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How Kids Changed the World-Black History

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    Ayanna Najuma along with 19 other children help change the world with peaceful sit-ins. See video at Scholastic Junior
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  • This story Takes place in 1985? (True or false)
    False
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  • How old was Ayanna when she became part of the civil right's movement?
    7
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  • Where did Ayanna live when she was a child?
    Oklahoma City, OK
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  • How many other kids were in the group that traveled to NYC in 1958?
    19
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  • What did Ayanna notice that was different in NYC than in her hometown?
    White people and African Americans could do the same things--same water fountain, stay same hotels, eat in same restaurants
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  • What does segregation mean?
    White people and African Americans were kept apart.
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  • On OK city, what did the signs say?
    Whites only; Colored only
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  • African American and White kids went to school together in the South? (T or F)
    False
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  • Ayanna's group was amazed at NYC because they were not segregated? (T or F)
    True
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  • Ayanna didn't think her voice was as important as everyone else's voice. (T or F)
    False
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  • What do you do at a sit in?
    You sit at a restaraunt and ask to be served.
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  • A sit in is a _____________________ way to change something that is unfair.
    Peaceful
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  • Ayanna's parents and others wanted to make sure the children were safe so they all went into_________?
    Training
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  • In training, Ayanna and others learned the Principals of __________________?
    Peace
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  • In training, they learned about MLK and Mahatma Gandhi who believed in _________?
    Peace
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  • They learned that people are scared of _______________?
    Change
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