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Martin Luther King Papers Project - Stanford University
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): 1960s (54), african american (130), black history (131), civil rights (219), holidays (283), martin luther king (42)
In the Classroom
Use this site for research about King. Share the videos on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Have students create their own videos about Martin Luther King, Jr.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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African Americans- Biography, Autobiography, and History - Yale University
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9 to 12tag(s): africa (162), african american (130), civil rights (219), slavery (79)
In the Classroom
Use this site for research projects. Divide your class into cooperative learning groups and have each group research one of the five resources (and people) highlighted.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Google Trends - Google
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6 to 12In the Classroom
Teachers of gifted will want to share this as a must-read site, but all students would benefit from hypothesizing about the world trends that generate Google searches. Share this resource on your teacher web page or classroom computer for handy access. As you discuss current events, government, politics, of even consumer behavior, use Zeitgeist to ask questions: Why are people searching this now? What did people in other countries search while Americans were focused on Sarah Palin or bank bailouts? Show a Trends listing on your projector or interactive whiteboard and simply ask the question: Why? Challenge students to discuss possible reasons for what they see in small groups or in blog posts. Use a Trends finding as a prompt for a debate or essay in English class. Use the trends as indicators of consumer behavior for discussions in business or FCS classes. Use search wordings from other countries in your world language classes to sharpen awareness of cultural differences and similarities.Just ask WHY? and watch your students leap to higher level thinking as you challenge them to prove it with other findings from the web or research.
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March on Washington Lesson - PBS Newshour
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6 to 12tag(s): 1960s (54), african american (130), black history (131), civics (129), civil rights (219), holidays (283), martin luther king (42)
In the Classroom
These lesson plans are ready to use and easy to follow! The extension activities offer some excellent higher order thinking questions. After sharing video footage with your students, why not project one of the extension activities on your interactive whiteboard or projector? Enhance learning by having students create a blog with Telegra.ph, reviewed here to answer the questions in the extension activities. With Telegra.ph you just click on an icon to upload images from your computer, add a YouTube or Vimeo, or X (formerly Twitter) links. This blog creator requires no registration.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Martin Luther King, Jr. - Nobel Acceptance Speech - Nobel Foundation
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9 to 12tag(s): 1960s (54), 20th century (168), african american (130), black history (131), civil rights (219), holidays (283), martin luther king (42)
In the Classroom
Since this speech (document) is so lengthy, why not break it down into several lessons. Alternatively, you could use the Cooperative Learning Jigsaw method (small groups), reviewed here, and either way, ask students to dissect the words of King. Have them answer what still holds true in the 21st century? What has changed?Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Citizen King - PBS Online
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8 to 12tag(s): 1960s (54), 20th century (168), africa (162), african american (130), black history (131), civil rights (219), martin luther king (42)
In the Classroom
Share the interactive videos clips and timelines on your projector or interactive whiteboard. Extend learning by using a tool such as WeVideo (was playposit), reviewed here, where you can insert questions for students to discuss. Use this site for research about the civil rights movement or the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. Then show your students how to embed media transforming their work into a multimedia presentation with a tool like Marq (was Lucidpress), reviewed here, or Canva, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Exploring the Power of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Words through Diamante Poetry - ReadWriteThink / NCTE
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9 to 12tag(s): african american (130), black history (131), civil rights (219), holidays (283), martin luther king (42), poetry (196)
In the Classroom
This lesson plan is ready to go, includes interactive elements, and is even linked to national standards. English class and history class can team up on this lesson and discuss the poetry and history behind King's magical words.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Famous Quotes of Martin Luther King, Jr. - wikiquote
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4 to 12tag(s): african american (130), black history (131), civil rights (219), holidays (283), martin luther king (42)
In the Classroom
Share these quotes with your students around Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The quotes can also be used throughout the month posted for reflection or read aloud. Have students rewrite the quotes in their own words.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Harriet Beecher Stowe Center - Harriet Beech Stowe Center
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9 to 12tag(s): abolition (15), civil war (145), lincoln (67), slavery (79)
In the Classroom
