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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the March on Washington on August 28, 1963 where Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: What Is a Memorial?

For Teachers K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage defines the term "memorial" and describes the following famous ones: Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, and Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Questions that...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: African American Leaders

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Mini-biographical information is shared about the following African American leaders in this passage: Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Jackie Robinson, and Condoleeza Rice. This passage is a...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: African American Leaders

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about five African American leaders: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Jackie Robinson, Condoleezza Rice, George Washington Carver, anD3845:D4144lable to help students build skills in...
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Montgomery Bus Boycott

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the action of Rosa Parks who refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, triggering a massive bus boycott led by Martin Luther King, Jr. The boycott became the impetus for a Supreme Court ruling that...
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Whiteboard
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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Website
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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Curated OER

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

Columbia University: The Unfinished Dialogue of m.l. King, Jr. & Malcolm X [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A scholarly article examining the issue of whether Malcolm X and Dr. King could have ever reconciled their different visions of Black America.
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Website
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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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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Graphic
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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Graphic
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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Lesson Plan
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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Website
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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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: I Have a Dream

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A great cross-curricular activity, students will create a diamante poem based on their feelings regarding Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: I Pod Inspired Writing Lessons: I Say to You Today I Have a Dream!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Inspired by MLK's passionate "I Have a Dream Speech," the mentor text "Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.", by Doreen Rappaport, and U2's Pride (In the Name of Love)", students will write speeches that detail...
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Lesson Plan
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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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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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Malcolm X Amd the Nation of Islam

For Students 5th - 8th
A brief biography of a leader for black power, Malcolm X. Read about his early life and conversion to the Nation of Islam. Find out what his goals were for blacks in America, and see how the means to the end was different from Martin...
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Article
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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Lesson Plan
Stanford University

Stanford University: Lesson Plan on Letter From Birmingham Jail

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A comprehensive six-part lesson plan that encourages students to study the concept of non-violence as it was practiced during the confrontation that took place in Birmingham in 1963. This led to the famous letter written by Dr. King in...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: For King's Adviser, Fulfilling the Dream "Cannot Wait"

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "For King's Adviser, Fulfilling the Dream "Cannot Wait"" by Michele Norris, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...

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