Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Photo by Mrs. Yollis 

On the third MONDAY in January, America celebrates the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. It is a national holiday, SO schools and government offices are closed in his honor.

Mrs. Yollis was in Washington, D.C. last September and took a Moonlight Monument tour. You can see her photo from the new Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial above. Here is a link to the government site with information about the new national monument.

Here is a link to a song we learned about MLK in music!

Here are some facts about Martin Luther King, Jr.:

• born in Atlanta, Georga
• born on January 15, 1929
• important civil rights leader
• believed in peaceful protest
• 1964 Nobel Peace Prize winner
• assassinated on April 4, 1968
• honored with a national monument in Washington, D.C. (posthumously ~ that means, after he died the honor was bestowed.)

Take these facts and write some quality sentences about this great American! We will share them in class tomorrow!

(Hint: use high-level vocabulary, your sentence length should match your age)