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Have you taken the time to share the dream with your children?
Don’t let today pass by as just another day. It can be so much more.
It broke my heart to have to explain the term, “negro” to my children.
To explain to them specifically what it was that Martin Luther King was dreaming about.
That equality could ever have to be “a dream.”
It reminded me how much worse the mothers before me had to have felt.
The mothers who had to tell their children not to drink out of that water fountain.
Or that they had to sit on the back of the bus, even though there were plenty of seats in the front.
It reminded me how important the story of Martin Luther King is to our curriculum. I hope it is important in yours too.
Online Resources:
Brainpopjr.com is currently showing a Martin Luther King clip as their free movie of the week.
Martin Luther King Lesson
I have a dream PDF
Rosa Parks Bus Template
Enchanted Learning MLK resources
11 video clips on the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
I get it. Last year was the year we had to introduce the concept. But we also talked of God's awesome love that Dr. King share around the world.
I heard this video play over and over in the library next door all week. It was interesting to have each student in my class after they had seen the video. Many of them can't conceptualize a world with so much division. The dream is being realized. What an amazing man, amazing vision, and amazing passion.
I understand your anguish. I felt the same when I read to my boys about Dr. King.