6th grade students all about MLK with this Biography Reading Comprehension book and Writing resources packet. Explore Dr. King's life, the impact he made on the World and The Civil Rights Movement. The writing activities will be perfect for those Hallway Bulletin Boards where Students share on how "We as a whole can change the World Together". Students Learn "What's a Right Choice and What's a Wrong Choice" through the Cut/Paste Activity all while they develop their own perspective on Social Change and learn the great things he did for human rights. Explore/talk about What Kindness is and that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wanted equality for everyone with the Vocabulary Cards to help expand their vocabulary. This is the perfect** No Prep engaging **resource to have for the months of January and February when you celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Black History Month.

Included in this Resource:

21 Pages

1- 6 page Biography Book on the life of MLK

14 Activities:

  • 8 Vocabulary Cards
  • MLK Buntin Bio Writing
  • Dr. King Writing
  • I have Dreams Too Writing
  • What is Kindness Writing
  • Right vs Wrong Choice Cut/Paste
  • MLK Jr. Vocab color picture
  • 2 I have a Dream Writing (1 Primary Lines, 1 Upper Elementary Lines)
  • 2 I have a Dream Buntin Writing (1 Primary Lines, 1 Upper Elementary Lines)
  • What does quote mean to you Writing
  • 2 We can change the World Together Writing (1 Primary Lines, 1 Upper Elementary Lines)

Use this Resource For:

  • Small Groups
  • Literacy Centers
  • Morning Work
  • Homework
  • Substitutes
  • Early Finishers
  • Independent Desk Work
  • Black History Month
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  • Bulletin Boards

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day Activities|Word Search|Crossword|Vocabulary|Scramble

By LessonLink Teacher

Engage your students with this comprehensive Martin Luther King Jr. Day Activity Set, designed to honor and educate. This set includes a variety of activities suitable for students in grades 3, 4, 5 and even 6.

The set features:

  • 1 Word Search Puzzle: To enhance vocabulary and pattern recognition
  • 1 Crossword Puzzle: To encourage critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
  • 1 Word Scramble: A fun way to improve spelling and word recognition
  • 1 Vocabulary Activity: To expand language skills and knowledge about MLK Day.

Each activity comes with an answer key, allowing students to check their work independently.

These activities are not only educational but also a respectful way to acknowledge the significance of MLK Day. Perfect for classroom use, homeschooling, or just for fun at home.

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Martin Luther King JR Bingo Editable Activities

By Thachakorn Kokong

Engage your students in a meaningful and fun learning experience with this Martin Luther King Jr. Bingo! Perfect for celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day or Black History Month, this bingo game features 50 unique bingo boards with historical terms and concepts related to Dr. King's life and legacy. Available in both color and black-and-white versions, this resource includes a printable PDF file and an editable Canva template, making it easy to customize and use for any classroom activity.

Aligned with Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for ELA and Social Studies, this bingo game helps students build vocabulary, understand key civil rights concepts, and spark meaningful classroom discussions. It’s ideal for grades 2-5, making it versatile for various learning levels and lesson plans.

What’s Included:

  • 50 unique bingo boards in a 5x5 grid format (24 terms + free space).
  • A detailed calling list with brief explanations of each word to support learning.
  • Printable PDF file for quick setup.
  • Editable Canva template to personalize your boards.
  • Color and black-and-white versions to suit different classroom needs.

Use this bingo as a standalone activity, a review game, or a supplement to your lessons on civil rights, leadership, and social justice. Engage your students while teaching them about the values of equality, nonviolence, and justice that Dr. King stood for.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. - Reading, Primary Source Analysis, and Writing Activity

By The Classroom Globetrotter

In this activity, students learn about the life and achievements of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., examine first-hand excerpts from his speeches and writings, and reflect upon the work he did through an essay activity! This activity is perfect for studying more about the MLK Holiday, Black History Month, or a unit on the Civil Rights Movement!

Activity includes:

  • General biography and timeline of MLK's life
  • Excerpt from "I Have a Dream" with questions
  • Excerpt from "Letter from Birmingham Jail" with questions
  • Excerpt from "Our God is Marching On" with questions
  • Excerpt from "I've Been to the Mountaintop" with questions
  • Optional Reflection Essay / Extenstion
  • Answer Key for DBQs
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Writing Prompts - MLK Activities, MLK Worksheets

By Write On with Jamie

Introducing Martin Luther King Day / MLK Day essay writing has never been easier! This comprehensive writing prompt unit with 4 complete essay lessons - argumentative, expository, narrative, and persuasive - guides students through the step-by-step process of crafting a compelling essay. Using detailed graphic organizers, students will learn to draft an outline with convincing evidence and write a thorough essay.

