Additional Links

You may want to use this site to find more resources to teach your class about the rights and responsibilities of citizens.

You can use this Web page to make a book. Use this site to print the title page, the last page, and all the pages in between to make a book.

This site explores how students can think about making correct values in many aspects of life.

A Schoolboy of Long Ago

 

Additional Links

This site explores the history of teaching with links to Schoolhouse Pioneers.

This site contains a timelime of what school was like in different time periods.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

Teaching Tips

Give an Example Answers:

1. Name one way Martin Luther King showed courage.

Possible answers include: He gave lots of speeches and marched for equal rights.

2. Name one freedom you have today because of Martin Luther King.

Possible answers include: He fought for the right for all children to go to the same school.

Additional Links

Martin Luther King led the civil rights movement. Explain to children that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a United States law that bans discrimination because of a person's color, race, national origin, religion, or sex. The civil rights movement changed the way people live in the United States.

Here is a Web site explains the civil rights movement.

Visit this Web site for additional information about who Martin Luther King was and what he did. Read more about Martin Luther king and the civil rights movement.

 

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