Martin Luther King

On top of our regular classes today, we did the unit study offered by schoolhouseexpress.com on Martin Luther King Jr. The kids sat with interest as I read of his life, and the study raised more questions that answers.

They first off did not know what a black person was. Not that they have not seen nor met, Belle has a friend who is black, in the innocence of childhood, Lacy did not notice.

This study raised more questions than answers, so we got into discussions on slavery, equal rights, Christianity vs slavery,(using the story of the Good Samaritin) and how even today there are those who judge another based on skin color alone, and how this is not just a "white" issue, that there are those in all races who do the same thing.

Wookie was angry and upset about what Rosa Parks had to go through, I try so hard to teach them to respect elders that he could not grasp that a younger white person would make her stand.

Now Wookie and Belle are both intregued with Lincoln (how could he not come up...) I told them we will be doing studies on Washing and Lincoln next month as we near presidents day.