America’s People

Unit 6 Lesson 3A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Created by Mrs. Perez-Vasquez

2nd Grade

Vocabulary and Definitions

Content Standard:Reading: Vocabulary and Concept Development 1.0Learning Objective:Today, you will read the vocabulary and definitions.

A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Story written byDavid Adler.

Genre

A biography is a story of a real person’s life and is written by another person.

Story VocabularyDemanding allowed collegeGraduated arrested prejudiceLaws violence sectionSegregation content fair

Vocabulary Definitions

The definition provides an explanation of the word.

Carefully read the word and the definition.

Definitions

To find the definition of a word, a person may use a dictionary or a glossary.

The definition helps you understand the meaning of a word.

Fair

Not favoring one more than another.

Martin Luther King demanded fair laws everyone.

Definition:

Demanding

Asking for forcefully.

Definition:

He led marches demanding fair laws for all people.

Laws

A rule made by a government.

Definition:

Martin Luther King spoke out against laws which kept black people out of schools.

Allowed

Past tense of allow: to let someone do something.

Definition:

Black (African American) people were not allowed in some parks, restaurants, pools, hotels and schools.

College

A school that offers education beyond the high school level.

Definition:

Martin Luther King entered college when he was 15 years old.

Graduated

Past tense of graduate: to finish school.

Definition:

After Martin graduated from Morehouse, he studied for a doctorate at Boston University.

Section

A part of an area.

Definition:

She had been sitting behind the “White Only” section.

Arrested

Past tense of arrest: to hold by authority of the law.

Definition:

Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery.

Judged

People should never be judged by the color of their skin.

Past tense of judge: to form an opinion of someone or something.

Definition

Content

What is in something.

Definition:

People should never be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

Prejudice

MLK Jr. dreamed of a world free of hate, prejudice and violence.

Unfair treatment of a group of people.

Definition

Segregation

Segregation in schools is against the law.

The act of keeping people or groups apart.

Definition

Violence

There were some riots and some violence during the civil rights protests.

Strong physical force used to harm.

Definition

Concept Vocabulary

The concept word for this lesson is

Value

Definition:

Value

Value means “to think highly of.”

Concept Vocabulary

What things do you value?

Value

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