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  • 1. Pronounce the word. Say it aloud several times. Spell it.

  • 2. Study the example.

  • 3. Tell more about the word.

  • 4. Practice it. Make the word your own.

Key Words
civil rights (siv-ul rīts) noun page 181
Photograph of a crowd of people in a protest march
Your civil rights are the rights you have as a member of society. Many people marched to gain civil rights for all.		determined (dē-tur-mind) adjective page 181
Photograph of a football team playing football
When you are determined to do something, you work hard at it. The football team was determined to win. Related Word: determination		equality (ē-kwal-i-tē) noun page 181
Photograph of people participating in an official meeting
When you have the same rights as other people, you have equality. Equality is important within any group of people.
Related Words: equal, equalize
integrate (in-ti-grāt) verb page 184
Photograph of a mixed ethnic group of boys and girls in a classroom
When you integrate groups, you bring them together. Martin Luther King, Jr., worked to integrate schools.
Synonym: combine
Antonym: segregate		prejudice (prej-ū-dis) noun page 180
If you have prejudice, you judge things and people before you know about them. Prejudice is a form of ignorance.
Related Word: judge		Practice the Words Make a Study Card for each Key Word. Then compare your cards with a partner’s.
determined
What it means: to work hard for something
Examples: I was determined to get an A on the test, so I studied hard.
She was determined to win the race.
Not examples: I wanted an A, but I did not study.
She didn’t like to run races but thought she might win anyway.
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protest (prō-test) verb page 191
To protest something means to show you are against it. Americans protested unfair treatment of African Americans.
segregation (seg-ri-gā-shun) noun page 180
photo of separate building entrances
Segregation is when people are kept apart. The segregation of African American people in the 1950s was wrong.
Antonym: integrate		separate (sep-u-rut) adjective page 183
Photo of a girl standing away from a group of people looking alone
If you are separate from other people, you are not with them. It is not fun to feel separate from the group.
Antonym: together