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Martin Luther King Word Search
Free Martin Luther King word search puzzles to print or play online.
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Dreams and Kindness
8 words to find
- DREAM
- PEACE
- KIND
- HOPE
- LOVE
- EQUAL
- SHARE
- UNITY
Drag from the first to the last letter of a word, or tap the first letter and then the last. The PDF has the puzzle on page 1 and the answer key on page 2.
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18 printable Martin Luther King word search puzzles
eighteen puzzles in three levels. Easy puzzles are 10 by 10 grids with eight words across and down. Medium puzzles are 13 by 13 with twelve words and diagonals. Hard puzzles are 16 by 16 with eighteen words in every direction, backwards too. The sub-themes include Growing Up in Atlanta, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Speeches and Sermons, Voting and Law and Remembering Dr King. Every puzzle has an answer key and prints on US Letter or A4. Every one of these 18 puzzles is free: play it online above or print its PDF, with the answer key on page 2. No account, no email.
Easy: across and down 6 puzzles
Medium: across, down and diagonal 6 puzzles
Hard: every direction, backwards too 6 puzzles
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How to use these Martin Luther King word searches
Use the easy puzzles in a classroom the week of the holiday, then talk about the words kids found. Church groups, libraries and community centers can set them out at a day of service or a Monday morning event. Older students can work the hard puzzles on history and law before writing a short reflection. Each PDF has the puzzle on page 1 and the answer key on page 2.
Make your own Martin Luther King word search
Add your own words, a name or a class list to these martin luther king words and pick a level. The preview is free; the printable PDF with its answer key is $1.99.
Good to know about Martin Luther King word search
Every Martin Luther King puzzle on this page is free to play online and free to print as a PDF with its answer key, one by one. Only the optional booklet, all 18 puzzles bundled into one print-ready file, costs money.
Try Dreams and Kindness or Heroes and Helpers. They are 10 by 10 grids with eight short words like dream, peace and hope that run across and down, so young readers can find them on their own.
Montgomery Bus Boycott and Speeches and Sermons are medium puzzles, and Marches and Milestones is a hard puzzle with places such as Selma, Birmingham and Oslo plus the Voting Rights Act.
Freedom Heroes names leaders such as Rosa Parks, Ella Baker, Medgar Evers and Thurgood Marshall in the same movement. Groups and Coalitions covers organizations such as the NAACP and SNCC.
Easy puzzles (10 by 10, words across and down) work from about age 6. Medium puzzles (13 by 13, diagonals added) suit ages 8 to 11. Hard puzzles (16 by 16, every direction, backwards too) are for older kids and adults.
Page 2 of every PDF is the answer key, with each word marked where it hides. When you play online, the Show answers button marks them on the grid.
Every puzzle comes as a US Letter PDF (8.5 by 11 inches) and an A4 PDF (210 by 297 mm). Print at 100% or Actual size.
Every puzzle on this page plays in the browser on a phone, tablet or computer: drag or tap from the first to the last letter of a word. Nothing to install and no account.
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