Martin Luther King Jr.

Famous People

Low Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

MLK was a civil rights leader in the US during the '50s and '60s. This lesson features a short biography about Dr. King's life in easy English. The lesson includes vocabulary review tasks and writing practice.

This lesson mention's King's assassination. Teacher discretion is advised.

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Focus

topic-based
academic
4-skills
biography
question formation
civil rights

Vocabulary

equality
minister
civil
protest
bomb
violence
speech
shoot
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