Total Duration: |
0 to 30 Minutes |
Materials and Resources: |
some type of candy (one piece for each child) picture of Martin Luther King, Jr. |
Technology Resources Needed: |
none |
Background/Preparation: |
Students should have already had the character education lessons on fairness, courage, and self-respect. |
1.)Give half of the class a piece of candy. 2.)Tell those with candy to come near the front. Those without candy are to sit in the back. 3.)Tell those with candy they will get to play today. Those without candy do not. 4.)Ask students with candy how they feel.
Ask one student with candy how they feel that their friend does not have candy and will not get to play with them. 5.)Ask students without candy how they feel. 6.)Ask students if they think this is fair. 7.)Tell students about the inequality of blacks and whites during Martin's lifetime. Discuss how African-Americans had to sit in the back of buses, drink from different water fountains, go to different schools, etc. Discuss whether this was fair. 8.)Have a student who did not get candy come and tell you how they feel and what they think you should do about it. 9.)Tell students that this took courage. Discuss how Martin felt about his people. Discuss how he had a lot of courage to come forward and tell about his feelings. 10.)Give all the children who do not have candy a piece. Tell the children that after Martin and many others stood up for themselves and worked peacefully to change the unfair laws that everyone became more equal. 11.)Eat the candy!!! Read Young Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" (First-Start Biographies)
by Joanne Mattern, or Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King
by Jean Marzollo, the reinforce to class discussion. 12.)After eating the candy, sing "The More We Get Together". Several of the Greg and Steve music collections have appropriate songs: We All Live Together, Vol. 1, "We All Live Together," Holidays and Special Times, "A Man Named King," and We All Live Together, Vol. 2, "The World is a Rainbow," are good ones. |
Assessment Strategies |
The teacher will listen to the children's discussion for assessment of understanding. |
Acceleration: |
The lesson could be extended by reading and discussing additional books or viewing videos on Martin Luther King, Jr. |
Intervention: |
Students who need extra assistance could have the concepts explained one on one by the teacher. |
View the Special Education resources for
instructional guidance in providing modifications and adaptations
for students with significant cognitive disabilities who qualify for the Alabama Alternate Assessment.
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