Tag: Nobel Peace Prize

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Nobel Laureates We’d Like To Forget

WORLD Racists, frauds, and misogynists: Meet the rogues’ gallery of Nobel Prize winners. (Nat Geo News) Use our resources to check out less controversial Nobel winners, including Malala Yousafzai, the teenager who won the Nobel Peace Prize last year. Discussion Ideas What is a Nobel Prize? Nobel Prizes are awarded every year by different Swedish and Norwegian committees. Nobel Prizes are considered the most prestigious professional … Continue reading Nobel Laureates We’d Like To Forget

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Who is Malala?

WORLD Two champions of children have won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi were honored “for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.” (New York Times) Use our resources to learn more about other Nobel Prize winners. Teachers: Scroll all the way down for a short list of key … Continue reading Who is Malala?

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Gore and IPCC awarded 2007 Nobel Peace Price

Subscribe to this blog’s feed                                   The votes have been cast and the word is finally in: Former Vice President Al Gore and the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are the co-recipients of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian panel conferring the honors explained that the two parties were deserving of … Continue reading Gore and IPCC awarded 2007 Nobel Peace Price

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