Fighting for a Cause

Adjectives

100

This word means having bravery when facing danger or a difficult situation.

courageous 

200

This word describes feeling great honor or sense of satisfaction.

proud

300

 This word describes being able to become strong, happy, or successful again after a difficult situation or event

resilient

400

This word means continuing to do something, although this is difficult, or other people warn you not to do it

persistent

500

This word means working very hard in a determined way without stopping

tireless

Famous Individuals

100

I wanted women to have the right to vote. 

I am Susan B. Anthony.

200

I started a school for African-American children in Daytona Beach, Florida.

I am Mary Bethune. 

300

I fought for migrant workers to receive better pay and more reasonable working conditions. 

I am Cesar Chavez.

400

I worked with Rosa Parks to lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott. 

I am Martin Luther King Jr. 

500

I was a First Lady and helped Marian Anderson to sing at the Lincoln Memorial. 

I am Eleanor Roosevelt. 

Fighting for a Cause Vocabulary

100

This word means the wife of the President. 

First Lady

200

This word means the right to vote. 

Suffrage

300

This word means when you refuse to go to a business as a sign of protest. 

boycott

400

This word describes a very bad situation.

Plight

500

This word describes people who travel from one area to another to find work during harvest season

Migrant workers 

Action Steps

100

Stoppages of work until those in power grant certain demands 

strike

200

A refusal to go to a business as a sign of protest 

boycott

300

nonviolent protests that involve people sitting down in specific locations and refusing to move

sit-ins 

400

refusal to take physical action against someone who is treating people badly or unfairly.

nonviolence 

500

a person who takes some kind of action to achieve a goal

activist