Classroom

Examine the words of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" in relation to Jan. 6

Generate and discuss questions about the day of 9/11 and its legacy

Explore the significance of Juneteenth and the value of making it a national holiday

Learn how to identify problems you care about using the invention process

Teach students how to design their own inventions that help their communities

Learn about the ways history is still being uncovered today

Examine why the speech was a defining moment in the Civil Rights Movement through a visual drawing or illustration

Pitch ideas for solving problems in your community

Learn what strategies inventors use to solve problems they see around them

Read Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech and explore themes such as the social conditions in the U.S. that led to the Civil Rights Movement

Give advice to a younger version of yourself in this creative writing activity

Engage in a "close reading" of a timeless Jacob Lawrence painting through art-making, observation and analysis