It’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day—a day to commemorate the goals and achievements of this great man. It isn’t easy to teach about MLK at the elementary level without oversimplifying racial inequality (or going overboard so that the lesson goes over their heads). My favorite “lesson” about race wasn’t even a lesson I prepared at…
“People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other.” –Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King was a big proponent of communication. And when you think about it, being an…
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is just a few days away. So just for fun, I’ve prepared a little quiz in honor of Dr. King. Which statement below is false? He was born Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin had a younger brother and an older sister. At the age of ten, Martin sang with his…