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Grade 7 Research: Contemporary Activists

Thandiwe Abdullah

Explora Secondary (AskRI.org)
Seventeen.com
Refinery 29
PBS News Hour
20 Teen Activists Who Inspire Us to Do Good

Jack Andraka

Explora Secondary (AskRI.org)
Wikipedia (for background) - look at sources for more info
Smithsonian Magazine
Obama White House Archives
TED Talk
#KidsDeserveIt podcast

Kelvin Doe

Explora Secondary (AskRI.org)
Wikipedia (for background) - look at sources for more info
Kelvin’s website
Imagination Matters article
Black History article
TEDxTeen video

Amanda Gorman

World Book (AskRI.org)
Biography Reference Center (AskRI.org)
Explora Secondary (AskRI.org)

Cameron Kasky

Explora Secondary (AskRI.org)
Wikipedia - (for background) - look at sources for more info
BBC article

Jazz Jennings

Explora Secondary (AskRI.org)
World Book Student (AskRI.org)
Wikipedia - (for background) - look at sources for more info

Boyan Slat

Explora Secondary (AskRI.org)
Wikipedia - (for background) - look at sources for more info
Boyan’s website
Time article
UN article
TEDx Talk

Greta Thunberg

Explora Secondary (AskRI.org)
World Book Student (AskRI.org)
Biography Reference Center (AskRI.org)
Wikipedia - (for background) - look at sources for more info
Brittanica
BBC article
Time article
TED Talk

Shamma Al Mazrai

Explora Secondary (AskRI.org)
Wikipedia (for background) - look at sources for more info
United Arab Emirates Cabinet
Video

Aya Chebbi

Explora Secondary (AskRI.org)
Wikipedia - (for background) - look at sources
Aya’s website
Women Lift Health article
Climate Champions article
TEDx Talk

Sybrina Fulton (Trayvon Martin's Mom)

Biography Reference Center (AskRI.org)
Explora Secondary (AskRI.org)

Isra Hirsi

Explora Secondary (AskRI.org)
Wikipedia - (for background) - look at sources for more info
International Congress of Youth Voices article
TEDx video

Ann Makosinski

Explora Secondary (AskRI.org)
Wikipedia - (for background) - look at sources for more info
Ann’s website
Forbes article
TEDx Talk

Vanessa Nakate

Explora Secondary (AskRI.org)
Wikipedia - (for background) - look at sources for more info
United Nations article
UNICEF article
DW article
TED Talk

Bryan Stevenson

Explora Secondary (AskRI.org)
Wikipedia - (for background) - go to the sources at the end
Equal Justice Initiative
NYU Law
The History Makers
Americans Who Tell the Truth
RFK Human Rights
TED talk
BMS book
SORA eBook
eZone eBook
eZone audio
BPL book

Naomi Wadler

Explora Secondary (AskRI.org)
Wikipedia - (for background) - look at sources for more info
Washingtonian article
AECF.org article
Smithsonian article
Naomi’s website
CaseyCast podcast
NowThis Kids podcast
NowThis video
March for Our Lives video

Sonita Alizadah

Explora Secondary (AskRI.org)
Wikipedia (for background) - look at sources for more info
National Women’s History Museum
Asia Society
Sonita’s Website

Jaclyn Corin

Explora Secondary (AskRI.org)
Wikipedia (for background) - look at sources
Teen Vogue
Tonight Show video

Alicia Garza

World Book (AskRI.org)
Explora Secondary (AskRI.org)
Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (AskRI.org)

Zach Hunter

Explora Secondary (AskRI.org)
Biography Reference Center (AskRI.org)
Wikipedia - (for background) - look at sources for more info
CBN article
End Slavery Now article
video

Iqbal Masih

Explora Secondary (AskRI.org)
Biography Reference Center (AskRI.org)
Wikipedia - (for background) - look at sources for more info
World’s Children’s Prize article
US Dept of Labor site
The Famous People article

Yara Shahidi

Explora Secondary (AskRI.org)
Wikipedia - (for background) - look at sources for more info
Hollywood Reporter article
Atlas of the Future article
Business of Fashion article
Blex Media video

Gloria Steinem

World Book (AskRI.org)
Biography Reference Center (AskRI.org)
Explora Secondary (AskRI.org)
Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (AskRI.org)

Malala Yousafzai

World Book Student (AskRI.org)
Explora Secondary (AskRI.org)
Biography Reference Center (AskRI.org)
Malala’s website
Wikipedia - (for background) - look at sources for more info
Britannica
Nobel Prize article
UN.org article
The TED Interview podcast