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title: Differentiated Lessons on Martin Luther King, Jr. for Grades 9-12
description: Teach your students about Dr. King’s legacy with these differentiated lessons about his impact on the civil rights movement.
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# [Differentiated Lessons on Martin Luther King, Jr. for Grades 9-12](https://blog.thinkcerca.com/differentiated-lessons-on-martin-luther-king-jr-for-ninth-tenth-eleventh-twelfth-grades)

 Written by [Mallory Busch](https://blog.thinkcerca.com/author/mallory-busch) | January 11, 2017

## *Use these argumentative writing prompts to teach high school students about the civil rights movement.*

Teach your students about Dr. King’s legacy with these lessons about his impact on the civil rights movement. Each lesson is differentiated and pairs with an academic writing prompt as well.

### **Differentiated Lessons on Martin Luther King, Jr. for Grades 9-12**

#### [Timely Leader](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/lesson_library/lesson/14057) (FREE LESSON)

- Writing prompt: What made Martin Luther King Jr. an American hero?
- CCSS.CCRA.R.5

#### [Massive Nonviolence](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/lesson_library/lesson/875) (FREE LESSON)

- Writing prompt: How did nonviolent protests in Birmingham affect the civil rights movement?
- CCSS.CCRA.R.1

#### [The Selma-to-Montgomery Marches](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/lesson_library/lesson/14405)

*This lesson includes teaching resources and supports for developing bilingual students.*

- Writing prompt: How did the Selma-to-Montgomery marches contribute to the fight for voting rights?
- CCSS.RH.9-10.3, CCSS.WHST.9-10.1

#### [The Memphis Sanitation Strike](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/lesson_library/lesson/15420)

*This lesson includes teaching resources and supports for developing bilingual students.*

- Writing prompt: How did the sanitation strike of 1968 change history?
- >CCSS.CCRA.R.7, CCSS.W.9-10.1

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