Vocabulary
Main Ideas
Cause or Effect
About MLK
In the Story
100
It is another name for a church leader...
What is "minister"?
100
The author probably wrote the story for this reason.
What is to describe the childhood of a famous person?
100
Because Christine was born early, as a result, her parents placed her in this to sleep.
What is a chifforobe drawer?
100
Martin Luther King, Jr. promised his mother he would do this because he did not like the way he was treated.
What is "turn this world upside down"?
100
In the story, the King children were like their white friends because...
What is because they did not care about the color of people's skin?
200
Past family members...
What are ancestors?
200
The King children grew up when these laws kept black an white people apart.
What is segregation?
200
Christine, MLK, and A.D. often stayed at home with their grandmother as a result of this cause.
What is because their parents were frequently away on business?
200
This was the "dream" that MLK had.
What is that black and white people would live together as equals?
200
In the story, MLK's father refused to buy shoes at one store for Martin because this happened....
What is that the salesman would only wait on them in the back of the store?
300
About 30-year periods
What are "generations"?
300
The author stated that the stories her parents told were "as nourishing as the food...set before us". It means..
What is that the stories helped the children's minds grow?
300
The King children started to understand the problems that blacks faced after they lost their friends because of this reason.
What is because their friends' parents prevented them from playing together?
300
Martin pulled this prank on Mr. Mann because he wanted to get out of practicing the piano.
What is that he loosened the legs on the piano bench?
300
In the story, we get the sense that the children had a good sense of humor because they did this.
What is that they played pranks on others?
400
"Protecting" someone from harm...
What is "shielding"?
400
The King family rarely went to picture shows or visited Grant Park because of this reason.
What is because of strict segregation laws?
400
Martin's father insisted that the King children stay close to home because of this reason.
What is to protect them from being hurt by unfair laws?
400
At the end of the story, the author mentions that Martin had done this as an adult.
What is gave numerous speeches?
400
In the story, Martin's father got angry with the police officer that had stopped them because...
What is because the officer called his father, "boy"?
500
A platform where one would stand to give a sermon...
What is a "pulpit"?
500
The author stated that she believed that if Martin had not become a famous minister, he might have joined this same profession as their mother because he was so talented.
What is a musician?
500
To frighten unsuspecting passersby on the sidewalk in front of their house, the King children would often dangle this from a stick.
What is their grandmother's old fur piece?
500
Both Martin Luther King, Jr. and his father were alike because they spoke out against these things....
What are hatred and bigotry?
500
The last picture in the story showed that Martin Luther King, Jr. made this change in the world.
What is that children of all colors now can play together and be friends?
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