The Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike and the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

A Lesson Plan for Grades 5-8

By: Katie Hickey Snyder

AHTC Memphis Trip 2010

Day 5

1. In small groups, have students discuss the similarities and differences of the Civil Rights Movement and Workers Rights. Why did MLK consider Worker’s Rights and extension of Civil Rights? As a group, have students complete the following graphic organizer

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