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Martin Luther King, Jr. Research / Education Institute profile
This site features an online encyclopedia with information about over 1000 civil rights movement figures, events and organizations; a chronology of the movement, and full-text documents. You'll also find curriculum materials, news, and a searchable database to information on thousands of speeches, sermons, letters, and other historic documents by and about Martin Luther King, Jr.!
Source: Stanford University Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: Yes

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service
Learn more about the National Day of Service, and find or register a project.
Source: Corporation for National and Community Service Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High Teacher Section: No Searchable: Yes

Martin Luther King, Jr. profile Video
This site has biographical information and video, including reflections of individuals like Maya Angelou, Jesse Jackson, and others on King's legacy the civil rights era.
Source: Biography.com Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Middle/High Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: No

Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement profile
This site features a photo gallery, biographical information, a civil rights quiz, student essays, and classroom resources.
Source: Seattle Times Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Middle/High Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: No

The King Center profile Video Audio
This site has biographical information, images, and audio files.
Source: The King Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: No

Martin Luther King, Jr. profile
You'll find biographical information, printouts, quizzes, and activity books for kids at this site.
Source: Enchanted Learning Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary Teacher Section: No Searchable: No

Activists and Reformers profile
This site for students from the Library of Congress features biographical information about a number of American activists, including Martin Luther King, Jr.
Source: Library of Congress Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary Teacher Section: No Searchable: No

Martin Luther King, Jr. Legacy of a Leader profile
This site for kids features background information, the full text if King's "I Have a Dream" speech and excerpts from "Letter From a Birmingham Jail" along with a slideshow, and a quiz. Check out the right side of the page for lesson plans and printables.
Source: Scholastic Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle Teacher Section: No Searchable: No

Martin Luther King, Jr.profile
You'll find biographical information along with King's Nobel Prize acceptance speech and lecture.
Source: Nobel Prize Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle Teacher Section: No Searchable: Yes

Martin Luther King, Jr. profile Video
Learn more about MLK with an interactive timeline, see the frontpages of newspapers from the day Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated and read news stories from that day.
Source: Atlantic Journal Constitution Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: Yes

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site profile Video
You can take a virtual tour of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s childhood home and learn more about civil rights leaders around the world with an International Civil Rights Walk of Fame. You'll also find a collection of lesson plans and activities for the classroom.
Source: National Park Service Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: Yes

pbsEyes on the Prize profile
Learn more about 26 key events in the Civil Rights Movement, read primary source documents from the Civil Rights era, or learn more about the individuals and groups key in the Civil Rights Era.
Source: PBS Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: Yes

pbsAmerican Experience: Citizen King profile Audio
View interviews with interviews with Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and James Baldwin and learn more about King's philosophy of change through non-violent means.
Source: PBS Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: Yes

March on Washington profile Audio
You can listen to a collection of radio reports on the 1963 March on Washington at this site.
Source: National Public Radio Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle Teacher Section: No Searchable: No

March on Washington profile
View the original program from the 1963 March on Washington.
Source: National Archives Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle Teacher Section: No Searchable: No

American Rhetoric profile Video Audio
This site features full text and often video of famous speeches, including speeches by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Source: American Rhetoric Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle Teacher Section: No Searchable: Yes

 




The Speech
This interactive slide show captures the events leading up to and following Dr. King's "I Have a Dream Speech." Source: The Guardian

MLK Sequence Game
Simple game where kids place events in Dr. King's life in the correct order Source: BrainPop Jr.

Online Video

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Remembered
Short video for kids. Source: National Geographic

March on Washington
View video footage of the March on Washington.
Source: National Archives You Tube Channel


Lesson Plans

Let Freedom Ring: The Life & Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
In this grade 3-5 lesson plan, students learn about the life and work of civil rights leader using primary source materials and biographical information. Source: National Endowment for the Humanities

Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Power of Nonviolence
This 6-8 lesson introduces students to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s philosophy of nonviolence and the teachings of Mohandas K. Gandhi that influenced King's views. Source: National Endowment for the Humanities

I Have a Dream: Celebrating the Vision of Martin Luther King, Jr.
This unit features a collection of lessons, activities and resources that focus on the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr. Source: National Endowment for the Humanities

Dr. King's Dream
This K-2 lesson plan, students learn about the life and work of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. Source: National Endowment for the Humanities

Ordinary People, Ordinary Places: The Civil Rights Movement
This 9-12 lesson focuses on the individual men and women who embraced Martin Luther King, Jr.'s message of nonviolent protest. Source: National Endowment for the Humanities

 

Martin Luther King Jr. and Me: Identifying with a Leader
This K-2 unit explores ways to help elementary students make connections to Dr. King through reading, writing, listening, and speaking activities that not only provide a glimpse into Dr. King’s life, but empower students to help bring Dr. King’s dream into reality. Source: International Reading Association

Teaching With Documents:
Court Documents Related to Martin Luther King, Jr., and Memphis Sanitation Workers

Lesson plan that uses court documents to explore MLK and the Memphis Sanitation Workers; Strike. Source: National Archives.