Martin Luther King Jr. Day Bingo Cards

How to play Martin Luther King Jr. Day bingo

1. Give each player a card and something to mark squares with.
2. The caller reads words from the caller's list in any order, ticking each one off.
3. Players mark a word when it's called. The middle square is free.
4. The first to complete a row, column or diagonal shouts "Bingo!" and the caller checks the card.

Print 2 cards to a page to save paper, cut them apart, and use candy, cereal or buttons as markers. The caller’s list on the last page makes calling easy.

Good to know

• Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta. The federal holiday falls on the third Monday of January and was first observed in 1986.
• He delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
• In 1964, at age 35, King became the youngest person up to that time to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

Words on these cards

Martin LutherKingdreamI Have a Dreamcivil rightsnonviolenceequalityjusticefreedompeaceAtlantaMontgomeryBirminghamSelmaMemphisWashingtonLincolnmarchbus boycottRosa ParksCoretta ScottNobel PrizeministerpreacherBaptistEbenezerMorehouseBostondoctoratespeechsermonleadercouragehopeloveunitybrotherhoodintegrationvoting rightsJanuaryholidayDay of Servicekindnessprotestdignity

Want a quiet activity too? Print the Martin Luther King Jr. Day word search with the same words.