Eight Free MLK Resources for Teachers

Teachers: Looking for creative ways to bring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life and words to life? We can help.

Vocabulary.com features six vocabulary lists pertinent to a lesson on King, a worksheet on King's use of metaphor, a tip sheet on how examining a single word King used — in this case, oasis — shows why his language is still so powerful today.

Vocabulary Lists:

• "Martin Luther King, Jr. 'I have a dream' speech
• "Figurative Language in King's "I have a dream" speech
• Martin Luther King, Jr., "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" (1963)
• 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington
• Ten Words from New York Times History - March on Washington - August 28, 1963
• Nelson Mandela's 1964 speech "I am Prepared to Die."

Worksheet: MLK's Meaningful Metaphors (borrowed from our sister site The Visual Thesaurus) 

Tips & Tricks: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Oasis"

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