RESOURCE COLLECTION + LESSON PLAN: Celebrating MLK Day

[Ryan Goble]

A really incredible lesson plan / resource collection from the New York Times Learning Network to make your MLK lesson/curriculum pop!

January 15, 2010, 8:02 AM
Celebrating MLK Day
By HOLLY EPSTEIN OJALVO

Occasionally, in place of a regular lesson plan, we provide a collection of resources for teaching about a timely topic. In recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, here is a collection of New York Times, Learning Network and other materials for teaching and learning about Dr. King, the civil rights movement he led and his legacy.

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Learning Network Lesson Plans

• The Dream Continued
  Writing a Found Poem Based on the Obituary of Martin Luther King, Jr.
• In King’s Words
  Examining the Writings of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Context and Texture
• Eyes Worldwide on the Prize
  Viewing Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” Speech through a Global Lens
• Remembering Rosa
  Profiling Figures in American Civil Rights from 1955-68
• ‘Whitewashing’ History
  Exploring Topics in Civil Rights from 1948-1964
• Rights-Minded
  Investigating the Lives of People Who Influenced the Civil Rights Movement
• Civil Services
  Exploring the Lasting Impact of the Civil Rights Movement
• Marching On
  Learning About the New Civil Rights Movement
• Black Power
  Organizing a Roundtable of Black Leaders
• Free Speech
  Annotating Obama’s Speech on Race
• History in the Making
  Considering the History-Making Election of Barack Obama
• Fifty Years: From the Little Rock Nine to the Jena Six
  Exploring School Segregation
• Justice is Blind, Colorblind That Is
  On the Ongoing Challenge of School Integration

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