Starter

What is going
on in this
picture?
Write a
sentence to
explain what is
happening

Now look at the complete

picture
What is actually happening?
Write another sentence to
explain what is going on

The Assassination
of Martin Luther
King
Wednesday 8th May 2013

Wednesday 8th May 2013

Learning Objective
To examine the reasons behind and the

importance of the assassination of Martin

Luther King

E/O - I can work out why someone in the past

did something important and can work out
what the consequences of their decisions
were

To examine the reasons behind and the importance of the assassination of Martin Luther
King

Wednesday 8th May 2013

Success Criteria
National 4 - be able to list the sorts of people
who opposed Martin Luther King and facts
about what happened in Memphis

National 4/5 - be able to use the key skill of

evaluation to decide which was the greatest

threat to MLK

National 5 - be able to use the key skills of

source analysis and evaluation to make an

assessment of the impact of the Civil Rights
Movement on America

To examine the reasons behind and the importance of the assassination of Martin Luther
King

Wednesday 8th May 2013

Group Work
Look at the cards

that you have been

given

They all give one

reason why a
particular group of
people disliked MLK

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Order the
cards in order
of most
dangerous
threat to MLK
to least
dangerous.

Write a
paragraph
explaining
why you put
them in this
To examine the reasons behind and the importance of the assassination of Martin
TheLuther
paragraph must be
order written in each of your
King

You will have ten

minutes to
complete this
exercise

jotters

Wednesday 8th May 2013

To examine the reasons behind and the importance of the assassination of Martin Luther
King

Wednesday 8th May 2013

Individual Work
Using the information sheet you
have been given, answer the
following questions

Why was MLK in Memphis?

What happened whilst he was
there?

What happened as a result?

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To examine the reasons behind and the importance of the assassination of Martin Luther
King

Wednesday 8th May 2013

To examine the reasons behind and the importance of the assassination of Martin Luther
King

Wednesday 8th May 2013

Source Work

Read this source and

answer the following
questions:

What does this

source tell you about
America in 1968?

What else would one

need to know to
understand fully the
point being made by
the author

Taken from a recent book

about America in the
1960s
In 1968, George Wallace,
who had been the
governor of Alabama
during the Birmingham
demonstrations, tried to
become US President. He
got 10 million votes in the
1968 election. He
promised to bring back
segregation

To examine the reasons behind and the importance of the assassination of Martin Luther
King
QuickTime and a
H.264 decompressor
are needed to see this picture.

Wednesday 8th May 2013

To examine the reasons behind and the importance of the assassination of Martin Luther
King

Wednesday 8th May 2013

To examine the reasons behind and the importance of the assassination of Martin Luther
King

Wednesday 8th May 2013

Success Criteria
National 4 - be able to list the sorts of people
who opposed Martin Luther King and facts
about what happened in Memphis

National 4/5 - be able to use the key skill of

evaluation to decide which was the greatest

threat to MLK

National 5 - be able to use the key skills of

source analysis and evaluation to make an

assessment of the impact of the Civil Rights
Movement on America

To examine the reasons behind and the importance of the assassination of Martin Luther
King

What have you learned

this lesson? Use the
post-it notes you have
been given to place the
facts on the brick wall.
Can we fill all of the
bricks?