Assembly: Martin Luther King Day January 2024

An assembly to support work on Martin Luther King Day in January. This highly dynamic presentation has an assembly plus a range of ideas and resources for follow-up form time activities.

This beautifully-designed and editable 28-slide Powerpoint presentation creatively presents information on this event and can be showcased to any age group and includes specific pages for primary or secondary students. It includes images, dynamic transitions, informative text, video and links for extension work in form time – including extra video and classroom activities.

Slide 1: Opening slide
Slide 2-4: Who was Martin Luther King?
Slide 5: The ‘I have a dream’ speech [includes video]
Slide 6: What was Martin Luther King fighting against in 1960s USA? Includes teacher script if needed.
Slide 7: What changed after the protests? Includes teacher script if needed.
Slide 8: What happened to Martin Luther King?
Slide 9: What happened to Martin Luther King? Includes video
Slide 10: Why does he matter today?
Slide 11: Famous MLK quotes
Slide 12: Follow-up form time activities title screen
Slide 13-14: Form time activities: Art activity
Slide 15: Form time activities: Wordsearch activity
Slide 16: Form time activities: Poetry activity
Slide 17: Form time activities: Detailed MLK documentary [includes sensitive content]
Slides 18-25: Form time activities: MLK Day quiz – with answers
Slides 26-28: Other form time ideas to support disability strategies.

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