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Book face with Martin Luther King 😊 #bookface #bookfacefriday @bookfacemagazine #librarybook #librarybook #martinsbigwords #martinlutherking #martinlutherkingjr #elementarylibrary #elementarylibrarian

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By E. R. Smith

This is a three day weekend for us in America, Monday celebrates Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.  Most young people, especially since they have grown up with a black president, miss the significance of this.  Social studies tends to be a difficult awareness for youngsters.  It is very hard for children to understand history; especially a history so far removed from their current experiences.  I find that role playing, is best when teaching history.  It’s wonderful if you can get kids in costume as well.  Tactile experiences win out time and time again in emerging young students in social studies.  I use five of my favorite books as conversation builders.  I have read them over and over again to my children; then encouraged them to do the same.

My personal favorites are I Have A Dream, which offers rich portraits in tribute to Dr. King’s mighty words; and The Day Martin Luther King Jr. Was Shot, which offers the history of blacks in America. Taking apart this great orators words, in sections for study, offers greater insight into what he was thinking and feeling as he spoke.  The Day Martin Luther King Jr. Was Shot gives a synopsis of historical events beginning in colonial times and ending with the Civil Rights era.  Find these treasures at your local library; these are pictures of my own.  Let me know what your family thinks of them.  I’ll be waiting to hear.

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I Have A Dream: A moving tribute to an iconic speech; brought alive by fifteen artists; with a Foreword from Mrs. Coretta Scott King.

Martin’s Big Words: Front cover of Martin’s Big Words. A 2002 Caldecott Honor Book. 2002 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book. A 2001 Child Magazine Best Book. A 2001 NY Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children’s Book. Outlines how the life and awareness of injustice aimed at blacks helped to shape the words Martin spoke; when he spoke to America.

Back cover of Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Happy Birthday Martin Luther King: A brief biography of Dr. King’s life. Illustrated by artist Brian Pinkney who also contributed to I Have A Dream.

My Brother Martin: Dr. King’s older sister Christine King Farris offers a very moving reflection of her brother, Martin.

The Day Martin Luther King Jr. Was Shot: A Photo History of the Civil Rights Movement: This book is a very good guide for elementary to middle school students. It’s photos show a vivid history of black Americans from slavery to the Civil Rights Movement.

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My Five Favorite Books for Explaining The Civil Rights Era to Children By E. R. Smith This is a three day weekend for us in America, Monday celebrates Rev.