Change makers Flashcards
(21 cards)
Activism
Using campaigning to bring change
Civil rights
Legal rules that are supposed to protect individuals from unfair treatment in society
Civil disobedience
Refusing to obey laws in a non violent way
Conviction
Firmly held belief or opinion or what you stand for
Racist policy
Laws and government guidelines that are racist
What was Harriet Tubman’s nickname
Mother Moses
How many people did Harriet Tubman lead to freedom
300
What was the Underground Railroad
A rout that enslaved people used to get to the north where slavery was illegal run by people with barns and houses where they could hide
Non violent ways to be a change maker
Non violent protest
Strikes
Speeches
Petitions
Lawsuit
Boycott
What impact did Christianity have on MLK life
He was a minister which meant he could not spend all his time protesting and also taught him not to be violent
What did MLK learn from Gandhi
Taught him to protest without being violent and that some causes were to die for
Why was it dangerous for MLK to oppose racism
He was arrested
Threatened
House firebombed
Family threatened
When was MLK I have a dream speech
1963
When did MLK die
August 28 1963
How did Malala Yousafzia resist the Taliban
She kept going to school despite the danger
What did Malala Yousafzia do
She wrote a diary for the BBC about what it was like to live under Taliban rule
Humanism
Believe that the best guide in life is evidence reason and science not laws given by god
Sentientism
Respect sentient beings like animals plants and aliens as they can feel things like pleasure and pain
What did Peter singer do
Coined the word speciesism
Speciesism
Thinking your species is better than others
Ethical philosopher
Thinker about behaviour
