Looking for a fun worksheet to help teach your kids vocabulary related to Martin Luther King, Jr.? Then you’re going to love our free printable Martin Luther King, Jr. word scramble activity!
When it comes to teaching vocabulary, you have to do something exciting to help the words stick. And this activity will get your kids brains in gear to do just that!
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How to Use This Word Scramble in Your Homeschool Classroom
This activity could be used at any stage of your MLK or Black History Month unit study. Here are a few ideas:
- Vocabulary pre-teach—You could use this activity to pre-teach vocabulary prior to reading about Martin Luther King, Jr. You could have students copy definitions first, or look them up in the dictionary or online.
- Post-assessment—Once you finish the unit, you could use this Word Scramble as an assessment to ensure students learned and truly understand the vocabulary.
- Bonus activity—Need something for once students have finished all their work? This activity will keep them entertained and engaged while still challenging them.
Why Use This Word Scramble for Your MLK Unit?
When it comes to learning about Martin Luther King, Jr., you might find that your students are unfamiliar with some of the terminology in the reading selections. Key vocabulary words like segregation and civil rights might be new to them.
With that in mind, it’s a good idea to provide fun activities that will help them internalize the important terms.
When you use this word scramble, students will not just look up the meanings to the word, but they’ll wrestle with the terms as they work to unscramble them, giving them extra opportunity to allow them to stick.
What Pages Are in the Free MLK Word Scramble Printable?
The free Martin Luther King, Jr. word scramble printable comes with four pages:
- The word scramble—The sheet features 17 vocabulary terms scrambled up for students to decipher
- The word bank—The word bank is spread out to allow students room to write the definitions of each word
- The Martin Luther King, Jr. word scramble answer key—Make sure you keep it hidden!
Tip: if you want to save paper (and ink!), just print the first three pages. You can refer back to the answer key without printing.
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More Martin Luther King, Jr.-Themed Resources
Looking for more resources that teach about the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.? Check out our Martin Luther King, Jr. Writing Prompts article, as well as our free MLK Crossword Puzzle! You also may be interested in our free Black History Month Word Search.
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