Playing Directions:
(Two Person Play)
1. One partner picks a word: SCLC, Equality, Protest or Boycott.
2. The partner holding the cootie catcher spells out the word, moving the
flaps side to side and in and out with the letters.
3. The other partner then chooses one of the inside numbers.
4. The partner holding the cootie catcher moves the flaps to that number.
5. The other partner chooses another number.
6. The partner holding the cootie catcher reads the definition for the other
partner to answer.
2
Montgomery
Bus Boycott
This protest against a transit
system began when Rosa
Parks, an African
American woman,
was arrested for
refusing to give
up her seat to a
white person
Cut along the
edges of the
Cootie Catcher
This church was attended
by Martin Luther King
Ebenezer
as a child and a
Baptist
young adult
Church
4
Martin Luther
King Jr.
Fold along the
horizontal
line
Fold along
the vertical
line
Open it all
up and flip
it text down
on the desk
Nobel
Peace
Prize
7
A famous speech that King
said in front of the
Lincoln Memorial
in the 1963 March
on Washington
6
In 1965, MLK helped
organize these protests
which highlighted
racial injustice in
the South and
helped to pass
the voting
rights act
Flip over and
fold each
corner to the
center
Fold in half
and put your
fingers under
the flaps
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Fold each
corner to
the center
I have a
Dream
Selma to Montgomery Marches
About 250,000 people
1963
rallied at this event
March on
where MLK gave
Washington
his famous “I
Have a Dream”
speech
5
1
A campaign organized by
MLK to gain economic
Poor
justice for poor
People’s
people in
Campaign
the United
States
3
He was a pastor and
civil rights leader
who led the SCLC
and organized
non violent
protests
Instructions:
8
Martin Luther King
earned this famous
medal in 1964
2
Montgomery
Bus Boycott
3
Instructions:
Cut along the
edges of the
Cootie Catcher
Poor
People’s
Campaign
Fold along the
horizontal
line
Ebenezer
Baptist
Church
4
Martin Luther
King Jr.
Open it all
up and flip
it text down
on the desk
Nobel
Peace
Prize
5
6
Fold in half
and put your
fingers under
the flaps
Copyright © 2015 Science Spot
Fold each
corner to
the center
Flip over and
fold each
corner to the
center
7
1963
March on
Washington
Selma to Montgomery Marches
I have a
Dream
1
Fold along
the vertical
line
8