For Students:
Students get a small taste of what segregation feels just entering the site. They can listen to Dr. King’s speeches or read some of his other writings at Remember Segregation. Simply powerful.
Watch a video on Dr. King, fill out a KWL graphic organizer, take a quiz, or study relevant vocabulary at BrainPop
Play the “It’s Not Fair Game” to learn about and experience prejudice first hand! Fun- teaches students MLK related vocabulary while skewing the score to discover how it feels when "it's not fair!"
For Teachers:
Teachersfirst (a great FREE teacher resource page) has links to many different MLK resources including video links, lesson ideas, materials, and interactive sites.
See what other teachers are doing for MLK day at Scholastic’s site.
Watch great historical videos of the Civil Rights Movement and Rev. King
Try out this free SCAN lesson “Dr. King’s Dream.” Register from the dashboard, set up the lesson and send kids to your private URL to discuss whether Dr. King’s dream has been reached in their school, state, country or globally. They will look at issues from each perspective and name some action steps that you might take to solve them. New to SCAN? Start here.
Students can make a difference: Read the 6 Steps to Nonviolent Social Change and remind students of the small everyday things they can do such as not judging others by their appearance or actions, sticking up for others, or learning more about different religions and cultures. Have them make a list of actions that they can do to reach MLK's dream.
How will you honor his legacy and work towards his dream?