My Brother Martin Vocabulary

Some people spend their entire lives fighting injustice, or unfairness. What does injustice mean?

• being unfair

• not getting your way

• being mad at someone

• someone being mean to you

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

If numerous people sign a petition, their many voices can change the laws. What does numerous mean?

• very few

• many

• not a lot

• a small group

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

It is easy to admire a leader who sets an example of fairness and equality. What does example mean?

• being a know it all

• telling others what they do wrong

• showing how to do something

• someone who is in charge all the time

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Most people can look back and recall a situation when they were treated unfairly. What does recall mean?

• to talk on the phone

• to meet with a friend

• to do something over again

• to bring up a memory or remember

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Some Americans have preferred, or chosen, to work for change for a group. What does preferred mean?

• something you liked better than something else

• something you don't like

• a job

• doing something your friends are doing

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Brief encounters, or meetings, with heroes can inspire kids to work for change. What does encounters mean?

• seeing someone on television

• reading a story about a person

• meetings with people

• never having met someone

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Many people have a dream of fair treatment for all. It is their goal. What is a dream?

• something you want to happen very much

• something that will never happen

• something that already happened

• something that happened to someone else, not you

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Some leaders have captured, or caught, people's attention with moving speeches. What does captured mean?

• letting something go

• being caught while trying to get away

• running away from something or someone

• playing a game with others

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Many groups hope to end hunger by giving people nourishing food. What does nourishing mean?

• things that taste good to everyone

• things that you don't like

• giving people what they need to grow and live

• starving someone of things they need

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Laws on segregation once kept African Americans and white Americans separate. What does segregation mean?

• keeping people apart

• bringing people together

• working together

• having the same places available to everyone

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4