Guess the Percentage!
The number of school shootings that took place in the 2021-22 school year:a. 693 b. 11 c. 93
93.
"the National Center for Education Statistics, a research arm of the Education Department, showed a total of 93 school shootings with casualties at public and private elementary and secondary schools during the last school year, increasing from 11 a decade ago. Forty-three of those shootings resulted in deaths." (usnews.com)
693 is the number of mass shootings in 2021.
This person started off their activism by holding up signs saying, “Skolstrejk för Klimatet”. Hint: This person is still alive today
Greta Thunberg
49th Vice President of the United States. They’re the first African American, first Asian American, and first female occupant of the office. She assumed office on January 20, 2021.
Kamala Harris
This was a Supreme Court case that was decided in 1973 and overturned in 2022?
Roe v Wade
What is the percentage of land in California that was burned in the last decade? a. 1,000,545 b. 365,140 c. 2,700,000
365,140 acres of residential land and 2.7 million acres of forest land
After experiencing racism as a lawyer in South Africa, this person went on to defend himself and later to spread the idea of ‘Swaraj’.
Gandhi
This Pakistani girl spoke out against the Taliban at 11 on a blog and documented her experiences. After receiving some recognition for her work, at the age of 15, she was shot in the head by a member of the Taliban on her way home from school in 2012.
Malala Yousafzai, In 2014, she became the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize winner at just 17 years old.
Students from across the world rallied for ____ action staging protests from New Zealand and Japan to Germany and the Democratic Republic of Congo to demand that rich countries pay for the damage global warming is inflicting upon the poor.
Climate
What is the percentage of plastic bags manufactured annually that end up in the oceans? a.50% b.10% c.35%
10% of the plastic bags manufactured annually end up in the oceans, or 50-100 billion plastic bags for every year that plastic bags have been manufactured.
This person said, “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”
Martin Luther King
This person fought for gender and racial equality, and was the first African American woman to be elected in the U.S congress. Ran for U.S presidency in 1972.
Shirley Chisholm
The Act that passed/ became law in 1990 that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including jobs, schools, transportation, and all public and private places that are open to the general public.
Americans with Disabilities Act