Students create a catalog of gravestones in a cemetery that includes a burial ground from the Revolutionary War. They photograph and document the grave sites, research the Battle of Bunker hill and work with community members to create...

Bedford was born in 1747 at Philadelphia and reared there. The fifth of seven children, he was descended from a distinguished family that originally settled in Jamestown, VA. He usually referred to himself as Gunning Bedford, Jr., to...

Using the Compass tool in Cabri Jr., students will construct an equilateral triangle, and check the length of each side. When a vertices is moved using the Alpha hand, the triangle remains equilateral.

Take a Trip: Food Groups Jr is a learning activity that challenges children to carefully move the hungry ant through the picnic table maze to the food at the end of the table. Children will be introduced to the different food groups...

This article takes readers through the events leading to the expansion of the Civil Rights Movement to the north through a major non-violent campaign protesting unfair housing practices in Chicago.

This collection at the University of California-Berkeley can now be accessed online through the Online Archive of California. It provides a vast collection of historically significant primary source images of early California and the...

Print out a crossword puzzle game about Martin Luther King, Jr. Learn about history and have fun at the same time.

Text of the short story "A Purple Rhododendron" by John Fox Jr., an American author. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Flappy Dragon Junior is a simple and fun game for kids in Kindergarten and up. Simply click with the mouse to keep the dragon flying. Avoid hitting the ground and fly between the pipes. Each set of pipes you pass through is worth one...

There were two methods of protesting discrimination of African Americans during the Civil Rights Movement: follow Martin Luther King, Jr. or Malcolm X. Find out about the Black Panther Party, Black Nationalism, and Black Power.

This page contains a brief biography of Corazon C. Aquino, former president of the Republic of the Philippines. It discusses her husband, Benigno S. Aquino, Jr., and her numerous awards she has been bestowed.

A photograph of James Gordon Bennett, Jr from the Musum of the City of New York.

A photograph of James Gordon Bennett, Jr from the Musum of the City of New York.

A photograph of Mayor Robert F. Wagner, Jr from the Musum of the City of New York.

Social hotspot and home of innovative Wadsworth Atheneum director Arthur Everett Austin, Jr..

An image of Vine Deloria, Jr..

An image of Vine Deloria, Jr..

An image of Vine Deloria, Jr..

A newspaper photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., taken during a 1964 press conference.

Learn about the findings of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination.

In this lesson, students will use the song "The 3 R's" by Jack Johnson to develop ideas about how to "green" up their own classrooms; they will learn two songs (written to the tune of old classics) that will inspire them to brainstorm...

Read about the March on Washington on August 28, 1963 where Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

Both Mahatmas Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. were influenced by Henry David Thoreau's essay, "Civil Disobedience." Have students research and read, using the Internet, the first part of Thoreau's essay. Then have students write an...

Features detailed facts and a summary of the assassination of Civil Rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4, 1968, by James Earl Ray.