Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Courtesy of one of my favorite sources for navigating the web, Librarian's Internet Index, here is a helpful guide to Martin Luther King, Jr. at the San Jose Public Library. They link to an interesting page for kids, including games. Try and guess the words to Dr. King's legendary I Have A Dream speech here. Check out the origin of Martin Luther King Day at factmonster. Two lesson plans for K-2 on ReadWriteThink: 100 Acts of Kindness and Identifying With a Hero. Take a virtual tour of Dr. King's birth home in Atlanta. This year on January 19, 2009, we commemorate the 80th anniversary of Dr. King's birth.