Dr. Martin Luther King
Scavenger Hunt
On the third Monday in January, we celebrate Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr.'s birthday. Scroll down to questions that will
help you learn more about Dr. M. L. King. Follow the links in
each section to find the answers. Bookmark this page so you
can return here quickly. "Remember! Celebrate! Act !
1. In the letter section, what does Noel, age 7, think Martin Luther King
wanted?
2. Go to the timeline and write down what happened to Martin Luther King
in 1935.
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/taverna/98/2.htm
3. Click on this link to hear Dr. King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
Write down your favorite part of the speech and explain why you picked that
part.
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm
4. Dr. Martin Luther King had a wife and four children. What were their
names?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King
5. When was Martin Luther King born?
6. Why is September 17, 1958 important?
7. What was one thing that happened in 1963?
8. Why was Dr. King arrested June 11, 1964?
9. Make up a question of your own.
http://mlkkpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/resources/article/king_major_events_chronolo
gy_1929_1968/
10. In 1967, Reader's Digest warned that a campaign led by Dr. King would
cause an "insurrection." What was the name of this campaign?
11. What does "insurrection" mean?
http://www.fair.org/media-beat/950104.html
12. What is Dr. King's definition of greatness? What do you need to be great?
http://thekingcenter.org/
13. What was Dr. King's nickname as a child?
http://www.nps.gov/malu/
14. Martin Luther King received several hundred awards. Write three of
them down.
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/mlk/srs218.html
15. Go to this site and look at the pictures of where Dr. King was born, lived,
and worked. What is the address of Dr. King's birth home?
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/atlanta/kin.htm
16. Read through this timeline of Black history. What role did Martin Luther
King play in Black America's long journey towards freedom and equality in
this country?
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/bhm/0,8805,97502,00.html
17. Martin Luther King was part of a bigger history of Black struggle in the
United States. As you look through these pictures by Charles Moore, ask
yourself: Have things gotten better for African Americans in this country
since the 1960's? What can people do today to help Dr. King's dream come
true?
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/moore/mooreIndex.shtml
18. What is the link between Martin Luther King and President Barack
Obama?
http://tstrong.com/kingobama.htm
EXTRA CREDIT!!
19. Take this quiz. How many did you get right? Do you know where to
find the answers?
http://www.seattletimes.com/mlk/classroom/MLKquiz.html
Thank You
Martin Luther King Jr.
The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting
the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.
Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie,
nor establish the truth. Through violence you murder the hater, but you do
not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate.... Returning
violence for violence multiples violence, adding deeper darkness to a night
already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can
do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
--Martin Luther King Jr.
"Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?"
1967
http://www.drmartinlutherkingjr.com/mlkquotes.htm
On some positions, cowardice asks the question, is it expedient? And then
expedience comes along and asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the
question, is it popular? Conscience asks the question, is it right?
There comes a time when one must take the position that is neither safe nor
politic nor popular, but he must do it because conscience tells him it is right.
I believe today that there is a need for all people of goodwill to come with a
massive act of conscience and say in the words of the old Negro spiritual,
"We ain't goin' study war no more." This is the challenge facing modern
man.
--- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
from his speech: "Remaining Awake"