Martin Luther King Jr Craft and Writing Prompt Mini Book Activities 3rd Grade

Looking for a meaningful yet age appropriate way to introduce younger students to the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.? This flip book activity and hands-on engaging craft allows learners to reflect on the impact that they can have on the world after learning about the legacy of Dr. King. Makes an amazing bulletin board for Black History Month and social studies.

*Please note, you will need 12 x 18 construction paper for the craft*

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Suggested Uses For These Resources:

(The layered reader is compatible with the TPT digital overlay features, meaning you can assign in Google Classroom, and students can annotate text)

• Guided reading groups
• Morning Work
• Classroom Read Aloud
• Literacy Center Activity
• Social Studies History Reader
• Research booklet for writing about Dr. King
• As a reflection activity to show understanding about the life of Dr. King and the impact we can all have
• In a center (project the photo directions to a whiteboard and let students create independently as a literacy activity)
• With older reading buddies - share the booklet and brainstorm ideas for making a difference in the world, then create the craft and display side-by-side (your school admin will LOVE this!)

Included with this beautiful eye-catching craft:

• Step-by-step directions with photographs - use it as a center activity
• Templates that can be directly run onto construction paper or traced around, with a variety of hairstyles so that students can craft a "mini-me"
• Writing paper templates - solid and broken lines
• Heading "I have a dream"

The pages in the layered reader:

• Martin Luther King, Jr. (an explanation of his name)
• His Early Life
• Civil Rights (a simple explanation of social division in the 1960s)
• Helping Others
• Peaceful Protests
• I Have A Dream (Students fill in a speech bubble imaging what it was that MLK was wishing and dreaming of)
• His Legacy

Check out these other captivating and stimulating resources for learning about Black History pioneers and icons!

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