Social Studies:

Who was Martin

Luther King Jr?
By: Dayton Duffy 3B SED
 Materials needed for
The 5 E’s this lesson:

● Whiteboard
1. Engage ● Exit ticket slips
2. Explain
● MLK worksheets
3. Explore
4. Elaborate ● Audiobook (link in
5. Evaluation powerpoint)

6. (Exit Ticket)
Engage : Photo

As the students walk into the classroom, display the photo of Martin Luther
King Jr. and question the students about who he is.

Ask the students “Who knows a lot about this man?”

● This will help you transition into explore, KWL

Explore : KWL chart

● Create a KWL chart on the whiteboard and fill in the chart with the
students. K stands for Know…(what they know) fill in ~ 5 things in this
column. W stands for What…(what they want to know) fill in 5+
things in this column
● After complete, the teacher will tell the students what THEY know
about MLK if it has not been said. Example: “MLK shaped our country.
He helped make the US who we are today!”
Explain : Audiobook

● With the link below, play the audiobook “Martin’s Big Words” and
pause it frequently to teach about that certain topic
● As the video plays, have the students write down 1-2 things they
learned
● After it is over, ask the students, “Now that you have heard about
MLK, what was he most famous for??”
● As they raise their hands and tell you what they learned, write it down
under the L (learn) on the whiteboard.
● Cover “I have a dream speech” if not brought up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc39Ka8ut6k
Elaborate : Dream Worksheet

● Pass out the ‘I have a dream worksheet” and explain to the students
that they need to write a sentence or two about their goals. Tell them
that it can be a goal for themself or something they want to do for
someone else.
● Pass out a sticky note to each student and have them write their name
on it …See next slide for instructions
Elaborate : Continued

● Once they are finished with the worksheet, explain the difference
between a personal goal and a world goal.
● Personal Goal : A goal that you want to reach like winning your soccer
game
● World Goal : A goal that helps others too - like going with your church
to pick up trash around your town
● Draw a new chart on the whiteboard with personal goal / world goal
and have each student walk up and place their sticky note under
which type of goal they wrote on their worksheet
● Have a discussion about how MLK’s goal was a world goal and why
His goal
was for his
kids!
His goal
was
for his
friends!
His goal
was
Peace!
What is
peace?
How do
we have
peace?
Evaluate : MLK project (real world)

● Students will each get a blank cardboard face cutout and will decorate
it they best they can to look like MLK
● On the face, the student must write 5 adjectives to describe MLK
● Students will also write their own version of MLK’s “I have a dream”
speech. This must be 5-8 sentences.
● Students will present their speech in front of class with their cut out
face on next class
Evaluation : Exit Ticket

● Pass out the Exit Ticket Papers and explain to the students :

● They will use what they learned today to fill out the slip given to them.
● They should think of a descriptive word and explain why they chose
that word.