Have students compare Harriet Beecher Stowe to a powerful woman (of their choice) of the 21st century. Challenge student pairs or small groups of students to create a wiki for the comparison of Harriet Beecher Stowe and the woman that they learned about from today. Not familiar with wikis? Check out the TeachersFirst Wiki Walk-Through.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Causes, Conduct and Consequences of the U.S. Civil War - Univ. of Pennsylvania
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6 to 12tag(s): civil war (145), lincoln (67), primary sources (133)
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Share this site with your students while researching the Civil War.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Monitor - Lincoln's Secret Weapon - Nova
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5 to 12In the Classroom
Share the interactives on your projector or interactive whiteboard. Have students work in cooperative learning groups to try some of the science experiments at this site. Challenge students to create fictitious blog entries (written by Lincoln) about what they learn at this site.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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This Day in the Civil War
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4 to 12In the Classroom
At the beginning of a unit on the Civil War, introduce this site to your students on your interactive whiteboard or with a projector. Depending on the age of your students you could divide the menu topics up for small groups to report on, or you could take one topic and divide the information up for small groups of younger students to report on. After individuals and small groups have finished researching their topic, enhance student learning by having them use one of the multimedia tools listed here. Click the tool name to access the review: Genially, Microsoft PowerPoint Online, Animatron, Renderforest, and Canva Inforgraphic Maker.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Civil War Time-Line - A Nation Divided - The History Place
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4 to 12In the Classroom
Use this site for research about the Civil War. Have cooperative learning groups research various battles of the Civil War. Or have students create their own interactive timelines using a tool such as Preceden, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The life of Abraham Lincoln - History Place
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4 to 12tag(s): emancipation proclamation (14), gettysburg (14), gettysburg address (10), lincoln (67)
In the Classroom
Have students recreate their own "Lincoln timeline" highlighting one are of Lincoln's life and legacy. Have students work in cooperative learning groups to create interactive timelines using a tool such as Preceden, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Raising the Hunley
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4 to 12In the Classroom
Use this site during an "Unsolved Mystery" units with gifted student. Share the photos and "tour the Hunley" using an interactive whiteboard or projector. Have students investigate the Hunley in cooperative learning groups.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Abraham Lincoln Online - Abraham Lincoln Online
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K to 12tag(s): lincoln (67)
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Take advantage of these ready to use classroom resources. There are lessons available for grades K-12. Use this site to share the speeches of the famous president. Have students dissect the words of one of the speeches, break it down into "today's language."Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Lincoln, Douglass, and Black Emergence (Literature and Politics, 1840-1865) - Yale University
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10 to 12In the Classroom
Use this site for research about the Civil War. Have students investigate the site independently and then create a multi-media presentation (of their choice) to share the topic they have researched.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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African-American Soldiers in the Civil War - Library of Congress
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6 to 12tag(s): africa (162), african american (130), civil war (145), gbtn (12), lincoln (67)
In the Classroom
The site could be the basis for dozens of lesson ideas, as well as an ideal starting point for a research paper. Have students view authentic letters from Abraham Lincoln on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Challenge students to write a letter (or a blog) in response to Lincoln's letter.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Using Art to Define the Renaissance - TeachersFirst
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6 to 10tag(s): renaissance (38)
In the Classroom
This unit was developed to be used by a wide range of ages and abilities. It can be altered for different ability levels. TeachersFirst editors have included options for more student-centered, project-based activities using technology throughout the unit. You can adjust the time requirements depending on which activities you decide to do.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Goody Parsons Witchcraft Case - Historic Northhampton
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8 to 12tag(s): salem (5)
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Depending on the level of student you teach, this site could be divided into parts for investigation and group teaching, having students use an interactive whiteboard to work through each part. Research could be expanded into further historical study of those involved. As a class project, after or while studying The Crucible, this could be a great comparison of a real situation outside of (and before) the Salem Witch trials. The interactive maps are especially fun for students who might take on the roles of those characters to portray in the class discussion.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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