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From the Ted Talk by Anna Malaika Tubbs: How moms shape the world

Unscramble the Blue Letters


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Open Cloze


So let's first go back to Alberta King. Alberta was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1903, to the leaders of Ebenezer Baptist Church. Even as a young girl, she was an activist. She participated in _______ and ________, and she even joined her parents as some of the very first members of the NAACP. She believed that Christian faith must always be intertwined with ______ justice, and she used her _________ to _______ freedom causes. Alberta grew up to be a talented organizer and a musician, as well as a ______ of three. Before meeting her husband, Alberta was on her path to becoming an educator. She earned a teaching certificate and a bachelor's degree. But because the law stated that married _____ could not teach, she was forced to walk away from a formal career. She still did everything she could to provide for, educate and protect her family and her community _______. But that same care and _________ was not afforded to her in return. Her life was tragically taken when she was shot in the back as she played the church _____.

Solution


  1. organ
  2. marches
  3. boycotts
  4. mother
  5. women
  6. members
  7. shielding
  8. advance
  9. education
  10. social

Original Text


So let's first go back to Alberta King. Alberta was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1903, to the leaders of Ebenezer Baptist Church. Even as a young girl, she was an activist. She participated in marches and boycotts, and she even joined her parents as some of the very first members of the NAACP. She believed that Christian faith must always be intertwined with social justice, and she used her education to advance freedom causes. Alberta grew up to be a talented organizer and a musician, as well as a mother of three. Before meeting her husband, Alberta was on her path to becoming an educator. She earned a teaching certificate and a bachelor's degree. But because the law stated that married women could not teach, she was forced to walk away from a formal career. She still did everything she could to provide for, educate and protect her family and her community members. But that same care and shielding was not afforded to her in return. Her life was tragically taken when she was shot in the back as she played the church organ.

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Important Words


  1. activist
  2. advance
  3. afforded
  4. alberta
  5. atlanta
  6. baptist
  7. believed
  8. born
  9. boycotts
  10. care
  11. career
  12. certificate
  13. christian
  14. church
  15. community
  16. degree
  17. earned
  18. ebenezer
  19. educate
  20. education
  21. educator
  22. faith
  23. family
  24. forced
  25. formal
  26. freedom
  27. georgia
  28. girl
  29. grew
  30. husband
  31. intertwined
  32. joined
  33. justice
  34. king
  35. law
  36. leaders
  37. life
  38. marches
  39. married
  40. meeting
  41. members
  42. mother
  43. musician
  44. naacp
  45. organ
  46. organizer
  47. parents
  48. participated
  49. path
  50. played
  51. protect
  52. provide
  53. return
  54. shielding
  55. shot
  56. social
  57. stated
  58. talented
  59. teach
  60. teaching
  61. tragically
  62. walk
  63. women
  64. young