Martin Luther King, Jr. Scavenger Hunt

The site address is: http://users.rcn.com/tstrong.massed/Martin2000.html


1. What is happening in this picture?



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2. In the letter section, what does Noel, age 7, think Martin Luther King wanted?



3. Go to the timeline and write down what happened to Martin Luther King in 1935.


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4. Click on the “About King” link. Then click on “King Encyclopedia.” Finally, click on “Mahatma Ghandi.” Dr. King shared Ghandi’s belief in nonviolence. What does “stayagraha” mean?



5. Click on “Popular Requests.” Click on “Selected Quotes.” Write down your favorite quote. Write about why you picked the quote.




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6. What started the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott?


7. Martin Luther King became involved in the boycott. What happened to him and bus segregation?



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8. When was Martin Luther King born?

9. Why is September 17, 1958 important?


10. What was one thing that happened in 1963?


11. Why was Dr. King arrested June 11, 1964?


12. Make up a question of your own.



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13. Reader’s Digest warned that Dr. King’s Poor People’s Campaign would cause an “insurrection.” Why did King start this campaign?



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14. What was Dr. King’s nickname as a child?


15. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. returned to Ebenezer Baptist Church in 1960. As co-pastor with his father, “Daddy King,” Dr. King, Jr. preached about what?


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16. What was Dr. Martin Luther King’s dream?


17. What is your favorite part of Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech? Why?



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18. Martin Luther King received several hundred awards. Write three of them down.



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19. Yolanda King, Dr. King’s first child, inherited her from her father the courage to stand up for what is right. What movie did she star in this year, and what is the movie about?




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20. Dr. King inspired many people. Go to the site below to hear former and current players from Seattle’s NBA basketball team talk about what King means to them Write down the name of one player and what he had to say.



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21. Martin Luther King was part of a bigger history of Black struggle in the United States. Go back in time and write down three things that happened in Black History before Dr. King was assassinated. Click on the link below to begin your time travel.