Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Web Hunt: 2-4

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a very important man in American history.  He was a minister, and he worked very hard to make sure that black people were treated fairly.  He gave his important "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963 in Washington DC.  Some people did not like Dr. King's ideas about peace and love.  He was shot and killed on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee.

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

• Born on January 15 in Atlanta, Georgia

• Graduated from Morehouse College

• Married Coretta Scott

• Wrote his first book Stride Toward Freedom

• Gave his "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington DC

• Won the Nobel Peace Prize

• Was assassinated by gunshot in Memphis, Tennessee

2.  Look at another timeline of Dr. King's life drawn by first-graders.  Click on some of the dates on the left side of the page.  See if you can find an important event that is NOT on the list in questions #1.  Put that event on your answer sheet.

3.  Look at another timeline, this one drawn by second graders using Kid Pix.  Click on the arrows to move from one picture to another.  Look at the pictures a second time, and see if you can answer the questions on your answer sheet.

4.  Look at the 10 pictures of Dr. King taken from TIME magazine.  Click on each number from 1 to 10 to move to the next picture.  Which picture do you think is the most important?  Write the number of that picture on your answer sheet.