Introduction
How was life like when Martin Luther King Jr. was growing up?
You were not allowed to play with a friend because he or she was not the same color as your skin color.
African American were mistreat because their color of their skin.
Task
You are a white or colored student when Martin Luther King Jr. was alive and must follow the segregated laws.
Process
At the beginning of the class or when entering the class (social studies) you are going to draw a paper from a container. In the piece of paper it is going to say “white” or “colored.” For half of the class you are going to be “white” or “colored” student. Then half way through the class we will switch roles. We must follow these laws depending on our color skin.
White
- Use the water fountain and bathroom of the class.
- Sit on the two tables that are in front of the class.
- Sit on the front part of the rug.
- You cannot talk with colored people.
Colored
- Need to use the water fountain and bathroom of the hallway.
- Sit on the two tables that are back in the class.
- Sit on the back part of the rug.
- You cannot talk to white people.
Resources
https://jr.brainpop.com/socialstudies/biographies/martinlutherkingjr/
[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6Au81aHuSg]
Conclusion
Role play will allow students to make a deep learning connection with Martin Luther King and segregation. Student will sense how whites and colored people felt many year ago. Students will learn that thanks to Martin Luther King Jr. today we can be friend with anybody and that white and colored people can be together.
Teacher Page
Rationale: Students will learn that because of Martin Luther King Jr. today we go to school together and that we can have different friends of different skin colors and that is ok.