--- title: CERCA Now: MLK description: 3 Topic to Spark Courageous Thinking This Week! --- [Blog | ThinkCERCA ](https://blog.thinkcerca.com) # [CERCA Now: MLK](https://blog.thinkcerca.com/mlk) Written by [ThinkCERCA Team](https://blog.thinkcerca.com/author/thinkcerca-team) | January 16, 2023 #### Try our QuickCERCAs Additional reading practice, comprehension checks, and discussion questions in under 15 minutes! ## ELEMENTARY [Remembering The March](http://learn.thinkcerca.com/content/lessons/QC_RememberingtheMarch_Grade3-5?utm_campaign=Q1-2022-Teacher%20Usage&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--i0Dvgh3D34TOnISG_z00zHXvTpl-c7LntdUPfitCZ_61qAhAZVbgAVxLqBhf3TzP_r_o9) [View Lesson](http://learn.thinkcerca.com/content/lessons/ARP_AllAboard_G3-5) ## MIDDLE Martin Luther King Jr.  [View Lesson](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/collections/lessons/57730) ## HIGH SCHOOL Massive Nonviolence [View Lesson](http://learn.thinkcerca.com/content/lessons/QC_TNonviolence_Grade11-12?utm_campaign=Q1-2022-Teacher%20Usage&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--i0Dvgh3D34TOnISG_z00zHXvTpl-c7LntdUPfitCZ_61qAhAZVbgAVxLqBhf3TzP_r_o9)   # Custom Lessons Did you know that you can create your own Close Reading & Writing Lessons in ThinkCERCA?  [See how it works](https://info.thinkcerca.com/e3t/Ctc/RE+113/chwFg04/VVZBTV3LkDKYN5Lh6WgcfBcPW6R-97G4J1dG2N4Rsyg53q3nJV1-WJV7CgDmhW70-jQY6c0FZ2W2G5jMW26pkJzW7qMmlM4vjKZBW1Z-Npn9ljCPXW44HnJ96KVRKkW4kHNp34rBfYgW8bxJv26zN5SkW824--v90_kWpW905-Rg8pJdMDVpt90t5cMZ9NN4pw9-vd4G8lW941ZgW51Z_8RW9fZpch4HLwM8VYYdlJ7SZH1-W3-j1sb5t6TsSW42X_qF7ZdRW5W17lg1j5YspCCW7mwG-v5fHTnhW69rqVf2tZbkbW4MlyHJ8BxSRHW97qs3s4mQH1nW448Kv035RfwBN5k_glMW32X8W7yjv5D4P-VR332zg1).   #### ELEMENTARY What is the best way to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the upcoming holiday? [Video Resource](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4qYUnm4ZYY) __________________ #### MIDDLE What is the most important way that people in positions of power can demonstrate Martin Luther King’s words, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” [Video Resource](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbHywN8yC60&utm_campaign=No%20campaign&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--BcIKPgwXQOfzeYHvysaqxj1-BbDU3qKonHRKw-JJFCFfHew0k1ZyPfNE4ZzCRXMvR0KLD) _________________ #### HIGH SCHOOL “I Have a Dream” Speech: Nearly 60 years later, which aspects of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream have been realized and which have yet to be achieved? [Video Resource](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP4iY1TtS3s&utm_campaign=Q1-2022-Teacher%20Usage&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--i0Dvgh3D34TOnISG_z00zHXvTpl-c7LntdUPfitCZ_61qAhAZVbgAVxLqBhf3TzP_r_o9) # [Direct Instruction Lessons](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/collections/english-language-arts/writing-informative-texts/modules/67?grade=3&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9SvJgT0ec6clsGh2WvQhLePEdPXXw0GZZtU7fYCszAryfBQvmcXkI5B7a1m13VyAH2k3QO) [Try our leveled direct instruction lessons for key skills and concepts. Audio support and comprehension checks are