Lesson Objective  Students will work with a partner to demonstrate their knowledge of their Civil Rights activist using adjectives, verbs, adverbs, and idiomatic phrases.

Idiomatic Expressions we’ve learned this week-  Black and white  Turn over a new leaf  new blood  writing on the wall If you’d like to use a different idiom than one of the ones listed above, go to online.

Who is the Civil Rights activist you were assigned?  Gwendolyn Elaine Armstrong-Ayrton (own); Amanda C. (Sharon); Jony and Omar  Harriet Jacobs-Juan and Arian; Jhoana; (own)  Sheyann Webb- Jenny and Alex L.; Ricardo (own)  Ralph Abernathy- Amanda P. (own); Dilan and Uriel  Raylawni Branch- Lizzy (Cynthia); Abraham (own) Alex H (Tony)  Jonathan Myrick –Daniels: Moses and Cristopher; Directions: Find someone else in the classroom who was assigned the same Civil Rights activist. This person will be your project partner.

Project Instructions  Create a Keynote project with five slides as follows:  Slide 1: Include a picture of your Civil Rights activist with his or her name. Include your name and your partner’s name.  Slides 2-4: Describe three separate actions your activist did (one action per slide). Each action should include an adverb. Describe your activist with an adjective. Each slide should have a picture of your activist. Include an idiom within one of these slides.  Slide 5: Answer this question: If you were alive during the Civil Rights Movement, would you do anything differently than your Civil Rights activist? Why or why not?

Example Project based on Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was a great man who worked for racial equality and civil rights in the United States of America. He was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta. Young Martin was an excellent student in school; he skipped grades in both elementary school and high school. He enjoyed reading books, singing, riding a bicycle, and playing football and baseball. Martin entered Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, when he was only 15 years old. Martin experienced racism early in life. He decided to do to something to make the world a better and fairer place. After graduating from college and getting married, Dr. King became a minister and moved to Alabama. During the 1950's, Dr. King became active in the movement for civil rights and racial equality. He participated in the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott and many other peaceful demonstrations that protested the unfair treatment of African-Americans. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in Dr. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. Commemorating the life of a tremendously important leader, we celebrate Martin Luther King Day each year in January, the month in which he was born. August 28, the anniversary of Dr. King's 1963 I Have a Dream speech, is called "Dream Day."

Martin Luther King, Jr. By: Mrs. Rezzonico

He peacefully worked toward racial equality. He was a great man.

He tirelessly participated in the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama. He was very brave.

He carefully thought of ways to make the world a better place for everyone. He was fair and he turned a new leaf.

If I were alive during the Civil Rights Movement…  I hope that I would have been as brave as Dr. King. He was inspirational to a lot of people, and many people are grateful for the changes and sacrifices he made during his lifetime.