Martin Luther King DBQ - Document Analysis Questions - MLK Day - Holiday History
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Description
A document based question (DBQ) activity that has students explore the impact of Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement by analyzing six primary and secondary source documents. Students will then answer the questions included for each document.
Students will then use what they've learned to write a structured paragraph that answers the prompt: How did Martin Luther King’s leadership and advocacy impact the civil rights movement and shape American values?
Includes:
DBQ with 6 documents
18 total questions to be answered. 3 for each document
Writing instructions
A scaffold to help students write a quality paragraph
This is an excellent resource to be used for the MLK Holiday, during Black History Month, or for a unit on the Civil Rights Movement.
This resource is formatted so it can be assigned digitally through google classroom or printed to be handed out.
