"When you're changing a girl's life it's not just that life. You start to affect a family, a community, a nation." During her visit with Nelson Mandela in December 2000, Oprah Winfrey pledged to build a world-class school for girls in South Africa. The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls officially opened in 2007, and was built with $40 million dollars coming through Oprah's charity. In 2012, the first group of 72 girls graduated. All are headed to universities in South Africa or the United States. | Read the Newela article: "The Obamas push a US program to help educate girls around the world" Last week, the Obama Administration announced that it is expanding its efforts to help adolescent girls worldwide attend and complete school through an initiative called Let Girls Learn. 62 million girls around the world – half of whom are adolescent – are not in school. These girls have fewer economic opportunities and are more vulnerable to disease, forced marriage, and other forms of violence. "When you're changing a girl's life it's not just that life. You start to affect a family, a community, a nation." Oprah Winfrey spoke these words during her visit with Nelson Mandela in December 2000, Oprah pledged to build a world-class school for girls in South Africa. View the videos to the left, and read this week's NEWSELA article. Complete the analyzing and summarizing worksheet activities. Show your use and understanding of these vocabulary words in your writing piece. key words: forced marriage, potential, initiative, forge, transformative Write your three paragraph response.
Complete the Map Standard below. Although there were more than 10 countries mentioned in the article, all you need to do is locate and label the following countries which are found on the African continent. Follow map standard rules for labeling and shading. Study
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