Tuesday, January 21, 2014

week 18, January 20-24

Students will have be able to talk about the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.  Students will be able to create final drafts of their speeches.


  1. Martin Luther King, Jr. magazine activity
    • Worksheet
    • Break into groups to share your interesting fact
    • Class meeting - What did Martin Luther King, Jr. teach us about getting along?
  2. Type your speeches (Microsoft Word.)  Save it as 6_last name_I Have a Dream

Monday, January 13, 2014

week 18, Jan 13-17

Students will understand how vision relates to leadership.  Students will create a group presentation.  Students will emulate the writing style of Martin Luther King, Jr's "March on Washington" speech.


  1. Martin Luther King, Jr "March on Washington" speech - what is he saying?
  2. What do I want to say?
  3. finish drawings for our "I Have a Dream" speech

Thursday, January 9, 2014

week 17, Jan 6-10

(7th grade only)

Students will work as a team to complete the tasks.

  1. Leadership relays
  2. Sneetches?

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

week 16, Dec 16-20 and week 17, Jan 6-10

Students will understand how vision relates to leadership.  Students will create a group presentation.  Students will emulate the writing style of Martin Luther King, Jr's "March on Washington" speech.


  1. watch Nelson Mandela presentations
  2. Martin Luther King, Jr "March on Washington" speech - what is he saying?
  3. What do I want to say?

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

week 15, Dec 9-13

Students will understand how vision relates to leadership.  Students will create a group presentation.  Students will emulate the writing style of Martin Luther King, Jr's "March on Washington" speech.


  1. Who is Nelson Mandela?
  2. Free Rice!
  3. Martin Luther King, Jr "March on Washington" speech - what is he saying?
  4. What do I want to say?

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

week 14, Dec. 2 - 6

Students will understand how vision relates to leadership.


  1. Nelson Mandela
  2. Emulation Writing activity
    • Choose a problem if you have not already.
    • Draw a picture of what the world would look like if the problem was solved.
    • If time - Start analyzing what Martin Luther King, Jr. speech.
  3. I'm done!  - Cards for Children Hospital :)

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

week 12, November 18-22


  1. FREE RICE.COM
  2. review last week's class 
  3. Martin Luther King, Jr. "March on Washington" speech reading activity
    • In your groups from last week, review the key words that you decided on.
    • In your groups, create a summary sentence (or two) using all the key words that you chose.
    • By yourself, create a summary (a sentence or two) in your own words.  What is this passage about?  What is Martin Luther King, Jr. trying to say?
  4. Choose a problem.
  5. As a class we will work on the analyze portion of the worksheet.

Students will
  • make connections to the reading through their written responses.
  • summarize the reading.