1. More Unit II Vocabulary

2. The 6 Unit II Vocab Words Oppression Tolerance Forgiveness Courage
Abuse of power; using your power to hurt someone else
Tolerance
Accepting the differences of others
Forgiveness
Letting go of an offense; not holding a grudge
Courage
The guts to do something challenging or difficult
Perseverance
Keep going, don’t give up
Resilience
Nothing keeps you down; keep getting back up
The 6 Unit II Vocab Words

3. Propaganda Word Meaning Examples prop a gan da (noun)
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Information or _______that are spread to help or _______a people, __________, or _____
1. Bandwagon (everybody else is doing it: _______ ________!)
2. Stereotyping (labeling the enemy as something _______________
3. Testimonial (a_____ from _______________
4. Slogan (a ________ ________ you will remember)
Writing Task: None
ideas
you
hurt
should too
movement
cause
hated, feared, or unwanted
personal story
someone you trust
catchy
phrase

4. Dehumanize Word Meaning Examples de hu man ize (verb)
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To _________or deny what makes a person ______ (___________, emotions, _____)
1. A common way school students dehumanize one another is _______.
2. The settlers frequently dehumanized _____ ________ by calling them __________.
Writing Task: Throughout history, people have been __________ many times. For example, the ________ justified their mistreatment of _______________ by saying _____________ ________________________________________________.
take away
human
individuality
teasing
dignity

5. Culprit Word Meaning Examples cul prit (noun) __________________
A _________ person; the person _____________ for a _______ or problem
1. Teachers often punish the culprits of ________ in their classrooms.
2. If I caught the culprit who took $100 from me, I’d _______ __________________________________.
Writing Task: When officials of justice catch a ___________, that person has two options: they must either ________________________ _______________ or ______________________________________ _______________________________________________________.
guilty
responsible
disruption
crime

6. Genocide Word Meaning Examples gen o cide (noun) __________________
The systematic and __________ murder or ______________ of a whole race, _____, or political group
1. Perhaps the most well-known example of genocide is _________________ of __________.
2. Another famous genocide, occurring in 1994 in the African country of ________, has been made into a movie.
Writing Task: Although it leads to mass murder that is purposefully done, ____________ starts small. It begins when ____________ people make _____________ choices to ______________, or _______________, or ____________________________________________________.
deliberate
extermination
The Holocaust
WW II
culture
Rwanda