photograph of Martin Luther King, Jr. leading a civil rights march
Think About Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.?

IDENTIFY SEQUENCE

Work with a group to make a time line for Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.? Follow these steps.

  • 1 What happened first? Draw a dot. Write the year that Martin was born. Then write a sentence that tells what happened in that year.

    1929Martin was born in Atlanta, Georgia.

    1929
    Martin was born in Atlanta, Georgia.

  • 2 What happened next? Draw a line. Add another dot for each important date and event. Tell what happened. Use words from the story to write the sentence.

    1929Martin was born in Atlanta, Georgia.

    1929
    Martin was born in Atlanta, Georgia.

    1953
    Martin married Coretta Scott.

  • 3 Use your finished time line to tell the class about the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. Each student in your group can tell about one of the events on the time line.