My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Farris King, Christine. My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (2006). Soentpiet, Chris (Illus.). New York, New York: Simon & Schuster

This text was told through the eyes of Christine King Farris the only survivor of king family and sister to Martin Luther King Jr. Christine felt as though it was important for her side of the story to be told, which is why she wrote this text. Throughout the text Christine recalls different events throughout their childhood and everything her brother did to work for change.

Connecting to the Standards 
Grade 2 W (7): Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., read a number of books on a single topic to produce a report)

• Students will meet this standard, because they will work in groups to research facts about Martin Luther King Jr. during a set of particular years in his life. 

Grade 2 SL (2): Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

• Students will meet this standard by being able to recall information read from text but will also use other media to find the information they need. 

Learning Outcomes
 Given a particular set of dates, groups of students will work together to come up with 5 important facts about Martin Luther King Jr.'s life, with 80% accuracy.

Adapted to the Classroom
Prior to reading this text you would discuss who Martin Luther King Jr. is and what he he did. While you spend time talking about Martin Luther King Jr. you would set aside to discuss his family members. At this point you would read this text. After reading the students would be divided into groups. Once divided into groups students would use their knowledge of Martin Luther King Jr. and his family to create a timeline of his life. Each group would focus on a certain years, within those years students would have to come with 5 important events. Within each group their will be different roles assigned to each student to make sure all information need is being collected.

Bloom's Taxonomy 
Imagine you were Martin Luther King Jr., would you be able to fight for something you believe in? (Synthesis)
Who is Christine King Farris? (Knowledge)

Differentiation 
For ELL students, they will be given the opportunitiy to work in a group giving them the chance to work with others.
For students who are gifted, they will be required to do extra work on their time period and find more in depth information about Martin Luther King Jr.