Martin Luther King Jr. Day, on the third Monday in January, honors the leader who worked all his life, peacefully, for fair laws and equal treatment for all people. For the youngest children, it is a day to learn what fair means, to hear how people stood together to change unfair rules, and to think of ways to help others.
Eight pages. Pages 1 to 5 are history texts with questions: growing up in Atlanta, the Montgomery bus boycott, the power of nonviolence, the March on Washington and the laws that followed, and how the holiday began. Page 6 matches seven civil rights words to their meanings and page 7 five causes to their effects. Page 8 is a timeline from 1920 to 1990: students write each year, then work out the years between.
Read one text a day in the week before the holiday. After page 3, list the forms of nonviolent protest in the text and talk about why they took courage. After page 5, plan a class project for the day of service.
Talk with your child about a time someone stood up for what was fair, and pick one way to help your community on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
History texts on Martin Luther King Jr., from growing up under segregation in Atlanta to the Montgomery bus boycott, nonviolent protest, the March on Washington and the holiday in his honor. Students answer questions, match civil rights words and causes to effects, and write the years on a timeline of his life.
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