Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Martin Luther King Jr. Day

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson provides links for students to use as they explore history behind the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day observance and the Civil Rights Movement. A strong focus is given to the economic barriers faced by African Americans.
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Read Works

Read Works: Excerpt From Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter From Birmingham Jail

For Teachers 5th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This primary source features a letter excerpt from Dr. Martin King, Jr. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies. Scaffolding for vocabulary...
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Stanford University

Stanford University: A Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

For Students 9th - 10th
A scholarly biographical article on King taken from a work published in 1999 and written by the most authoritative scholar on King today.
Lesson Plan
Stanford University

Stanford University: Lesson Plan on the Children's Crusade

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A well designed four part lesson plan that examines the use of children in the civil rights demonstration that occurred in Birmingham under the leadership of Dr. King.
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Digital History

Digital History: The Civil Rights Movement Moves North

For Students 9th - 10th
Summers of the late 1960s was a time of widespread violence and rioting in the nation's major inner cities. What was previously thought of as a problem of the South had spread nation-wide and was now demanding immediate attention.