MLK Jr. Day/Black History Month

Elementary

from Social Studies and the Young Learner
Children as Civic Agents during the Civil Rights Movement
The Newest Monument: The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial
The Rosa Parks “Myth”: A Third Grade Investigation
How Did Slavery Shape My State? Using Inquiry to Explore Kentucky History

Middle Level

from Middle Level Learning
The Green Book: Finding Safe Passage in Jim Crow America
Frederick Douglass, the Constitution, and Slavery: A Classroom Debate
Harriet Tubman: Emancipate Yourself!

High School

from Social Education
Cloture Motion on 1964 Civil Rights Bill
A Street Named for a King: A Lesson in the Politics of Place-Naming
The Meaning of Memory: Establishing the Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday
The Rule of Law and Civil Disobedience: The Case Behind King's Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Learning through Doing: A Project-Based Learning Approach to the History of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement
A Pathway to Racial Literacy
The Fair Housing Act at 50: Not Sufficiently Powerful to Reverse Residential Racial Segregation
Encouraging Student Examination of Persuasive Strategies Used in an Anti-Lynching Report
Marriage Between Slaves: Analyzing Legal Documents from Spain and the United States