Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Task
Great! You chose Martin Luther King, Jr. Now that you have picked your important Civil Right's Leader, it's time to get busy! Your job is to research MLK and prove his importance in the Civil Right's Movement. You will need to give background information of his life, discuss what was happening in history during his lifetime, compare and contrast their life from yours today, and how he pushed for civil rights for African Americans. After you collect all of this information, your group will create a powerpoint of MLK and present it to the whole class.
Task 1
The first thing that your group needs to do is to assign each group member a job.
Ravishing Reader- This person reads aloud to the group anything that is to be read.
Wonderful Writer- This person is to write or fill out any graphic organizers or anything else that is to be written out on paper.
Terrific Typist- This person is to type anything that needs to typed. Your job will require doing the powerpoint at the very end.
Super Surfer- This person is in charge of guiding the web surfing when locating information on the computer.
Lucky Leader- This person is in charge of making sure everyone is working cooperatively. You are also responsible for making sure all jobs
Print out this job chart. Fill it out and turn it into your teacher.
Task 2
The first thing you need to do is print the event map. After your group has printed the event map, you need to click on the below links and read about MLK's life. After reading about his life, fill out the event map with important events in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life.
Web Pages About MLK's LIfe
The life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/king/timeline.html
The Day Martin Luther King Was Shot
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761557424
Task 3
Print out the timeline . Now you will need to research what was happening in history when MLK was alive. Click on the links below and find some important things that happened when he was alive. Then, you will create a timeline by using the graphic organizer that you printed out.
http://www.historytimeline.com/Norm/1930-1939.htm
http://www.historytimeline.com/Norm/1940-1949.htm
http://www.historytimeline.com/Norm/1950-1959.htm
http://www.historytimeline.com/Norm/1960-1969.htm
Task 4
Print out the Venn Diagram graphic organizer. You have researched about Martin Luther King. Using the Venn Diagram, compare and contrast his life from yours today.
Task 5
Take all of your graphic organizers and information that you have learned from researching Martin Luther King, Jr. and create a PowerPoint presentation for the class. Make sure that you include the following in your presentation: background information of his life, what was happening in history during his lifetime, what contributions did he make in civil rights for African Americans.
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