All aspects of argumentative writing, expository writing, narrative writing, and persuasive writing are covered in this resource: brainstorming ideas, developing a thesis statement, introducing supporting evidence, writing hooks and leads, and incorporating the 6 Traits of Writing™. The resource also focuses on how to structure the rising action, climax, and falling action in the plot of the personal narrative essay.

The video, slide show, graphic organizer, worksheets, writing template, and rubric allow students to practice and develop their essay writing skills. The writing quiz reinforces guided note-taking techniques when used in conjunction with the instructional video. The detailed lesson plans make implementing essay writing easy for teachers.

This no-prep lesson is adaptable for in-class instruction, distance learning, or independent student work. The instructional video with writing tutorial and template can be presented as whole class instruction or assigned for students to complete at home.

All materials are available in both Google Drive™ and print formats, ensuring easy access for all students.

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This Writing Prompt Unit for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day includes:

4 Entertaining Instructional Videos with:

  • Brainstorming ideas
  • Prompt identification and comprehension
  • Thesis statement development
  • Plot and character development
  • Rubric explanation
  • How to Write a/an (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive) Essay Tutorial
  • How to Write a/an (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive) Essay writing quiz / guided note-taking

4 Detailed Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Lesson Plans with:

  • Common Core State Standards Indicated on Lesson Plan
  • Instructional Focus
  • Instructional Procedures
  • Objectives/Goals
  • Direct Instruction
  • Guided Practice
  • Enrichment
  • Differentiation
  • ESE Strategies
  • ELL Strategies
  • I Can Statement
  • Essential Question

4 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Worksheets with:

  • Prompts
  • Brainstorming sections
  • Thesis statement development sections
  • Plot and character development
  • How to Write a/an (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive) Essay Tutorial

4 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Slide Shows with:

  • Introduction slide with prompts for expository, argumentative, persuasive, and narrative Prompts
  • Brainstorming slide (interactive for students to list and develop ideas)
  • Standard and implied thesis development slides
  • Plot and character development
  • How to Write a/an (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive) Essay Tutorial
  • Checklist Slide

4 Essay Rubrics

  • (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive)

4 Graphic Organizers

  • (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive)

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4 Writing Quizzes

  • (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive)

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Word Puzzles

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Introduce your students to MLK with these five word puzzles (word search, double word, crossword, maze, word scrambles, posters) with solutions. Individual or group activities to reinforce concepts learned for Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.

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Black History Month | Martin luther king jr Coloring Pages - FREEBIE #TOAST23

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Cute Martin Luther King Jr quotes Coloring Pages for Toddler Girls and Boys!

Help your little ones celebrate black history month with this big coloring pages that is perfect for little hands. Easy to color designs help to build fine-motor skills and hand-eye coordination.

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Martin Luther King Biography Writing Unit | 5th Grade & 6th Grade

By Creative Primary Literacy

A biography project about the life of famous civil rights activist, Martin Luther King. The NO PREP unit has been split into four separate lessons and is perfect for students in fifth grade or sixth grade for MLK Day or for Black History Month.

Included in this PDF printable resource:

  • Four fact sheets which students need to cut out and sort into paragraphs
  • Writing templates for four draft paragraphs
  • Two prompt sheets for students to write their introduction and conclusion
  • A template for students to write up their neat biography text
  • A crossword activity and wordsearch to consolidate learning

If you would like to add another lesson, download my Martin Luther King Close Reading Activity. This would give the students more background knowledge before they start writing the biography.

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This resource is great for:

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The first lesson is interactive and involves students cutting out facts, and then sorting these facts into paragraphs. In the second lesson the students need to use these facts to write four paragraphs. Then, in the third lesson children need to choose the most important facts and include these in an introduction; after this they need to answer several questions on a prompt sheet before writing up their conclusion. In the final lesson students need to check their draft paragraphs for mistakes before writing up their work on to a neat copy on the template provided.

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AVID Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have a Dream" Speech + Dicebreakers Activity

By KJ Inspired Resources

AVID Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have a Dream" Speech + Dicebrakers Activity: Help your students dig deeper by marking the text of the "I Have a Dream Speech" and build your classroom community with these 5 different Dicebreakers with thought-provoking prompts!

