New Martin Luther King, Jr. Unit Study!

Silverdale Press is pleased to announce the release of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Unit Study! You can do this unit study any time of the year, but it might be especially meaningful around the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. 

What You’ll Learn and Do

• Learn about Martin Luther King’s life and legacy
• Unit study features five lessons, each written as a story to read aloud with your family
• Each lesson has key terms, map points, timeline points, and video links
• Learn about major historical civil rights events, including the Montgomery bus boycott, Birmingham campaign, and Selma to Montgomery march
• Learn about how King worked with Presidents Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson to change civil rights laws
• Complete unique and engaging activities
• Read, watch, and analyze primary sources—from Supreme Court decisions to presidential speeches
• View and discuss artwork and sing freedom songs
• Participate in service project
• Subject areas covered: history, government, law, ethics, art, and music

 
Other Features

• Internet linked
• Includes map and timeline printable
• Comes as electronic PDF you can print
• Includes lesson plans and an answer key
• Everything is included. Families only need to have Internet access and provide craft supplies they probably already have around the house.
• 77 pages in length
• Written by a presidential scholar
• Parents will learn a lot too!

 
How to Use

• Designed for the whole family to use together
• The activities are modified for different grade-levels
• Flexible to use. Families can do one lesson per day leading up to the MLK holiday or complete at any time of the year!

We hope you will join us for this meaningful unit study.