Classroom

A look at Jesse Jackson's decades of civil rights advocacy

Students will study Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech and discuss the literary influences on King's speech

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

Watch and reflect on these 60-second video clips about democracy in America

Watch these clips explaining the March on Washington and how it is still relevant today

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

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