Grades 8-12
Grades 8-12 Teacher Professional Development & Instructional Units
During the academic year of 2020-2021, the vMLK team developed a pilot project with the faculty at Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School, utilizing the vMLK website to enhance units in Language Arts and Social Studies/History. The vMLK team developed an orientation for the faculty in these areas and implemented it over Zoom. They also developed complete units based on learning outcomes indicated by the faculty. The materials here can be utilized by 8-12 instructors who wish to provide students with significant historical, language arts and social studies knowledge through the vMLK Project’s embodied learning experiences. For 2022, the vMLK Project is working to expand the reach of the units and is offering a no-cost professional development opportunity for North Carolina teachers of social studies and history for grades 8-12.
Cite this page as: vMLK Project Team. Virtual Martin Luther King, Jr. Project. 2021. Retrieved from https://vmlk.chass.ncsu.edu/
Language Arts
vMLK 9-12 Language Arts Lesson Plan
Subject/Topics: Literature & Language Arts, Listening, Speaking, Reading
Curriculum: Language Arts
Grade level: 9-12
Lesson Plan Authors: Dr. Victoria Gallagher, Dr. Elizabeth Nelson, Cynthia Rosenfeld, and Malaka Friedman
History
MLK 9-12 History Lesson Plan
Subject/Topics: History & Social Studies; A More Perfect Union; American Heroes
Curriculum: History
Grade level: 9-12
Lesson Plan Authors: Dr. Victoria Gallagher, Dr. Elizabeth Nelson, Cynthia Rosenfeld, and Malaka Friedman
Orientation slides
Introduction to the vMLK project
Learning Objectives for vMLK in Southeast Raleigh High School
Activities/Lesson plans for vMLK
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Professional Development
The vMLK Experience Grades 8-12 Professional Development (1.5-3 hours) is a hybrid model featuring both a synchronous session offered on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 from 4:00-5:30 pm and asynchronous, guided activities accessed through the vMLK Project website. The synchronous session will be recorded, and registrants who are unable to attend will be sent the video afterward. The synchronous session is 1.5 hours, and there are up to 1.5 additional hours of professional development available through the asynchronous activities.