Martin Luther King Jr. Books for MLs
Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights leader, political activist, and minister who lived during the mid 20th century. Picture books are one of the best ways to introduce this important historical figure to multilingual learners, along with all students. Picture books have colorful illustrations that help students to build vocabulary. For older learners, you can then move on to more complex texts and video information. The picture books will help to build the student’s background knowledge about King.
These books can be added to a classroom library or book box to create a text set about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Text sets are a great way to help ELLs to build background knowledge on new topics as they will be able to see the same vocabulary used in multiple related books. Read more about using text sets with MLs.
Books About Martin Luther King Jr. and Those Around Him
A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation
Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song
Martin & Anne: The Kindred Spirits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Anne Frank
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