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What's included:

  • "I Have a Dream" speech in Google doc with space for marking the text
  • 5 different dice with 6 questions on each in color and black and white
  • One blank dice for students to write their own prompts

Directions:

  • Cut and paste to make a cube.
  • Take turns rolling the dice and answering questions with a group.
  • If time allows let the conversations flow naturally after each question. Students will love pointing out similarities/differences in perception of the text.

Example Prompts:

  • Has King's dream become true in today's America?
  • How does Martin Luther King, Jr. appeal to pathos? (emotions)
  • What is one question you would ask Dr. King?

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Black History Month Coordinate Plane Graphing Picture: Celebration (1)

By Qiang Ma

This Martin Luther King Jr. Day/Black History graphic art would be ideal for students that are just beginning with graphing coordinates or students that need a little extra are just beginning with graphing coordinates or students that need a little extra practice. It is also a great fun activity and engaging worksheets for Grade 4-11 for Black History Month or MLK, or any time of the year. Prep free! Differentiated! Independent!

The picture has two different graphing options to easily provide differentiation in your classroom.

- One picture to be graphed in first quadrant with positive whole numbers only only

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Martin Luther King Jr. WebQuest & Word Search Puzzle

By Innovations in Technology

This Webquest / Internet scavenger hunt is a perfect one day activity for middle schoolers to learn more about Martin Luther King Jr. and his impact on society. This is a fun lesson for technology classes or history classes.

The lesson includes teacher and student resources (including links to videos), the student handout and an answer key. Two versions of the WebQuest are included to let teachers print the questions or to provide them digitally as an interactive page in an editable Microsoft PowerPoint file. Additionally, a word search puzzle with answer key is included, perfect for early finishers or to use as a part of the lesson.

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• Word Search Puzzle with Answer Key

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Martin Luther King, Jr. File Folder Activity

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In this product, students will look at the 17 questions that relate with facts about Martin Luther King, Jr's life and how he made changes in America for Black Americans. Students will be provided with the correct answer and an incorrect answer for each of the 17 questions in this product. Students can match the question with the correct answer when completing this file folder activity. An answer key is located at the end of the product. This product would be beneficial for students learning about Martin Luther King, Jr. individually, with a partner or in a group.

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AVID Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have a Dream" Write the Room Activity

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Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream Write the Room: Use this writing activity in your AVID classroom, Social Studies, ELA, or any content area. Allow students to reflect on Martin Luther King and his dream with this engaging printable write-the-room activity! This activity features 11 unique labels you can display around your room, each representing a letter to spell out "I Have a Dream." These labels come with thought-provoking prompts that encourage students to reflect on Martin Luther King Jr. The recording sheet allows students to organize and document responses.

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Students will complete the Martin Luther King Jr. prompts around the room and record their responses on the provided recording sheet.

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MLK Day Crown Craft Templates - Black History Month Activities

By Mrs Wates Teaching Creations

Engage with your students in a powerful and meaningful activity using these MLK Crown/Hat Craft Templates, perfect for kindergarten and early elementary students. This engaging paper craft offers eight unique black and white crown designs that celebrate the themes of equality, peace, freedom and unity, resonating with Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision. Each template is adorned with iconic images and the inspiring words. Utilizing these MLK crowns in your classroom serves as a vibrant and interactive way to introduce students to the history of civil rights, encourage discussions about equality and dreams for the future, and honor the legacy of a great leader. Celebrate MLK Day with a hands on activity that leaves a lasting impression and promotes a message of hope and togetherness.

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  1. Commemorative Classroom Activity: Use the MLK crowns as part of a classroom activity to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Teachers can discuss MLK's life, his impact on civil rights, and his famous I Have a Dream speech. As students create their crowns, they can engage in conversations about equality, peace and unity.
  2. Multicultural and History Lessons: Incorporate the MLK crowns into lessons about multiculturalism and history. Teachers can use this craft to introduce or conclude a unit on civil rights, social justice, or African American history, helping students understand the historical context of MLK’s contributions.
  3. Art Integration: The crown craft activity can be a part of an art lesson where students learn about symbolism in art. They can discuss the symbols associated with MLK and the civil rights movement.
  4. School Assembly or Parade: Organize a school assembly or a mini-parade where students wear their MLK crowns. They can present what they've learned about MLK, recite parts of his speeches, or even put on a skit or a choral reading about his life and achievements.
  5. Character Education and Discussion: Use the crown-making activity as a starting point for discussions on character education topics such as respect, tolerance, and the importance of standing up for what is right. After creating the crowns, students can share their thoughts on how they can embody these values in their daily lives, inspired by MLK's example.

