“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character–that is the goal of true education,” wrote Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
As we celebrate his 95th birthday, help your students learn about King and his activism in the struggle against racial injustice.
The lessons and activities below will help students put in perspective King’s life, his impact on the Civil Rights Movement, and his significance to American culture and history.
