After this lesson, students will have learned about the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr. reflected on a section of King’s “I Have a Dream” speech become aware of inequities that still exist in the United States
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Escaping Slavery: Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
September 14th, 2017
When visiting the recommended website in this lesson, students learn about the Underground Railroad and “walk in the shoes” of an escaping slave. Using the picture book Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, students create a problems/solutions/events chart to help them understand the relationships between Clara’s problems and how she solves them. Similar to Clara’s […]