MLK
This national holiday, celebrated each January, honors Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and commitment to service.
What is Martin Luther King Jr. Day?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Everybody can be great, because everybody can ______.”
What is serve?
When people do not have enough food to eat regularly, leaving them at risk of hunger, this is called _________.
What is food scarcity?
Some students could only buy food at certain stores because they had this kind of card, which provides government help for groceries.
What is an EBT card or SNAP benefits?
Things that make it harder for families to get enough food, like store hours, transportation, or limited money, are called these.
What are obstacles or barriers?
This famous speech was delivered by Martin Luther King, Jr. during the March on Washington in 1963
What is the “I Have a Dream” speech?
These are organized ways communities provide help to those in need, like food drives, shelters, or tutoring programs.
What are service programs or assistance programs?
This can happen when there is not enough food stored, grown, or available for the people who need it.
What is a food shortage?
Sharing information to get others involved in a project or cause is called this.
What is outreach?
The positive effect or change that your actions, like running a food drive, have on others is called this.
What is impact?
This is the city where Martin Luther King Jr. was born in 1929.
What is Atlanta, Georgia?
This word means the positive effect or change that your actions have on others or your community.
What is impact?
Families might face food scarcity if they cannot afford to buy groceries. This is called a lack of ______.
What is income or money?
Students took on different ______, like having siblings or working after school, to learn about how families experience food scarcity.
What are roles or identities?
The ability to move to a store, food pantry, or other location to get resources is called this.
What is transportation?
Martin Luther King Jr. is best known for leading this type of movement in the 1950s and 1960s.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
This is the act of helping others or your community without expecting something in return.
What is service?
Organizations and programs that provide free or low-cost food to people in need are examples of this kind of support.
What is food assistance or food aid?
Working with others in a group to complete a project, like planning a food drive, is called this.
What is teamwork or collaboration?
The ability to get or use something, like food or resources, is called this.
What is access?
Martin Luther King Jr. believed in achieving social change through this method, avoiding violence.
What is nonviolent protest or civil disobedience?
When planning a service project, this is the part where you decide who to reach, what steps to take, and how to measure success.
What is an action plan?
When food is not distributed fairly, so some people have plenty while others have very little, this happens.
What is inequity or unequal access?
The limited amount of money or time a student role had to buy food during the simulation is called this.
What is a budget?
Planning who does what, how donations are tracked, and how to reach people helped your group run the food drive smoothly. This shows why this is important.
What is an action plan?