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In honor of Martin Luther King Jr day tomorrow, I searched for kid-appropriate websites about one of our greatest civil rights leaders. I didn’t find much for toddlers, preschoolers, and other pre-reading kids, but I did find some interesting sites for parents and older kids.
For parents of young kids: http://holidays.kaboose.com/martin-luther-king-jr-day.html
This site has lots of information about Dr. King. If you click on “Martin Luther King Jr Day Activities,” you’ll get ideas for crafts and coloring pages, as well as quotes and clip art in honor of Dr. King. I want to stress that parents should explore this site either alone or with their child. It is not a kids’ site with games, graphics, etc.
Older elementary school kids should visit: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/special/mlk/
This is the place to direct your child if he or she has to do a report on Martin Luther King, Jr. It’s also a place where you and your child can together explore Dr. King’s speeches, timeline of his life, photographic history, etc. The two of you can even test your knowledge with a quiz about Dr King.
Another site for older kids is FactMonster.com. The link to the Dr. King page is: http://www.factmonster.com/spot/mlkjrday1.html
FactMonster is great for older kids. The Dr. King page includes links to his history as well as the history of the civil rights movements & civil disobedience, excerpts from his “I Have a Dream” speech & other quotes, a history of the MLK Day holiday, Black History Month, and much more. Again, this is a site designed for older children. Don’t expect the cool graphics, games, and spoken word help found on sites for toddlers and preschoolers! But older kids and their parents can really learn from this site.
What should you do with your civil-rights-charged child who has now learned about Dr. King and the civil rights movement, and who wants to change the world? One last site to visit: http://www.mlkday.gov/about/how/index.asp
This site encourages readers to give back to their community in dozens of different ways. It links to websites of organizations coordinating nation-wide volunteer opportunities on Monday, January 19, 2009. If you and your child want to find other ways to volunteer in your community, this site provides those links as well.
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