Introduction
This lesson is designed to introduce the life and contributions of Martin Luther King to primary aged children.  It also demands student feedback through oral, written, and illustrative means.

Subject:  Language Arts
Topic:  Martin Luther King
Grade Level: 1
Student Lesson name and URL:Martin Luther King Jr.

Students read and respond to a wide variety of significant works of children's literature.  They distinguish between the structural features of the text and the literary terms or elements (e.g., theme, plot, setting, characters).   The selections in Recommended Readings in Literature, Kindergarten Through Grade Eight illustrate the quality and complexity of the materials to be read by students.      

3.1  Identify and describe the elements of plot, setting, and character(s) in a story, as well as the story's beginning, middle, and ending.

3.2  Describe the roles of authors and illustrators and their contributions to print materials.

3.3  Recollect, talk, and write about books read during the school year.  

Students will be able to express their thoughts about the author's purpose and use of illustrations in the story.

Students will be able to write and illustrate about their favorite part of the story and share their finished product with the class orally.

 Teacher will flip through various pages in the book,  Martin Luther King Jr.  As a class, we will discuss the illustrations, and color content of the illustrations, and how they make the student feel.  We will also discuss why they believe the author used this type of illustrations in the text and identify the author's purpose for writing the story.

Enabling Activities
 

• After reading the beginning of the story, ask students to identify the events that took place at the beginning of the story and write their responses on a chart with the heading "Beginning".   Students will also create a picture of Martin using colored tissue paper and using a picture of his face as an outline. 
• After reading the middle of the story, ask students to identify the events that took place in the middle of the story and write their responses on a chart with the heading "Middle."  You will select four students to role play the infamous Rosa Parks incident.  Characters include, Rosa Parks, bus driver, white passenger, and police man.
• After reading the end of the story, ask students to identify the events that took place at the end of the story and write their responses on a chart with the heading "End".  The students will listen to an excerpt from the "I Have A Dream" through an audio link.

Culminating Activities
   

• Students will produce a story map which identifies the characters, setting, and plot, as well as four major events in the life of Martin Luther King Jr.  These events will be illustrated along with 2-3 sentences describing those events.  
• Students will identify their favorite part/event in the story and will write 2-3 sentences describing this event as well as illustrate.  Students will read their finished product to the class.
   

Introductory Activity
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Enabling Activity
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Culminating Activity
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Hedrick Elementary 
El Centro, Ca. 92243
Pamela Beltran mbeltran@quix.net
Last Revised: 00/00/2000 (insert and update last revision date every time you work on this page)