Hands-On+Demo

Hands-On Demo:

__LESSON TOPIC: __ Dr. Martin Luther King Junior __GRADE LEVEL: __ 3rd grade __TIME: __ One Class (with extension into the week) __PA STANDARDS: __ __NCSS THEME: __ __LEARNING OBJECTIVES: __ __MATERIAL/PREPARATION: __ __HANDS-ON ACTIVITY PROCEDURE: __ Anticipatory Set: Body Closure Other ideas for continuing the unit: __<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">ASSESSMENT: __ __<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">REFLECTION: __
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">8.1.3.B: Identify fact, opinion, multiple points of view, and primary sources as related to historical events.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">8.1.3.C: Conduct teacher guided inquiry on assigned topics using specified historical sources. (Reference RWSL Standard 1.8.3 Research)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">Time, Continuity and Change
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">The students will be able to identify who Dr. Martin Luther King Junior is.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">The students will label segments from the “I Have a Dream” speech as fact or opinion.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">Fact tree
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">Opinion tree
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">Leaves containing segments from Dr. Martin Luther King Juniors’ “I Have a Dream” speech
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">Something really exciting has happened this month relating to Dr. Martin Luther King Junior.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">Who can tell me who Dr. Martin Luther King Junior was?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">He was a reverend from ATL, Georgia
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">Doctorate in Theology (study of religion)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">Became a civil rights leader
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">After he led the famous boycott in Montgomery, Alabama. A boycott is when people stop using, buying or dealing with something. The boycott led to the declaration that Alabama’s segregation practices were __u__ __<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">nconstitutional __<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">(did not follow the constitution).
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">African Americans were not allowed to Vote, Attend same schools as whites, or Use the same facilities (hospitals, restaurants, banks) as whites.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">In 1963 Dr. MLK Jr. led a march (I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH) in D.C. that was a major turning point in U.S. History leading to the passage of the Civil Rights Act- Ending unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">Youngest to win Nobel Peace Prize
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">Unfortunately, he was assassinated (somebody killed him).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">Does anybody know what has recently happened to honor Dr. MLK Jr.?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">(SHOW PICTURES) A memorial for him had a Ceremonial Groundbreaking on __November 13, 2006__. The Dedication of the Memorial just occurred on __October 16, 2011.__
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">This memorial took 2 decades (20 years) to create.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">First memorial on the mall in D.C. to honor someone who was never a president. (Other memorials include George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">The statue reveals him emerging form a granite block of stone in reference to a quote in his speech on the back of the pictures.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">“Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">Dr. MLK Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech was one of the main turning points in United States history because it led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act which ended segregation in voting, schools and facilities for the public.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">A lot of people, to this day, do not agree with what Dr. MLK Jr. had to say. Some people still think that not all people should be treated fairly. This is their opinion.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">Who knows what an opinion is?
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">SHOW DEFINITIONS
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">A fact is:
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">An opinion is:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">(PASS OUT LEAVES) Each of you is going to get a leaf. Determine, in your head, if you think it is an opinion/fact and why. Then as I call on you tell me what you think and put your leaf on the correct tree.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">FACT- “But one hundred years later, the [African American] still is not free.”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">Is this something that can be shown to be true?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">Does it actually exist?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">Yes- fact.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">OPINION- “It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment.”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">Has this ever existed before?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">Key word: “would” - states possibilities, not facts.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">No- opinion.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">FACT- “This note [The Constitution] was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">Does the Constitution state that?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">Yes- fact.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">FACT- “We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality.”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">Kind of tricky
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">Is this something that can be shown to be true?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">Does it actually exist?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">Key word: Evidence
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">Yes- fact.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';"> Opinion- “We must forever conduct our struggle on the high lane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence.”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">Does it exist?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">No- opinion.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">Great job!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">If you were to tell me what your favorite sports team is, would that be considered a fact or opinion and why.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">It is an opinion if- they are not the best in the league but they are your favorite.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">It is a fact if- they are the best in the league by stats and winnings.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">Create an “I Have a Dream” quilt
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">Students learn about inequalities and create a part of the quilt that represents something they would change about the world that unjust.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Bright','serif';">When students explain why their leaf is a fact/opinion, their knowledge of the terms will be apparent.