Top Martin Luther King, Jr. Activities

Learn all about Martin Luther King, Jr., with our favorite resources, printables, and activities. Your students will enjoy learning about civil rights and this extraordinary leader. There are art activities, printable worksheets, lesson plans, and more!
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Share the story of Martin Luther King Jr.'s achievements, and assign the related activities to your students to help them learn more about this outstanding leader of the African-American civil rights movement. This printable is perfect for use as part of a unit on King's birthday, or as a supplement to a unit on Black History Month.
In this activity, children study Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s groundbreaking and famous speech, "I Have a Dream."

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Create a mini-book about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Use this printable activity around Dr. King's birthday (January) or in your Black History Month (February) curriculum.

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Dr. King's work inspired countless supporters to join him in his strategies of nonviolence and passive resistance as methods to gain equality for African-Americans.

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Learn how Martin Luther King Day became a nationally observed holiday.

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This coloring book page features a picture of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Civil Rights leader and American icon. Use this arts & crafts activity to celebrate Martin Luther King Day or Black History Month.

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Deliver a lesson plan that reviews Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's life, and use a pictorial depiction of his life. This is an excellent activity to use for Martin Luther King Day (January) or Black History Month (February).

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