Grade 11: Unit 3, Small-Group Learning

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  1. racket
    a loud and disturbing noise
    Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter.
  2. fix
    informal terms for a difficult situation
    I think that 'twixt the Negroes of the South and the women at the North, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon.
  3. oblige
    cause to be indebted
    Obliged to you for hearing me, and now old Sojourner ain't got nothing more to say.
  4. degrade
    reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
    He has withheld from her rights which are given to the most ignorant and degraded men—both natives and foreigners.
  5. oppress
    come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
    Having deprived her of this first right of a citizen, the elective franchise, thereby leaving her without representation in the halls of legislation, he has oppressed her on all sides.
  6. subordinate
    lower in rank or importance
    He allows her in church, as well as state, but a subordinate position, claiming apostolic authority for her exclusion from the ministry, and, with some exceptions, from any public participation in the affairs of the church.
  7. tone
    a quality that reveals the attitudes of the author
    In a podcast, tone is created through the narrator or host's word choice and vocal qualities, as well as the use of special elements.
  8. persistence
    steady determination
    There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow creature.
  9. implore
    beg or request earnestly and urgently
    Josephine was kneeling before the closed door with her lips to the keyhole, imploring for admission. "Louise, open the door! I beg; open the door—you will make yourself ill. What are you doing, Louise? For heaven's sake open the door."
  10. importunity
    insistent solicitation and entreaty
    She arose at length and opened the door to her sister's importunities.
  11. plaintiff
    a person who brings an action in a court of law
    This segregation was alleged to deprive the plaintiffs of the equal protection of the laws under the Fourteenth Amendment.
  12. jurisdiction
    the right and power to interpret and apply the law
    The plaintiffs contend that segregated public schools are not "equal" and cannot be made "equal," and that hence they are deprived of the equal protection of the laws. Because of the obvious importance of the question presented, the Court took jurisdiction.
  13. legacy
    anything handed down by someone or something in the past
    The study is the first to take a comprehensive look at whether court-ordered busing successfully ended the legacy of Jim Crow in public education, and it suggests a mission that is far from accomplished.
  14. mission
    an ambition or aim that guides a person's or group's actions
    The study is the first to take a comprehensive look at whether court-ordered busing successfully ended the legacy of Jim Crow in public education, and it suggests a mission that is far from accomplished.
  15. policy
    a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group
    But the retreat from desegregation also suggests the policy had significant flaws—problems current education reformers should pay attention to.
Created on Wed Sep 23 10:23:11 EDT 2020 (updated Tue Oct 20 11:05:09 EDT 2020)

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