Using Information ResourcesIntroduction: In this section of the test you are asked to look at some reference materials and then

use the materials to answer the questions.

Topic: Martin Luther King

Suppose you want to find out more about Thanksgiving for a report you are writing. Several different sources of information about Thanksgiving are contained in this packet. The information sources are listed below

1. Title Page

2. Table of Contents

3. Glossary

4. Index

5. Important Dates

6. Growing Up Article

Martin Luther King, Jr. Table of Contents

Introduction1. Why is He Famous? 4

2. Martin’s Family 6

3. Growing Up 8

4. First Steps 11

5. Fighting Segregation 13

6. Beliefs 18

7. I have a Dream 21

8. Courage 26

9. An American Hero 28

Important Dates 30

Important Words

Web Sites

IndexWritten by Christy DeVillier

ABDO Publishing Co.

Glossary

citzen – member of a city or country.

civil rights - Rights for all citizens.

civil Rights Movement – public fight for civily rights.

desegregate – to stop segregation.

peaceful resistance – fighting for your beliefs without hurting anyone

preacher – the leader of a church

segregation – laws that separate African

Americans from white people

IndexAtlanta Georgia 6Boycott 15, 16, 17civil rights 18,20, 21, 22, Civil Rights Movement 4Dexter Avenue Baptist Church 18,30Ebenezer Baptist Church 10Gandhi, Mohandas K. 20 30“ I have a Dream” 25, 30Mays, Benjamin 10Montgomery, Alabama 13, 14, 15, 17,Morehouse College 9, 10Parks, Rosa 14, 15, 30peaceful resistance 20Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom 24Ray, James Earl 5, 30Scott, Coretta 7, 30segregation 12, 13, 14, 30Southern Christian leadership Conference

19Washington, D.C. 24, 25

Important Dates

January 15, 1929 – Martin Luther King, Jr. is born.June 18, 1953 - Marting marries Coretta Scott.October, 1954 – Martin begins preaching at the

Dexter Avenue church in Montgomery, Alabama

December 1, 1955 – rosa Parks fights segregation in Montgomery, Alabama. She does not give up her seat on a bus.

February, 1959 – Dr King visits Mohandas Gandhi in India

August 28, 1963 – Dr. King gives his “ I have a Dream” speech.December 10, 1964 – Dr. King wins the Nobel Peace Prize.February 9, 1965 – Dr. King meets with Pres. Johnson. They talk about voting rights of African Americans.April 4, 1968 – James Earl Ray shoots and kills Dr. King in Memphis, Tenn.January 20, 1986 – Americans celebrate the first

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Growing Up

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. went to many schools. The first school Martin went to was Younge Street Elementary School. Then, he went to David T. Howard Elementary School. Later, Martin went to Booker T. Washington High School.

Young Martin was an excellent student. His school let him skip 9th and 11th grades. At 15, Martin went to Morehouse College. College is wher many people go after high school.

The president of Morehouse College was Benjamin Mays. Benjamin noticed Martin. He

thought Martin would be a good Baptist preacher.

Martin grew up as a Baptist. Both his father and his grandfather were Baptist preachers. They preached at the Ebenezer Baptist Church. Martin became a Baptist preacher at 17.

DeVillier, Christy. Martin Luther King, Jr.Edina, Minn. ABDO Publishing Co.2001

Martin Luther King

1. Who wrote the book?

2. How many chapters are in the book?

3. What page would you find information about James Earl Ray?

4. What happened on December 10, 1964?

5. Using “ Growing Up”, who was Benjamin Mays and how did he help Dr. King?

6. What does desegregate mean?