Vocab
Advocacy
Directly supporting a cause or idea.
Affirmation
Emotional support or encouragement
Ubiquitous
Present or found everywhere
Contagious
Easy to spread to and affect others.
Who is an activist for climate change?
Greta Thurnberg
Influence
Power to have an effect on someone or something (direct or indirect).
Sanctuary
A place of refuge or safety.
Tipping Point
The point when an action/choice becomes irreversible.
Classic
Typical
What are the seven types of influences we discussed in class?
Coaches, teachers, books, music, family, athletes, and social media.
Activism
Taking direct action to being about some type of social/political change.
Validation
Recognition or affirming that a person or their feelings/opinions are valid or worthwhile.
Haute Couture
High fashion or designer
Accessory
A thing that can be added to something else in order to make it more useful, versatile, or attractive.
What is Ms. Haines' first name? x2 pts if spelt correctly
Hayley
Change Agent
Someone who promotes and enables change to happen within a group or organization
Momentum
The power/strength gained by the development of a course of events or process.
Threshold
Point of entry or beginning
Emergence
Process of becoming important or prominent.
Who was an advocate for missing children and capturing America's most wanted?
John Walsh
Pandemic
A widespread occurrence over a whole country or the world at a particular time.
Genocide
Deliberate killing of a large number of people from a specific group with the aim of destroying that nation/group.
Epidemic
A widespread occurrence in a community at a particular time.
Write an example of geometric progression.
2, 6, 18, 54 OR 3, 15, 75, 375
Who was a change agent for female scientists?
Marie Curie discovered radium and polonium, and also had a huge contribution to finding treatments for cancer.