Flex Martin Luther King Jr's Drum Major Instinct Close Read & Service Challenge
In this flex course, students will be exposed to another amazing speech from MLK and be challenged to create a service project to implement.
Cicely Carr M.Ed
Average rating:
5.0
Number of reviews:(20)
What's included
Class Experience
US Grade 5 - 8
Welcome to January where we celebrate a new year and set goals for ourselves to do and be better than the year before. Another thing we celebrate is Martin Luther King Day and call this day, Day of Service. So what better way to start the New Year off than by challenging yourself to serve others. We are so used to the “I Have a Dream” speech by Martin Luther King and don’t realize he has many speeches and sermons that deserve the same recognition. My favorite and the focus of this class is called, “The Drum Major Instinct” where he focuses his sermon on being great at serving. “Everyone Can Be Great Because Everybody Can Serve” Students will be given a workbook that I wrote, a few pages at a time to focus on an excerpt from this sermon/speech. They will then be given discussion questions and reflection questions. We will not read the whole passage but look closely at a few snippets and excerpts. We focus on words and the meaning behind them. Understanding what MLK meant by these words. Students are encouraged to read it on their own or with family. Overview of the class will include discussion questions, short answer responses, activities, and the 7-day service challenge focusing on their passions and how they can serve that area. Class 1: Overview and What is the Drum Major Instinct + Discussion Questions Class 2: New Definition of Greatness + Partner PSA Project (Creating a digital poster or video) Class 3: MLK's Eulogy + Discussion Questions Class 4: Planning My 7-Day Serice Challenge + Implementation (can be done individually or with a partner) Class 5: Share Your Service Project and Outcomes Using FlipGrid Students will not only be encouraged to share their discussion answers but respond to other students' responses. Sentence stems will be provided.
Learning Goals
Students will be able to read and comprehend short excerpts to make meaning and personal connections.
Students will reflect through writing or orally
Students will brainstorm ways to plan a service project
Students will implement a service project
Other Details
Parental Guidance
This is speech is a sermon, however, I will be teaching from a literary standpoint as well as an action-based project.
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Sources
The Drum Major Instinct- http://bethlehemfarm.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/DrumMajorInstinct.pdf
Joined April, 2021
5.0
20reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
Texas Teaching Certificate in English/Language Arts
Master's Degree in Education from Concordia University
This is speech is a sermon, however, I will be teaching from a literary standpoint as well as an action-based project of their choice.Reviews
Live Group Class
$10
weekly or $48 for 5 weeks5 weeks
Completed by 2 learners
No live video meetings
Ages: 10-15
