MLK Day Lessons, Ideas, & Resources

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The following is a list of some of the resources to celebrate MLK Day. We are happy to share the few we have discovered and hope to add to it in the upcoming days.

TEXT OF SPEECHES AND WRITINGS

Martin Luther King Jr.: Inspiring Quotes – Some of great quotes from Martin Luther King Jr., the Grea
Letters from a Birmingham Jail – The full text of the speech was taken from the African Studies Center at The University of Pennsylvania.
I Have a Dream Speech (Full Text) – The full text of this speech was taken from the Huffington Post website.
I Have a Dream Speech (Full Text) – The link includes is from a high school teacher and includes a writing prompt.
I’ve Been to the Mountaintop Speech – This speech is linked the American Rhetoric which has some great resources.

USEFUL RESOURCES

Martin Luther King Jr. National Parks Service Historic site has a Lesson Plans & Teacher Guides page. What better source for lessons and ideas?
Education World has a list of some well prepared lessons for all grade levels http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson248.shtml

VIDEO FOOTAGE

Martin Luther King – I Have A Dream Speech – August 28, 1963 Video (17:28)
I’ve Been to the Mountaintop – Full video speech (43:15)
I’ve Been to the Mountaintop – Excerpt from the Speech (5:40)
I hope some of these are useful as you celebrate a true American. We apologize for the incompleteness of our list, I am sure we have left off so many other great resources. If we have time we will add to our list.
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