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Black History Month and Martin Luther King Day
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Black History Month is a remembrance of important people and events in the history of the African diaspora. It is celebrated annually in the United States and Canada in February and the United Kingdom in the month of October. The remembrance originated in 1926 by historian Carter G. Woodson as "Negro History Week" Woodson chose the second week of February because it marked the birthdays of two Americans who greatly influenced the lives and social condition of African Americans: former President Abraham Lincoln and abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a United States holiday marking the birthdate of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., observed on the third Monday of January each year, around the time of King's birthday, January 15. It is one of four United States federal holidays to commemorate an individual person. King was the chief spokesman for nonviolent activism in the civil rights movement, which successfully protested racial discrimination in federal and state law. - Wikipedia.com
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Martin Luther King Day recommended links:
- Get Martin Luther King Day and Black History Month printables at edhelper.com
- See Dr. King's biography and get answers to frequently asked questions at NobelPrize.org
- Kids can access a biography, timeline,
speech excerpts, quotes, quizzes, crosswords and more about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at FactMonster.com
- The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University hosts
- The Seattle Times features a special newspaper in education study guide on Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement including student essays, quizzes, reflections and a wealth of other information suitable for the classroom
- Kodak.com features "Powerful Days in Black and White" - photographs of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement by photojournalist Charles Moore
- Life Magazine also features a photo tribute to the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- The National Parks Service offers lesson plans and a teacher resource guide titled "
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Legacy of Racial and Social Justice: A Curriculum for Empowerment"
- This is the site for the Martin Luther King Day of Service
Black History Month recommended links:
- Here are excellent Black History Month student activities and educational resources from Smithsonian Education
- The National Visionary Leadership Project has produced a free web-based multimedia lesson on the Civil Rights Movement. Take a look!
- Explore an interactive timeline and videos of milestones through slavery, the civil rights movement, and the election of President Obama at History.com. Similarly view the biographies of famous African-Americans with study guides at Biography.com
- AT&T created "A Patchwork of African American Life" in six website models on how to integrate the web and videoconferencing into classroom learning. Their "hotlist" of 100 categorize links is an outstanding place to start your search for high quality content. Engage your students with their interactive webquests, treasure hunts and quizzes along with the subject sampler of internet activities which personally connects kids to events and issues
- Challenge your students, your friends and yourself with The Internet African American History Challenge
- Celebrate African American history with these exclusive interviews with and about prominent African Americans
- Take a field trip on the web for a virtual tour of the Civil Rights Movement Museum
- The complete online text of Booker T. Washington's classic Up from Slavery is a must read for high schoolers and home schoolers
- For additional African American history information, consult Encyclopędia Britannica's Guide to Black History
- More African American history resources can be found in our Juneteenth collection
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