lesson:
How Dr. King’s Birthday Became A National Holiday
Grades: Elementary
Subjects: Civics, Social Studies/History
Activities: Musical Analysis, Textual Analysis, Timeline, Visual Analysis
Topics: Black History, Civics and Politics, Social Justice Movements
How did Dr. King’s Birthday become a national holiday?
lesson:
How a Bill Becomes a Law: Legislating the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
Grades: Elementary 3-6
Subjects: Civics, Social Studies/History
Activities: Document-Based Questions, Timeline
Topics: Black History, Civics and Politics, Social Justice Movements
How does a bill become a law in the United States of America?
video:
Campaign for a MLK Holiday
lesson:
“Glory” and the Continuing Civil Rights Movement
Grades: High, Middle
Subjects: Civics, Social Studies/History
Activities: Textual Analysis, Visual Analysis
Topics: Black History, Civics and Politics, Contemporary Music, Social Justice Movements
How does Common and John Legend's “Glory” signal Civil Rights movements of the past and the present?
lesson:
The Memphis Sound and Racial Integration
Grades: High
Subjects: ELA, Social Studies/History
Activities: Gallery Walk, Maps, Textual Analysis, Visual Analysis
Topics: Black History, Civics and Politics, Geography
How has Memphis music culture provided one example of art’s capacity to challenge the racial boundaries that have so often structured American life?