Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Web Hunt: 5-8

Learn more about the life, work, and significance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by finding the answers to the following questions.  Click on the hyperlink in each section to go to a Web site where you can find the and write the information you discover on your answer sheet.

1.  Use the timeline to find the year for these important events in Dr. King's life.

  • Born in Atlanta, Georgia
  • Graduated from Morehouse College
  • Married Coretta Scott
  • Received PhD from Boston University
  • Lead boycott of Montgomery buses
  • Wrote Stride Toward Freedom
  • Visited India to study non-violence
  • Became co-pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church
  • Delivered "I Have a Dream" speech
  • Received Nobel Peace Prize
  • Marched for voting rights
  • Opposed the Vietnam War
  • Planned Poor People's Campaign
  • Assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee

2.  Look at pictures of important events in Dr. King's life from LIFE magazine. 

3.  Read the article about the history of the Martin Luther King holiday, and answer these questions.

  • Who were the two representatives who sponsored bills asking for a holiday to remember Dr. King for every year from 1968 until 1983?
  • Which president signed the law making the third Monday in January  Martin Luther King, Jr. Day?
  • What year was this day first celebrated as a federal holiday?
  • Give one reason why some states were opposed to the new holiday?
  • Which was the last state to recognize Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a state holiday?  In what year?
     

4.  Look at all the pictures in the photo gallery of The Seattle Times Web site on Dr. King and the civil rights movement.  Be sure to look at all three sections of the gallery.  Read the caption for each picture.  Write the picture number (6 of 16) and a brief description for three pictures from each section (a total of 9) that you felt were especially important or mo
 

5.  Look at all the pictures in the photo-essay called Powerful Days in Black and White. Martin Luther King was part of a bigger history of the civil rights struggle in the United States.  As you look through these pictures by Charles Moore, ask yourself: Have things gotten better for African Americans in this country since the 1960's?  What can people do today to help Dr King's dream come true? 

6.  Take a quiz on Dr. King and the civil rights movement.  Write your score on the quiz on your answer sheet.  What do you think is the most important thing you learned by completing this Web hunt?