The Life of Martin Luther King L/O – How were black people treated in the United States? Outcome – Students will be aware of what life was like for black people in the United States by looking at the early life of MLK.
Connection Link up the following… • Prejudice • Discrimination • Stereotype
• Labelling a whole group of people • Acting on your prejudice – For example, not giving a job to a black person • Judging someone before you know them.
Activation - Where did inequality begin? 17th and 18th Centuries
• 1863 – Slavery ended in the US • 1866 – Formation of the KKK • 1876-1965 • The Jim Crow Laws
The Jim Crow Laws The Jim Crow laws
• http://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=ChWXyeUTK g8
• PROMOTED “SEGREGATION” amongst white and black people. Another word for this is • APARTHEID
Demonstration The Life of King
Task
• Begin reading the life of Martin Luther King.
• 1. Where was Martin born? • 2. What happened to Martins dad in a shoe shop? • 3. What happened to Martins best friend when he was a boy? • 4. Give some examples of how black people were treated differently to white people.
Review/Evaluate – Match Activity • Segregation • KKK • Jim Crow Laws • Racial Discrimination
• The Klu Klux Klan – a racist white group • Rules that split blacks and whites in the South • When black and white people are split apart • When people are treated differently because of their skin.