Martin Luther King, Jr, Unit Study (part two)

I've finished the preparations for the unit study next month for Martin Luther King, Jr day. I picked the books (now to go to the library and get them) and found the soul food recipes.

Books

• Martin Luther King, Jr
• March On! The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World, by Christine King Farris
• Dreams: The Story of Martin Luther King, Jr, by Peter Murray
• The Day Martin Luther King, Jr Was Shot, by James Haskins

• Women's Suffrage
• You Want Women To Vote, Lizzie Stanton?, by Jean Fritz
• The Day the Women Got the Vote, by George Sullivan
• Women Win the Vote, by Betsy Covington Smith
  

Soul Food Dinner

• Batter Fried Chicken
• Collard Greens^{(recipe calls for bacon, but either I'll leave that out or use turkey or beef bacon)}
• Mashed Potatoes
• Sour Cream Cornbread
• Corn Pudding
• Sweet Potato Pie
• Apple Crisp

Not exactly the healthiest meal, but once in a while an unhealthy meal isn't going to kill you. Though with my arteries, and Mike's, this meal just might. ;-) I think what we're going to do is get the house really clean between now and then, and then invite our family over for dinner. We'll have to see, though. It's still a couple weeks away, so I have some time to see if we can get it all done (the house cleaning, I mean). I'll probably send out e-vites to everyone requesting an RSVP.

Since I work on Mondays, and really shouldn't request it off, I've divvied up the recipes and decided what can be made the day before and what should wait until the day of to be made. I've got it all written out in my planner. So now the Martin Luther King, Jr Day Unit Study is complete. The next holiday is President's Day. I don't know if I'll be doing a unit study this year on President's Day, though. Maybe next year.