Key Concepts & Vocabulary
Someone who gives time, items, and/or money to a cause
What is a donor?
He won 5 MVP titles after being cut from his high school basketball team
Who is Michael Jordan?
She was shot and almost killed by the Taliban for standing up for her right to get an education
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
A genre of literature that features a world gone wrong
What is a dystopia?
According to the workshop, "Contagion," this is one of the best ways to prevent the spread of germs
What is wash your hands?
Being able to put up with/be friendly with someone who has different ideas and beliefs than you
What is tolerance?
She went on to become a worldwide best selling author
Who is J.K. Rowling?
He started Championing Community Children, an organization that gives clothes and toiletries to homeless children living on the streets
Who is Kesz Valdez?
This short story by Shirley Jackson has a surprise ending; the winner of the lottery doesn't really want the prize
What is The Lottery?
When a disease/sickness spreads beyond a single community or country it becomes known as this
What is pandemic?
Giving up something that means a lot to you
What is sacrifice?
She struggled with writing English, but went on to become the first Latina supreme court justice?
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
The workshop "Stand Up" celebrates Kesz Valdez, Malala Yousafzai, and James Kofi Anan for being this; someone who stand up for a cause
What is an advocate?
The 4th workshop focuses on his assassination; he was shot in the back of the head while watching a play in Ford's Theater
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Occurring during the Middle Ages, this pandemic was transmitted from rats to humans through the bite of infected fleas.
What is the Bubonic Plague or Black Death?
The inability to read and/or write
What is illiteracy?
This is the belief that you can improve and get better at something if you put effort and hard work into trying it
What is growth mindset?
Approximately 3/4 of the surface of the earth is covered in this
What is water?
Lincoln's assassin; he was on the run for 12 days
Who was John Wilkes Booth?
According to the Workshop, "No Ordinary Sport," it's one of the main reasons participants enjoy extreme sports.
What is the thrill of a challenge?
What is a tyrant?
This key concept is what Michael Jordan, Sonia Sotomayor, and J.K. Rowling exhibited that helped them succeed in the end. Starts with a "p"...
What is perseverance?
The effort to preserve and wisely use natural resources such as water
What is conservation?
It's the ending or "prize" that Mrs. Hutchinson receives at the end of "The Lottery"
What is death/stoning?
This national park is where the Dawn Wall is located
What is Yosemite National Park?