Heroes: Yesterday and Today Vocabulary

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Heroes Yesterday and TodayVocabulary

• Shining Star, Book A
• UNIT 5, Part 1

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VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT

• p. 181

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beliefs

• Nelson Mandela lived by his beliefs. Because of
  his refusal to abandon these ideas and values, he
  went to jail.
• ideas and values

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deeds

• Mandela is internationally famous because of his
  brave deeds. He took these actions to help his
  people.
• actions things a person does

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imprisoned

• Some heroes, such as Mandela, Gandhi, and Joan of
  Arc, have been imprisoned and have spent years in
  jail.
• jailed

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passive resistance

• Gandhi taught people how to show their objection
  to something through passive resistance, or
  nonviolent confrontation.
• non violent confrontation

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social justice

• Benito Juarez was interested in social justice,
  especially the rights of native peoples.
• the rights and equality of people

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tolerance

• People all get along better if they have greater
  tolerance for others. We have to accept other
  peoples right to be different from us.
• acceptance of other peoples rights to be
  different

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Heroes Yesterday and Today

• pp. 182 - 187

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patriot

• a person who is very loyal to his or her country

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burned at the stake

• put to death by tying to a post and burning

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superintendent

• manager, chief

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industrialist

• owner or manager of a factory or industrial
  company

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brutality

• cruelty, viciousness

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concentration camps

• places where the Nazis killed Jews and other
  people in World War II

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apartheid

• a system in which different races in a country
  are separated

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inspired

• caused created

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lepers

• people with leprosy, a skin disease

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descendants

• grandchildren great-grandchildren, etc

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banned

• made illegal

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abolished

• got rid of

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circumstances

• events situations

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borders

• official lines that separate two countries

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disasters

• horrible events that cause great damage and death

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administrators

• people who manage businesses or organizations

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nutrition

• nourishment eating healthful foods

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sanitation

• hygiene cleanliness

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atrocities

• extremely violent actions

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founders

• people who start organizations or companies

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hijackers

• people who illegally take control of an airplane

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exploded

• burst into fire and small pieces blew up

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