2. America’s People Unit 6 Lesson 3 A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr. Created by Mrs. Perez-Vasquez 2 nd Grade

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

4. A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr. Story written by David Adler.

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

6. Story Vocabulary Demanding allowed college Graduated arrested prejudice Laws violence section Segregation content fair

7. Vocabulary Definitions The definition provides an explanation of the word. Carefully read the word and the definition.

8. 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.

9. Fair Not favoring one more than another. Martin Luther King demanded fair laws everyone. Definition:

10. Demanding Asking for forcefully. Definition: He led marches demanding fair laws for all people.

11. Laws A rule made by a government. Definition: Martin Luther King spoke out against laws which kept black people out of schools.

12. 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.

13. College A school that offers education beyond the high school level. Definition: Martin Luther King entered college when he was 15 years old.

14. Graduated Past tense of graduate: to finish school. Definition: After Martin graduated from Morehouse, he studied for a doctorate at Boston University.

15. Section A part of an area. Definition: She had been sitting behind the “White Only” section.

16. Arrested Past tense of arrest: to hold by authority of the law. Definition: Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery.

17. 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

18. Content What is in something. Definition: People should never be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

19. Prejudice MLK Jr. dreamed of a world free of hate, prejudice and violence. Unfair treatment of a group of people. Definition

20. Segregation Segregation in schools is against the law. The act of keeping people or groups apart. Definition

21. Violence There were some riots and some violence during the civil rights protests. Strong physical force used to harm. Definition

22. Concept Vocabulary The concept word for this lesson is Value

23. Definition : Value Value means “to think highly of.”

24. Concept Vocabulary What things do you value? Value

25. Story Vocabulary Demanding allowed college Graduated arrested prejudice Laws violence section Segregation content fair value