Levers of Power

Vocabulary

100

To refuse to have dealings with (a person, organization, etc) or refuse to buy (a product)

What is a boycott

200

People engaged in any demonstration, as against a government's policies or actions, before an embassy, office building, construction project etc...

What is Picketing

300

A daring or bold resistance to authority or to any opposing force...

What is Resistance

400

The law temporarily imposed upon an area by state or national military forces when civil authority has broken down

What is Martial Law

500

An organized passive protest, especially against racial segregation, in which the demonstrators occupy seats prohibited to them, as in restaurants and other public places.

What is a SIT IN

Famous Protests

100

Irene gave us a presentation on this famous protest...

Boston Tea Party

200

This famous protest occured in East/West Germany in 1989

Fall of the Berlin Wall

300

Hanna Banana gave us a presentation on this famous protest that was led by Martin Luther King Jr

March on Washington

400

Maggie presented this famous protest that happened in the US in 1970

Stonewall Riots

500

The Tahir Square protests in 2011 took place in this country..

Egypt!

Protest Songs

100

The rap super group wrote the song Fight the Power about urban racial tension for the Spike Lee movie Do the Right Thing.

Public Enemy

200

Who sang the song "Imagine"?

John Lennon

300

The Irish Band who sang Bloody Sunday as a response to the British massacre of Irish protestors in 1972.

Who is U2

400

This 90's Rock song by was a response to the beating of Rodney King by this band. 

What is Killing in the Name - Rage Against the Machine?

500

NWA wrote this song about police brutality in 1988... [Censored]

What is F*** the Police?

Levers of Power

100

When social change is made through passing laws.

Government

200

When you start an organization to confront homelessness, you are using this lever of power.

Nonprofit / Charity

300

The Montgomey Bus Boycott is an example of this lever of power.

What is Industry / Commercial Organizations.

400

When you reach out to the evening news reporter about an issue affecting your community. 

What is the professional media?

500

Kim Kardashian's podcast on the social justice system in America is an example of this lever of power. 

What is Influential Individuals?

Just for fun!

100

How many colors are there in a rainbow?

7!

200

What do you call a time span of one thousand years?

Millennium!

300

What is sushi traditionally wrapped in?

Seaweed!

400

What is the world’s longest river?

Amazon!

500

What is the capital city of Spain?

Madrid!