The KIDS Report is a biweekly publication produced by K-12 students as a resource to other K-12 students. It is an ongoing, cooperative effort of 15 classrooms from around the world. Teachers assist and provide support; however, students select, evaluate and annotate all resources included in every issue of the KIDS Report.

The KIDS Report is published with a generous grant from John and Tashia Morgridge and with the support of the General Library System of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

This issue of KIDS, dated March 14, 2000, was written and produced by Chris Burnett's class at Mt. Clemens Junior Academy in Mt. Clemens, Michigan.

In This Issue

• Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Civil Rights Movement
• National Civil Rights Museum
• The Huntington: Votes for Women
• Civil Rights Law and History
• CHICANO!
• Seattle Times: Photo Tour of the Civil Rights Movement
• Baseball, the Color Line, and Jackie Robinson

Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Civil Rights Movement http://hammer.ne.mediaone.net/mlk/mlk.html This site was created by fourth graders and covers some of the main events of the Civil Rights Movement that Martin Luther King, Jr. was directly involved in. Each link in the index has explanations of the event; these explanations are easy to read. The kids who designed this site did a great job drawing pictures to go with each event. The site also tells a short story about Martin Luther King Jr.'s association with Mahandas Gandhi who was the leader of India. This site is a good place to get ideas on the Civil Rights Movement and Martin Luther King Jr. in particular. Reviewed by Craig B.

National Civil Rights Museum http://www.midsouth.rr.com/civilrights/ This site offers a history of the Civil Rights Movement plus biographies of historical figures such as Harriet Tubman, Ralph Abernathy, and Dred Scott. It follows the civil rights movement from the time of slavery to 1968 with the shooting of Martin Luther King Jr. It has good pictures with short explanations that are easy to understand. If you follow the Interactive Tour by clicking on continue at the bottom of each page, the site will take you through the history of the Civil Rights Movement. This site is a great place to start any research on the Civil Rights Movement. Reviewed by Brian S.

The Huntington: Votes for Women http://www.huntington.org/vfw/main2.html This site deals with the civil rights of women and their fight to get the right to vote. The written information is suited more for eighth graders and high school kids, but the pictures are neat for all ages. If you click on the Votes for Women exhibit, you can take a virtual tour of the gallery and all of the pictures in it. If you click on the individual pictures, you can get a really good look at the art. You can find some great information that was written and compiled by students in the Additional Information section. This site includes lots of information for research and a section with additional links and resources. Reviewed by Walter V.

Civil Rights Law and History http://www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/crt/crtmenu.htm This site has a lot of information and very few visual aids. It goes into depth on various topics such as Criminal Civil Rights Enforcement, Education, and Housing. This site would be great for kids that are studying and researching the Civil Rights Movement. The Civil Rights Law and History also contains information on other ethnic groups that faced civil rights discrimination such as the American Indians and the Japanese. The For More Information link includes a list of books to read and other web sites to go to that cover various areas of the Civil Rights Movement. Reviewed by Walter V.

CHICANO! http://www.pbs.org/chicano/ Chicano is a good site that provides a lot of information about the show on PBS and what happened in real life with Mexican Civil Rights. What I also like about the site is that there is an even balance of pictures and text. It has a list of historical people that were involved with the Mexican Civil Rights movement, which would be a great place to start looking for someone to do a report on. The site also includes a time line that gives summaries of events important to Mexican civil rights. The site is easy to navigate and there are links that provide activities for you and your classmates along with an extensive bibliography for teachers, parents, and students. This is a great site! Reviewed by Craig B.

Seattle Times: Photo Tour of the Civil Rights Movement http://www.seattletimes.com/mlk/movement/PT/phototour.html This site offers a photo tour of the Civil Rights Movement. The tour begins with a picture of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus in 1956 in Montgomery, Alabama and continues through to 1989. The photo tour concentrates on various events that Martin Luther King Jr. participated in before his assassination in 1968. The text under the photos explain where the photowas taken, who the people are in the photo, and the year that the event took place. This is a good site to use as a starting point for a research project or paper. Reviewed by Walter V.

Baseball, the Color Line, and Jackie Robinson http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/jrhtml/jrabout.html This site pays tribute to Jackie Robinson on the 50th anniversary of his rookie season. The site is organized in a five chapter time-line. The third chapter, 1940-1946, goes into detail about Jackie Robinson's early interest in civil rights. This site also goes into detail on the historical event of Jackie Robinson breaking the "color line" by signing a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1945. The site contains a number of pictures relating to Jackie Robinson, such as an aerial view of Blues Stadium and Jackie Robinson when he was with the Kansas City Monarchs. If you want to learn about Jackie Robinson's career as a Dodger, the fourth chapter, 1947-1956, is great. It has excellent pictures to click on and the stories are easy to understand. This is a good site to use for creating a time-line on Jackie Robinson, his role in the civil rights movement, and his career in the Negro Baseball League. Reviewed by Ryan M.

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