Curriculum:
Overview
Create an "I Have a Dream" bulletin board to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
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Overview
Create an "I Have a Dream" bulletin board to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Curriculum:
Introduction
Make fun, visual aids to engage students and inspire creative thought. Students can write quotes or phrases on shapes to create a unique bulletin board.
Objective
Recognize and celebrate student dreams with an inspiring bulletin board.
Products Used
13743-LG-Ellison SureCut Die - King, Martin Luther - Large 15771-XL-Ellison SureCut Die - Circles 6" & 4" - XL A10416-Sizzix Bigz Die Set - Weather (4 Die Set)Instructions
Supplies Used: Bulletin Board, Butcher Paper, Cardstock, Construction Paper
The teacher will die-cut the materials for student use prior to the lesson.
- Cover a bulletin board with butcher paper. Add the title, "I Have a Dream."
- Die-cut Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from various colors of cardstock or construction paper. Keep one shape whole and cut highlights from other shapes. Layer and adhere to embellish. Die-cut a Circle and mat the profile of Martin Luther King. Adhere to the center of the bulletin board.
- Die-cut a class set of Clouds and hand out to each student. Students may write hopes and dreams on the Clouds.
- Adhere Clouds to the bulletin board (see Main Photo).
Standards
Social Studies: People, Places and Environments
Pre-K-12: Standard 3
- Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of people, places and environments. The study of people, places and human-environment interactions assists learners as they create their spatial views and geographic perspectives of the world.
National Council for the Social Studies, Expectations of Excellence: Curriculum Standards for Social Studies (Washington, D.C.: NCSS, 1994). This book may be purchased by calling 800-683-0812. Electronic copies of it are not available.
