Curriculum / ELA / Kindergarten / Unit 6: What is Justice? / Lesson 11
ELA
Unit 6
Kindergarten
Lesson 11 of 18
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Explain why Martin Luther King Jr. was important.
Book: Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Doreen Rappaport
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Why was Martin Luther King Jr. important?
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Read the two quotes from the first part of the book. “You are as good as anyone” and “everyone can be great.” How did these words inspire Martin Luther King Jr.?
What does it mean that Martin said “love” when others said “hate”?
What did Martin Luther King Jr. mean when he said, “sooner or later, all the people of the world will have to discover a way to live together”?
Why did Montgomery’s Black citizens decide not to ride the bus for 381 days? How did this show courage?
Why did Black citizens keep marching?
How were Martin Luther King Jr. and the other marchers treated?
Why did people all over the world admire Martin Luther King Jr.?
Literary terms, text-based vocabulary, idioms and word parts to be taught with the text
hopeful
adj.
feeling positive about something in the future
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L.K.6 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.
RI.K.3 — With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
RI.K.7 — With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration depicts).
RI.K.8 — With prompting and support, identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.
SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
RI.K.1 — With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RI.K.4 — With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
RI.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
Lesson 10
Lesson 12
Identify reasons to support the author’s point that all are welcome.
L.K.6 RI.K.7 RI.K.8 SL.K.1
Explain two reasons the author includes to support the idea that “Beneath the skin we all look alike. You and Me.”
L.K.6 RI.K.2 RI.K.7 RI.K.8 SL.K.1
Explain what the author means that children come in all colors of the earth.
Explain two reasons why the author says, “Each of us grows in our own way.”
Writing
Create an All About Me poster to highlight key aspects of identity.
L.K.1 L.K.2 W.K.2 W.K.5 W.K.8
Retell what happened in The Other Side.
L.K.6 RL.K.2 RL.K.3 SL.K.1
Explain how segregation impacts Joe and John Henry’s friendship.
Explain how life changed for Black people in the South after the civil rights movement.
Explain why Rosa Parks does not get up with the policeman asked her to.
L.K.6 RI.K.3 RI.K.7 RI.K.8 SL.K.1
Explain how the whole community made the Montgomery Bus Boycott a success.
Explain how people came together during the March for Freedom.
RI.K.3 RI.K.7 RI.K.8 SL.K.1
Explain how Minnie and her sister showed courage.
Describe the dreams that Martin Luther King Jr. had.
RI.K.3 RI.K.7 RI.K.8 RI.K.9 RI.K.9 SL.K.1
Explain what it means to Be a King.
Writing – 2 days
Write about what you can do to Be a King.
Discussion
Discuss the unit essential questions.
SL.K.1 SL.K.3 SL.K.5 W.K.8
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