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MLK Day Word Wall Vocabulary Cards

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    Updated:  10 May 2023

Use this set of 40 vocabulary words related to MLK Day and civil rights to broaden your students’ language.

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teaching resource

MLK Day Word Wall Vocabulary Cards

  • Updated

    Updated:  10 May 2023

Use this set of 40 vocabulary words related to MLK Day and civil rights to broaden your students’ language.

  • Editable

    Editable:  Google Slides

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  13 Pages

  • Grades

    Grades:  1 - 6

Use this set of 40 vocabulary words related to MLK Day and civil rights to broaden your students’ language.

Deepen Your MLK Lesson With 40 Vocabulary Words

What words come to mind when you think of Martin Luther King, Jr.?

Freedom, equality, and peace—these are just a few that remind us of Dr. King’s activism and his commitment to social justice for all. 

Our Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Word Wall includes vocabulary that will be immediately recognizable, and words meant to stretch your students’ language skills

In this way, you’ll nurture a classroom full of thoughtful, articulate speakers and writers. 

Your download includes the following MLK Day vocabulary words:

  • activism
  • African American
  • assassinated 
  • bias
  • Black
  • boycott 
  • change 
  • civil rights movement 
  • Civil Rights Act 
  • courage
  • discrimination
  • diversity 
  • demonstration
  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  
  • equality 
  • fairness 
  • freedom
  • government 
  • honor
  • human rights 
  • ‘I Have a Dream’ speech
  • inequality 
  • intolerance 
  • Jim Crow Laws
  • justice 
  • leader 
  • march 
  • movement 
  • national holiday 
  • Nobel Peace Prize 
  • nonviolent resistance 
  • peaceful 
  • political change 
  • protest 
  • race
  • racism 
  • segregation 
  • social justice
  • struggle 
  • unity

Test your students’ knowledge of their new MLK vocabulary words (or any words) with this set of 13 writing task cards

What Else Can You Do With This MLK Word Wall? 

Word walls are a fantastic way to expose students to the broader world of language with comprehension activities like:

📣  Daily Oral Language and spelling word of the week exercises

📣  Identifying phonemes—blends, digraphs, vowel teams, silent final-e

📣  Counting syllables 

📣  Recognizing parts of speech (noun types, verbs, adjectives, compound words)

📣  Creative writing 

📣  Alphabetical ordering

📣  Games (Charades, 20 Questions, Swat, etc.)  

You can use your word wall before, during, and after reading with your whole class, in small groups, or with individualized instruction. 

Here’s how to create a fun Word Search too! 


Discover more about the legacy of Dr. King with these activities and teaching resources: 

 

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