I was looking for good online resources for MLK Day, but honestly the most powerful online resource I could find was the actual video of Martin Luther King's famous "I Have A Dream" speech. Not only are his words powerful, inspirational, and beautiful, but he is an excellent example for our students of how to give a speech. I guess he is just a great example all around. If you are looking for the famous "I Have A Dream" part of the speech and don't have time to listen to the whole thing, that part starts at around 12:20. NOTE: The video may be blocked on the school computers.
Here is a quiz to test your students' (and your own) knowledge of MLK.
QUIZ LINK
And The History Channel has lots of good videos about MLK and the Civil Rights Movement. This video is very kid-friendly and gives some background to the MLK "I Have A Dream" speech in under 3 minutes. There are lots of other videos as well.
VIDEO
The Seattle Times has a nice website about MLK, including some student-written essays about MLK. Here is the link to the essays, but you can find the rest of the website's content by using the drop down menus. They have some great photo galleries as well.
ESSAYS
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