Who has fought to end Prejudice and Discrimination?

Who has fought to end Prejudice and Discrimination?

Martin Luther King Born 1929 – Died 1968

Assassinated when he was only 39 years old.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLZqXPV61Uk&feature=related

By the end of the lesson you will be able to:

• Identify how Black people were being treated in America at the time.

• Describe the life and work of Martin Luther King.

• Judge whether he was right to risk his life for something he believed in.

SAY WHAT YOU SEE – Word Bank

Listen and Watch the YouTube presentation about Martin Luther King and what Black people were facing in America at the time. Write down words that describe what you see.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZTDyuj5lB0&feature=related

SUM IT UP IN A SENTENCE.

You have looked and listened to the clip and written words that described it.

Using those words and your memory of what you saw write up in no more than 20 words how black people were treated in America at the time.

You have got 2 mins.

Check-Point

Have we Identified how black people were being treated in America at the

time?

Who was Martin Luther King?

Using the resources in your pack you must now fill in the mind map highlighting the life of Martin Luther King. You have got 15 mins.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xPqiBd_xIw&feature=related

Martin Luther King (Junior)• He was born in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

• He became a Christian Minister at the age of 18.

• In America, at that time, there was a policy of segregation (separation of Blacks and Whites) meaning black people didn’t have the same rights as white people and had to go to separate schools etc.

• Martin Luther King believed that God made all people equal and set out to change the laws by persuading people without using violence.

• In 1955, after a woman called Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man, Martin organised a bus boycott. Thousands of black people refused to travel on buses until the law changed. This started the Civil Rights movement.

• After many protest marches and speeches laws began to change.

• Martin was assassinated in 1968 at the age of 39.

Fact File Information – Lets Share what we have Learnt!

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True/False statements

Martin Luther King was a preacher

True/False statements

He was born in 1969

True/False statements

He believed that the only way to get things done was to be violent.

True/False statements

In America at the time Black Americans were segregated.

True/False statements

He had 6 children.

True/False statements

He lived a long and happy life

True/False statements Answers

1. True2. False3. False4. True5. False6. False

Check-Point

Have we described the life and work of Martin

Luther King?

Martin Luther King Assassinated

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0FiCxZKuv8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PalIIpfhw_g&feature=fvwrel

Choose a statement

look around the room and you will see 3 statements about Martin Luther King, take a minute to think about which one best says what you think about his death. Go and stand by the one you agree with.

Check-Point

Have we judged whether he was right to risk his life for something he

believed in ?

Have you ever stood up for something you believed in?

Tell the person next to you about a time when you should or have stood up for something you believe in.

Now you should be able to:

• Identify how Black people were being treated in America at the time.

• Describe the life and work of Martin Luther King.

• Judge whether he was right to risk his life for something he believed in.

Plenary Paragraph• Level 4

– Who was Martin Luther King? What did he stand for?

• Level 5– Who was Martin Luther King? What

did he stand for? What provoked him to this action? Do you think he was right to be so vocal?

• Level 6– Who was Martin Luther King? What

did he stand for? What provoked him to this action? Do you think he was right to be so vocal? Does he remind you of anyone else from the time?

Level 4 - I can write in paragraphs about the past.

Level 5 - I can describe and make links to events in the past. I am starting to reach conclusions

Level 6- I show detailed knowledge of events in the past. I am beginning to make links with other periods in history