March Toward Justice

This worksheet helps students in Grades 5, 6, and 7 strengthen historical understanding, sequencing skills, and thematic analysis by tracing key events of the Civil Rights Movement. Students place five major moments-Rosa Parks’s refusal, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, the Selma to Montgomery march, and the Civil Rights Act-in correct chronological order. After sequencing, learners write brief explanations showing how each event connects to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s leadership and his commitment to equality and peaceful action.

Skills Reinforced

• Civil Rights Chronology (Grades 5-7) – Understand the correct sequence of major movement events
• Sequencing & Comprehension – Use historical clues to order events accurately
• Leadership Analysis – Explain Dr. King’s role and influence across different moments
• Connecting Events to Themes – Link individual events to broader ideas of justice, equality, and nonviolence

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed by educators to align with upper elementary and middle school social studies and ELA standards
• Timeline + Writing Combination – Reinforces both factual understanding and explanatory writing
• Big-Picture Focus – Helps students see how separate events worked together to create change
• Flexible Use – Ideal for classwork, review, assessment, or Civil Rights units
• Builds Historical Insight – Encourages students to connect actions, leadership, and outcomes

This March Toward Justice worksheet helps students see the Civil Rights Movement as a connected journey rather than isolated events. By sequencing key moments and explaining their relationship to Dr. King’s leadership, learners strengthen historical reasoning, writing clarity, and understanding of how peaceful action advanced justice. It’s a meaningful, no-prep resource for classroom and homeschool settings focused on civil rights history and thoughtful analysis.

This worksheet is part of our Martin Luther King Jr. Day Worksheets collection.