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American Library Association

American Library Association (Ala): Coretta Scott King Award Winners

For Students 3rd - 8th
The Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners are listed in chronological order from the present back to 1970. The purpose of the award is also explained. Many awards winners also feature a brief synopsis.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Martin Luther King, Jr. Comprehension Activity

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson is geared for a comprehension activity for the book, "My Brother, Martin" by Christine King Farris (MLK Jr.'s sister). It is intended to be a comprehension lesson based around the reading...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Exploring Mlk's Words Through Poetry

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This online lesson attempts to teach students the power of Martin Luther King's words in his "I Have a Dream" speech and others. Students create a diamante poem (seven-line diamond-shaped poem) to analyze and evaluate his words and...
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Stanford University

Stanford University: Dr. King Charismatic Leadership in a Mass Struggle

For Students 9th - 10th
The author(the foremost living authority on Dr. King today) examines the idea and role charisma played in King's leadership style and abilities. The author argues that his use of charisma was not all Dr. King utilized.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Roads to Memphis

For Students 9th - 10th
An insightful documentary [1:21:00] of the events leading up to the assassination of Martin L. King by James Earl Ray, and the escape and arrest of the killer. The turbulent political and social background of the time is made clear as is...
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Curated OER

Portrait Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A newspaper photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., taken during a 1964 press conference.
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Curated OER

Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Martin Luther King, Jr., Speaking

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Cartoon representation of Martin Luther King, Jr., at a podium
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Curated OER

Time 100: Leaders Martin Luther King

For Students 9th - 10th
TIME Magazine features Martin Luther King, Jr. as one of the most influential leaders of the 20th Century. Content includes an extensive biography and a brief timeline of his life.
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Curated OER

Martin Luther King Jr.

For Students 9th - 10th
Pic of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Curated OER

Time 100: Leaders Martin Luther King

For Students 9th - 10th
TIME Magazine features Martin Luther King, Jr. as one of the most influential leaders of the 20th Century. Content includes an extensive biography and a brief timeline of his life.
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Curated OER

Time 100: Leaders Martin Luther King

For Students 9th - 10th
TIME Magazine features Martin Luther King, Jr. as one of the most influential leaders of the 20th Century. Content includes an extensive biography and a brief timeline of his life.
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Curated OER

Time 100: Leaders Martin Luther King

For Students 9th - 10th
TIME Magazine features Martin Luther King, Jr. as one of the most influential leaders of the 20th Century. Content includes an extensive biography and a brief timeline of his life.
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Curated OER

Npr: Media: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Close-up view of the granite statue of Martin Luther King, Jr., part of the memorial to the slain civil rights leader located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
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Curated OER

A View on Cities: Washington: Martin Luther King Memorial

For Students 9th - 10th
Martin Luther King Memorial (Washington)
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Curated OER

Martin Luther King, Jr.

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of Martin Luther King, Jr..
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Other

Mlkcc: The Seven Steps of Non Violent Action

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Martin Luther King Celebration Committee Inc. gives an outline of the Seven Steps of Non-Violent Action as defined by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Find out more about this tremendous historical Civil Rights leader.
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Curated OER

National Park Service: We Shall Overcome: Lincoln Memorial

For Students 9th - 10th
Pictures and text recount the March on Washington and King's speech at the Lincoln Memorial at this National Park Service site.
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Text Project

Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 5, Issue 4: Coretta Scott King [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 4th
This magazine article focuses on Coretta Scott King's life and work to stop discrimination.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Civil Rights Special Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
Multimedia collection of video, primary text documents and audio on Civil Rights, especially Brown vs. Board of Education.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Civil Rights Movement

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson on the Civil Rights movement is organized into three sections: "Identifying the Need for Change," "Ordinary People in the Civil Rights Movement," and "Historic Places in the Civil Rights Movement."
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US National Archives

Nara: Findings on Mlk Assassination

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the findings of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination.
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A&E Television

History.com: How the 1968 Sanitation Workers' Strike Expanded the Civil Rights Struggle

For Students 9th - 10th
With the slogan, "I am a man," workers in Memphis sought financial justice in a strike that fatefully became Martin Luther King, Jr.'s final cause. On February 12, 1968, 1,300 Black sanitation workers in Memphis began a strike to demand...
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Read Works

Read Works: An American Leader

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage includes a brief biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Peace Prize 1964

For Students 9th - 10th
This website from The Nobel Foundation on 1964 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968 ), is organized into the following sections: "Presentation Speech," "Biography," "Nobel Lecture," "Swedish Nobel...

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