Martin Luther King Jr.

Timeline
Social Studies
Grade 4

Description: Your child will demonstrate knowledge about the life of Martin Luther
King Jr.

Learning Objectives:
• Objective #1 Complete a Martin Luther King Jr. timeline
• Objective # 2 Identify dates and sequence events

Materials needed:
• Computer with internet access
• Printer
• Paper
• Pen or pencil
Activity: The events listed in the timeline are not in order. Sequence the events by
writing the year each event occurred in the first column. The years you will need are
listed in the box below the timeline. Cut out the strips and arrange them in order.

Timeline of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life:

YEAR

Born on January 15, in Atlanta, Georgia

Dr. King's house is bombed

Dr. King is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Earns a doctoral degree

Graduates from Morehouse College

Dr. King publishes his first book, Stride Toward Freedom

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is declared a national holiday in the

U.S.
Marries Coretta Scott

Dr. King is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee

Dr. King gives his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln
Memorial in Washington, D.C.
 YEARS

1929, 1948, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1986

Answer Key

1929 Born on January 15, in Atlanta, Georgia

1956 Dr. King's house is bombed

1964 Dr. King is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

1955 Earns a doctoral degree

1948 Graduates from Morehouse College

1958 Dr. King publishes his first book, Stride Toward Freedom

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is declared a national holiday in the

1986
U.S.
Marries Coretta Scott
1953

1968 Dr. King is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee

Dr. King gives his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln
1963
Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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