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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

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• 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.