Educational Tours and Programs
Your students will enjoy exploring our 2 ½ levels of interactive exhibits, multimedia presentations, five-screen orientation film and more! Plus, we offer both guided (with a center educator) and self-guided tours with thematic educational programming. All of our educational programming is in line with state standards and addresses core content areas. A visit to the Muhammad Ali Center is recommended for students at the intermediate level (grade 4) and above. Click here for more information
Celebrate African American History Month
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Use Our Resources in Your Classroom
Use our online resources to help teach your students about world cultures, diversity, languages and even Muhammad Ali.
Cultural Buzz Website - Our Cultural Buzz website for youth offers games, facts, and lists of books, publications and websites all related to diversity and multiculturalism. Games and activities are appropriate for elementary through high school students.
Research Muhammad Ali - Want to incorporate Muhammad Ali into a lesson plan? We provide a list of excellent Muhammad Ali research resources and information that can assist your students in learning all about the Champ’s life. From his childhood in Louisville, Kentucky and winning three World Heavyweight Championships to his humanitarian efforts across the globe, we offer some great educational resources to satisfy your curiosity. This list serves as an excellent reference when writing a report, doing a national history day project, or other school activities.
Walk with Ali Online - Are you curious? Open-minded? Hopeful? Humorous? Discover your top five character strengths that will help make you the greatest you can be. Through our online program, Walk With Ali, students learn about how knowing your character strengths can help you achieve your goals. Click on the Walk With Ali link to take a brief online questionnaire and start on your path to greatness!
Global Voices - Create an original work of art, inspirational drawing, poem, song, or quote for submission to our program/exhibit Global Voices. Click on the Global Voices link to read instructions on how to enter. If your submission is chosen, it will be incorporated into the Global Voices exhibit in the Ali Center or featured on our website.
Involve Your Outstanding Students in the Ali Center’s Mission
Muhammad Ali Center Council of Students (MACCS)
If you are a high school educator in the Greater Louisville (including Southern Indiana) area, you can nominate outstanding students to join our Muhammad Ali Center Council of Students (MACCS). Students complete a rigorous application process and are chosen by selection committee. The Youth Council consists of a diverse group of 40 high school students from the Greater Louisville area who share Muhammad’s legacy and promote the six themes of the Ali Center throughout the community. Click here for more information
Education Advisory Committee
We have assembled a team of experienced, professional educators to help us articulate educational goals and instructional objectives, expand upon the concepts that are central to our visitor experience, develop meaningful activities and programs, and advise us on strategies to implement them. To learn more about the committee and its members, please click here.