TwoLeaders Abraham Lincoln                                                   Martin Luther King Jr. 

Introduction 
Students will gather information about these famous leaders and make their own time lines based on the important events in their lives.  Secondly, students will write an essay comparing the similarities and differences of these two men.  Lastly, students will choose one radical conviction in their own life that they would be willing to die for, as these men did.

Click on these web sites to begin your research now!

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/man/MLKsound.html
 

http://members.aol.com/RVSNorton/Lincoln23.html

http://www.chenowith.k12.or.us/tech/cgcc/projects/bright/lincoln01.htm
 

Standards Addressed 
Reading
2.5 Compare and contrast information on the same topic after reading several passages or articles.

Writing
2.1 Provide insight into why the selected event or experience is memorable.                                     

 

Instructional Objectives 

1. Students will devise their own biographic timelines, based on historical events retrieved from other websites and research materials.
2. Students will  compare and contrast the differences and similarities of the lives of these historical figures in an essay format.
3. Students will demonstrate a basic knowledge of their computer, accessing material from various resources.
4. Students will gain a broader understanding of leadership qualities, transfering their knowledge into  personal conviction. Students will model leadership qualities by practicing these  skills  in our classroom on a daily basis. 
 

Introductory Activity
Fact finding quiz. Students will go to the computers on a search for facts. When students open specific internet sites, they will gather facts, and transfer them onto their completed timelines. 
Enabling Activity(ies)
1. Using the fact finding quiz, students will transfer their facts onto their timelines. Students will also transfer pictures onto their timelines. 
2. Students will write their compare/contrast essays, using their timelines as a resource. 
3. Students will produce a calendar of their daily life. In this calendar, students will keep a record of the ways they practiced their selected character trait. 
Culminating Activity
Students will create their Abraham Lincoln/Martin Luther King, Jr. timelines.
  

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