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Caged Bird (Angelou) Lesson Plan & Materials

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Celebrate Black History Month with this engaging lesson on Maya Angelou's stunningly poignant poem of injustice, "Caged Bird."

This dynamic lesson plan on Angelou's poem is the perfect addition to your poetry unit. In this lesson, students will analyze the figurative language within the poem and respond to its powerful theme through independent work, paired activities, and full class discussion. The lesson plan even includes a unique way to read the poem as a class that will have your students engaged from the start. The meticulously laid-out materials will prompt your students to think, speak, read, draw, and write all in one class period and interacting deeply with one of the most celebrated works of American poetry.

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Black History Month | Math Coordinate Plane Pixel Art Activity

By Matemaths

Let your students practice while having fun with this engaging no-prep and self-checking Cartesian Plane mystery picture activity.

Students will practice writing ordered pairs for 20 points on the coordinate plane with this fun digital activity using Google Sheets.

I used it as a sub-plan in eighth grade and the kids loved it.

As they correctly answer the questions, a mystery picture will be revealed.

It’s a great way to introduce additional problems for
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Martin luther king jr - Black History Month Mandala Coloring sheets Pages

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It’s a perfect coloring Pages to practice and perfect your coloring skills. Whether you’re just beginning your creative journey, or you’re a coloring connoisseur, everyone can have fun with this exciting and varied collection of patterns. A Gorgeous Activity Sheets Coloring develops motor skills while fostering creativity and imagination.

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Dr Martin Luther King Jr Activities for Black History Month Middle School ELA

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Do you want to make learning about Dr Martin Luther King engaging? Do you need a fun activity for students to learn about his life and activism? Then download these Dr Martin Luther King Jr Activities for Black History Month Activity! These individual or team-building activities are well suited for the Language Arts or Social Studies classroom. Use it as an engaging opener, attention-getter, a brain break, or build right into your lesson plans! This engaging NO PREP resource comes with 35+ multiple-choice questions and instructions for three different games. Games can be played while moving around the classroom or sitting in seats or on the floor. A handout is included for quiet seatwork, homework, or emergency sub plans!

This resource includes:

  • 35 unique multiple-choice trivia questions
  • Instructions on how to play 3 different trivia games
  • Answers (answers to each question are in BOLD)
  • Extra handout without answers
  • Terms of Use

How to use this resource:

  • To learn about Dr King's life
  • For a classroom party
  • For sub plans
  • When your students need a 'brain break'
  • And more!

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Special Education Martin Luther King Jr. Adapted Activities: Black History Month

By Specifically Sped

These special education adapted Martin Luther King Jr. activities explain what Martin Luther King Jr. Day is, why we can celebrate it, and gives a historical account of his life and the importance of his work. Students will end this unit with a better understanding of our Civil Rights and how Martin Luther King Jr. brought about change in our nation. There are two levels included in this unit. Visuals are paired with text throughout the activities.

Included:

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Book

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Adapted Book

Vocabulary Cards (Level 1&2)

Comprehension Pages (Level 1 and 2)

Match Vocabulary to definitions or visuals (Level 1 and 2)

Sort Martin Luther King Jr. Day and other holidays (Level 1 and 2)

Vocabulary Tracing

Count Civil Rights Symbols (Level 1 and 2)

Complete the Patterns (Level 1 and 2)

Civil Rights Symbols Line Tracing

Civil Rights Symbols Cutting Practice

I Have a Dream Coloring Page

This product is part of YEAR LONG HOLIDAY UNIT BUNDLE.

Holidays Included:

  1. Back to School
  2. Veteran's Day
  3. Thanksgiving
  4. Christmas
  5. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  6. Valentine's Day
  7. St. Patrick's Day
  8. Groundhog Day
  9. Summer
  10. Columbus Day

What's in a bundle?

  • Unit Lesson Plans
  • Holiday Book
  • Adapted Holiday Book
  • Vocabulary Words
  • Comprehension Practice
  • Tracing
  • Matching
  • Counting
  • Cutting
  • Coloring

Each Unit includes a few of the following:

  • Patterns
  • Adding
  • Subtracting
  • Money
  • Graphing
  • More or Less Than
  • Shapes

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Holidays/Seasonal
Martin Luther King Day
Special Education
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