Martin Luther King, Jr.

Internet Activities on Martin Luther King, Jr.
By Leslie Weaver – for the Advanced Class - Winter/Spring Term 2007

1. Go to this website and read the story about Martin Luther King, Jr.:
Name of website: ESL Cafe's Hint of the Day
Address of website: www.eslcafe.com/webhints/hints.cgi?20060115.txt
At the end, under “For more Information” click on the first link (library.thinkquest.org), and read the information there about MLK.
(The second and third links don’t work.)

2. Go to this website and take the quiz:
Name of website: Martin Luther King Quiz - English-Zone.Com Holiday Pages
Address of website: http://english-zone.com/holidays/mlk-quiz1.html
There are two quizzes here. Do the first one (10 questions), check your
answers, then click on “Next” for the second part (10 more questions).

3. Here’s another, harder quiz.
Name of website: Scholastic News In-Depth - Martin Luther King, Jr. Quiz
Address of website: http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/mlk/activities/quiz/index.asp
To get the answers, scroll down to the bottom and click on “Score My Quiz.”

4. To see a timeline about Martin Luther King, along with pictures and audio:
Name of site: The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. – Explore the years of King’s Life
Address of website: www.stanford.edu/group/King//about_king/interactiveFrame.htm
Click on the big question mark in the lower right hand corner to see the directions.

5. Go to this website to read and listen to more of Martin Luther King’s speeches:
Name of website: Frequently Requested Documents and Audio Clips
Address of site: www.stanford.edu/group/King/popular_requests
Click on Adobe to read the speeches, and RealMedia to listen to them.

6. More info, more pictures, and another quiz from the Seattle Times Newspaper:
Name of website: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement
Address of website: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk
For the pictures: on the left side, under “About MLK,” click on “Photo Gallery,” then on the first of the three different groups of years, and then on “Next” in the upper right corner of the pictures. (There are 44 pictures.)
For the quiz: Close the pictures, go “Back” once, and click on “Civil Rights quiz,” which is under “Biography“ and across from “Timeline.”

7. For info on MLK’s birth home, which is now a National Historic site, go to:
Name of website: Martin Luther King, Jr, National Historic Site
Address of site: www.nps.gov/malu