MLK Birmingham Jail Key

This Birmingham Jail Key replica is intended to serve as a classroom manipulative for Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Black History Month. The artifact asks students to think about the long struggle and sacrifices of the people involved in the Civil Right Movement.

One lesson idea would be to use the key as a Mystery Artifact where students take on the role of historical experts and have to research and present the significance and historical value of the object. Students would need to discove