Student essays
In 1998, the Seattle Times asked juniors studying U.S. history at Rainier Beach High School in South Seattle and Henry M. Jackson High in Mill Creek to write short essays titled "What Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. means to me."

Classes in conversation
In 1996, the first year of this Web site, two third-grade classes in Birmingham, Ala. and two third grade classes in Kent, Wash., agreed to take part in a dialogue about Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil-rights movement.

Interactive quiz
Test your knowledge about the civil-rights movement and Martin Luther King Jr.

Study guide
The Internet can be a powerful tool for learning. Educators and parents may want to use the following questions as a way of talking about these critical social issues, and of exploring this and other Web sites.