Hello, my name is Kelsey Ciafone and welcome to my first blog post. While I was researching different topics the one that stood out the most was the Civil Rights movements. In school around the age of 9, I remember learning about different types of civil right movements, but I remember learning about Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King Jr. The question I keep asking and which we discussed in class is, when is it appropriate for children in elementary school to learn about disturbing, violent, and/or emotionally triggering aspects in American History. Now, I’m interested in contemporary writing, and going more in depth of this style of history, because this part of history is closed, but the door always opens with how some of these actions are represented in our today society. I think teaching about Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King Jr. would be impactful and informative for students learning about segregation, and would be a great starting point. While researching, I found an interesting point made to introduce Martin Luther King, is to bring up how we celebrate his birthday. This could lead into discussion on to who he is, and why he is so important in our history. During my research, I found the book, My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Christine King Farris. This book was written by Martin Luther King’s sister, and it describes what it was like growing up with him. I could use this book to begin a lesson on King by asking students to talk about themselves and what they remember from their childhoods. This could start off a lesson with talking about themselves and what they remember in their early childhood because they are still children, and then we can discuss the book and everything Christine King remembers about her brother. I could bridge these two together by possibly discussion if the class has any siblings and what they could write about them. I see this as a great way to smoothly initiate a discussion on the topic of Civil Rights by starting it off with one of the most influential activists which would be easier to talk about with younger children.