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National Council for the Social Studies: The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An excerpt, from the March/April 2011 issue of Social Studies and the Young Learner, describes the design and construction plans for the memorial to Martin Luther King, which opened on the National Mall in August 2011. With useful...
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Kid's Biography: Martin Luther King Jr.

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students learn about the great civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr.'s, biography on this website. This site contains audio sharing parts of his famous "I have a dream" speech.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Martin Luther King Jr.

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Student understands the struggle for racial and gender equality and the extension of civil liberties using Martin Luther King's speeches, History of holiday, biography and many other activities.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Crossword Puzzle Print Out for Kids: Martin Luther King, Jr.

For Students 9th - 10th
Print out a crossword puzzle game about Martin Luther King, Jr. Learn about history and have fun at the same time.
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Martin Luther King Jr.

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource provides information about Martin Luther King Jr.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Similarities and Differences Between Two Text

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
In this lesson, through guided practice, the students use two texts about Martin Luther King to compare the similarities and differences between those texts. Includes videos of the lesson in action, printable charts, and a graphic...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" Argument Part 2

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
What an impact delivery can make! Students will compare the written and spoken version of Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech. Included are handouts, examples of student work, and a video of the speech.
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Read Works

Read Works: A Great Leader

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] A biographical text and photo time line about Martin Luther King, Jr. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Martin Luther King, Jr. [In Spanish]

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource offers a review of the life of this important man in the Civil Rights Movement. King believed in peaceful protests, instead of violence, to solve social problems. (In Spanish)
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Library of Congress

Loc: Today in History: January 15: Martin Luther King, Jr.

For Students 9th - 10th
This short biography of Dr. King includes links to his speeches, correspondence, photos, and other related material from the Library of Congress.
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Curated OER

National Park Service: Martin Luther King, Jr.

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource focuses on the King National Historic Site in Atlanta, Georgia and includes some interesting biographical information. Includes photographs of his family home.
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Stanford University

Stanford University: A Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

For Students 9th - 10th
A scholarly biographical article on King taken from a work published in 1999 and written by the most authoritative scholar on King today.
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Wyzant

Wyzant: History and Politics Out Loud: "I Have a Dream" Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
Listen to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s powerful and famous speech, "I Have a Dream." Transcript and audio clips are also provided.
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NBC

Nbc Learn: 1966 1968: Challenges

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this video/lesson series we will explore how Martin Luther King broadens his scope, speaking out against poverty and the Vietnam War. However,he is met with resistance - from white protestors, from Lyndon Johnson, and from some in his...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: What's in a Dream?

For Teachers K - 1st
Young learners really struggle with multi-meaning words. Using Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, students will become familiar with 'dream' as the concept of 'dreaming' in the sense of a want rather than just something they...
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Coretta Scott King

For Students 9th - 10th
Although best known for being the wife of famed civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Coretta Scott King created her own legacy. Learn interesting details about her life.
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National Geographic

National Geographic: The Politics of Place Naming

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use an online geographic information system (GIS) to uncover the geographic and social context of streets named after Martin Luther King, Jr. They map street locations to identify regional patterns in honoring King, consider...
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Digital History

Digital History: Black Nationalism and Black Power

For Students 9th - 10th
There were two methods of protesting discrimination of African Americans during the Civil Rights Movement: follow Martin Luther King, Jr. or Malcolm X. Find out about the Black Panther Party, Black Nationalism, and Black Power.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Roads to Memphis Transcript

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete program transcript for Roads to Memphis, the first film to explore the mind of Martin Luther King Jr.'s elusive assassin.
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Yale University

Avalon Project: African Americans Biography, Autobiography and History

For Students 9th - 10th
Five primary source materials on African American history: I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr., My Bondage and Freedom by Frederick Douglass, The Narrative of Sojourner Truth, The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois, Up From...
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NBC

Nbc Learn: Finishing the Dream: 1955 56: Buses and Boycotts

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of archival video clips covering the early days of the civil rights movement in the United States. Looks at reaction to the lynching of a teenager named Emmett Till in Chicago, Rosa Park's protest, the Montgomery Bus...
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NBC

Nbc Learn: Finishing the Dream: 1960 1962: Freedom Fighters

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of archival video clips covering protests against racial segregation in the United States in the period 1960-1962. Features clips on the Greensboro sit-in at Woolworth's lunch counters, Freedom Riders who fought bus...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Transcendentalism: Civil Disobedience

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson from a unit on American Transcendentalism focuses on civil disobedience using "Essay on Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau and "Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King Jr. Links are provided to each of the...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Contesting Futures: America in 1960s: Civil Rights Movement Marches On

For Students 11th - 12th
An examination of the civil rights movement of African Americans in the 1960s. Discusses the different forms of protest, the influence of Martin Luther King, Jr., the rise of Black Power, the Black Panthers, and Malcolm X. This is...

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