included.](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/collections/english-language-arts/writing-informative-texts/modules/67?grade=3&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9SvJgT0ec6clsGh2WvQhLePEdPXXw0GZZtU7fYCszAryfBQvmcXkI5B7a1m13VyAH2k3QO) # [Determining and Tracing a Central Idea Through Details](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/collections/english-language-arts/reading-informational-texts/modules/972?grade=3&utm_campaign=No%20campaign&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--BcIKPgwXQOfzeYHvysaqxj1-BbDU3qKonHRKw-JJFCFfHew0k1ZyPfNE4ZzCRXMvR0KLD) # CERCA Slides Ready-made interactive lessons providing 1+ weeks of instruction for remote, hybrid, or traditional classroom environments. View our growing list of [60+ CERCA Slide sets](https://info.thinkcerca.com/e3t/Ctc/RE+113/chwFg04/VVZBTV3LkDKYN5Lh6WgcfBcPW6R-97G4J1dG2N4Rsyfw3q3n5V1-WJV7CgRLrW998_Rv5YSqw1W6mQ-pw7Qn-ZwW1FCk284MZQJ1Vxrz-W1-NmgDW4RJ81N5GW9zPW6f1DTh8DB7KDW828KPF6VszTHW5Nqj8k3YlbWZW5w59Cr4GMPXFW6BzHBV1w2t0CW80RJ-H5_lRv_N5jK4m_XCfmnW91Qh2p47knDlW1jC4vN7Tx6C9VGDfFv6DD59QW7ZWYwH7YQjHJVl0Y831RbbDRW1xNGlm7L7Sq1W2q0_JH8HjbchW91Q9wG7Rz96k3mZx1). # [Role of Machines](https://www.thinkcerca.com/cerca-slides-roles-of-machines?utm_campaign=No%20campaign&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--BcIKPgwXQOfzeYHvysaqxj1-BbDU3qKonHRKw-JJFCFfHew0k1ZyPfNE4ZzCRXMvR0KLD) Isaac Asimov, the great science fiction writer, recorded three rules for robots that remain at the center of our discussions about the role of machines in our lives. This set of CERCA Slides highlights some of the debates related to technology. [CERCA Slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jnZ_Yczd7pOmnknPaP89Q31JWLLyTXthjjEvguUM-Gc/edit?usp=sharing&utm_campaign=No%20campaign&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--BcIKPgwXQOfzeYHvysaqxj1-BbDU3qKonHRKw-JJFCFfHew0k1ZyPfNE4ZzCRXMvR0KLD) [Student Guides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19o4aWjcOqLg-1R3UPJlbuoJOSLPNz4hfMZDTh4LuNxw/edit?utm_campaign=No%20campaign&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--BcIKPgwXQOfzeYHvysaqxj1-BbDU3qKonHRKw-JJFCFfHew0k1ZyPfNE4ZzCRXMvR0KLD#slide=id.gf5f579acfc_0_0) [Pear Deck](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1h_LkDlzxCUVroPAEtjpe1biKYZipR7nN1iqoVEVRx0k/edit?usp=sharing&utm_campaign=No%20campaign&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--BcIKPgwXQOfzeYHvysaqxj1-BbDU3qKonHRKw-JJFCFfHew0k1ZyPfNE4ZzCRXMvR0KLD)     [View full post](https://blog.thinkcerca.com/mlk) ```json { "@context" : "http://schema.org", "@type" : "BlogPosting", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : "ThinkCERCA Team" }, "dateModified" : "2023-01-16T12:15:00.809Z", "datePublished" : "2023-01-16T12:15:00Z", "headline" : "CERCA Now: MLK", "image" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "height" : 900, "url" : "https://go.thinkcerca.com/hubfs/CERCA%20Now/CERCA%20Now%202023/MLK%202023%203.jpg", "width" : 1600 }, "mainEntityOfPage" : "https://blog.thinkcerca.com/mlk", "publisher" : { "@type" : "Organization", "logo" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "height" : 60.0, "url" : "https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/2442542/Logos/Logo-for-Email-Signature-ThinkCERCA.png", "width" : 553.75 }, "name" : "Blog | ThinkCERCA" } } ```