Title: Martin Luther King
First published: 2006
Description: Martin Luther King Jr. was the dominant force in the civil rights movement during its decade of greatest achievement, from 1957 to 1968. He believed in changing the world through nonviolence. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968. This resource is organized so that it: provides an historical context which enhances the studentb2ss knowledge of the past; uses familiar language, which enables students to use context cues to predict words; uses photographs to illustrate the text, making the words easier to decode; repeats sentence patterns, making the text easier to read; provides discussion questions that encourage critical thinking
Subjects: Readers for new literates, Civil rights, Baptists, Clergy, History, African Americans, Biography, Civil rights workers, King, martin luther, jr., 1929-1968, African americans, biography, Baptists, clergy, African americans, civil rights, United states, biography, Noirs américains, Biographies, Défenseurs des droits de l'homme, Baptistes, Clergé, Droits, Histoire, Anglais (Langue), Lectures et morceaux choisis pour nouveaux alphabétisés
Places: United States
People: Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)
Time periods: 20th century