Harvey Milk
1. When was Harvey Milk born?
2. Who did Harvey move to San Francisco with?
3. In what year did Harvey win the election for City Supervisor for District 5?
4. What was Cleve Jones’s job?
5. Who was the only member of the board who opposed the Gay Rights Bill?
6. Complete this quote from Harvey’s will: “If a bullet should enter my brain, __________.”
Janusz Korczak
1. What was Janusz Korczak’s real name?
2. What was Korczak’s profession?
3. What did he help set up in 1926?
4. Where did he set up an orphanage for Jewish children?
Martin Luther King
1. Where did Martin Luther King grow up?
2. What famous prize did King win?
3. Where did Martin Luther King die?
Malcolm X
1. Why did Malcolm change his name from “Little” to “X”?
2. What did he believe about the Christian religion?
Gandhi
1. What does “Mahatma” mean?
2. Name two countries where Gandhi made a huge difference to the people living there.
3. What tax did Gandhi protest about?
4. Leaders around the world have been inspired by Gandhi’s ideas of what?
Mother Teresa
1. Which convent did Mother Teresa join in Ireland?
2. What did she train as?
3. Where was she when she believed she heard the voice of God calling her?
4. What did she receive in 1979?
Rosa Parks
1. What did African Americans have to do if there was no room for white people on the bus?
2. Where was Rosa born?
3. Why did Rosa not graduate from High School when she was first supposed to?
4. Who was Raymond Parks?
5. What date did the infamous bus incident occur?
6. Who led the protest calling on all buses to be boycotted?
1. When was Harvey Milk born?
2. Who did Harvey move to San Francisco with?
3. In what year did Harvey win the election for City Supervisor for District 5?
4. What was Cleve Jones’s job?
5. Who was the only member of the board who opposed the Gay Rights Bill?
6. Complete this quote from Harvey’s will: “If a bullet should enter my brain, __________.”
Janusz Korczak
1. What was Janusz Korczak’s real name?
2. What was Korczak’s profession?
3. What did he help set up in 1926?
4. Where did he set up an orphanage for Jewish children?
Martin Luther King
1. Where did Martin Luther King grow up?
2. What famous prize did King win?
3. Where did Martin Luther King die?
Malcolm X
1. Why did Malcolm change his name from “Little” to “X”?
2. What did he believe about the Christian religion?
Gandhi
1. What does “Mahatma” mean?
2. Name two countries where Gandhi made a huge difference to the people living there.
3. What tax did Gandhi protest about?
4. Leaders around the world have been inspired by Gandhi’s ideas of what?
Mother Teresa
1. Which convent did Mother Teresa join in Ireland?
2. What did she train as?
3. Where was she when she believed she heard the voice of God calling her?
4. What did she receive in 1979?
Rosa Parks
1. What did African Americans have to do if there was no room for white people on the bus?
2. Where was Rosa born?
3. Why did Rosa not graduate from High School when she was first supposed to?
4. Who was Raymond Parks?
5. What date did the infamous bus incident occur?
6. Who led the protest calling on all buses to be boycotted?