Famous Leaders

Andrew Langley

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Why is Elizabeth I considered one of the England's greatest rulers? How did Mahatma Ghandi bring peace to India? What impact did Martin Luther King, Jr. have on American civil rights? Get ready to meet famous leaders whose ideas and actions have determined the course of history.

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• Publié par: Capstone Global Library
• Date de parution: 25 août 2017
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781474746403
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

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Famous Leaders

by Andrew Langley

Famous Leaders Level 35  Nonfiction

Word count: 4,793

Curriculum links: biography, history, people and places

Text types: biography/informational text

Academic vocabulary: allies, apar theid, civil war, consul, equality, faith, legislature, prime minister, rebel, reign, senate, settler, slavery, treaty

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Famous Leaders

by Andrew Langley

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Famous Leaders

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Contents

What makes a great leader? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Empire builders  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Alexander the Great . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Julius Caesar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Genghis Khan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Napoleon Bonaparte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Female rulers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Hatshepsut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Elizabeth I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Nzinga of Ndongo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Catherine the Great. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Fighting for rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Chief Sitting Bull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Emmeline Pankhurst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Dr Martin Luther King Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Malala Yousafzai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Wartime leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 George Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Abraham Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Sir Winston Churchill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Franklin D Roosevelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Georgy Zhukov. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Shaping the modern world . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Mahatma Gandhi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Nelson Mandela . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Mikhail Gorbachev. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Aung San Suu Kyi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Defining great leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Index 64. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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What makes a great leader?  There are many leaders in the world. Every nation has a leader. So does every city, sports team and school. But what makes a great leader?  The greatest leaders in history had many impressive qualities. They have had strong goals and motivation. Some, like Napoleon Bonaparte, wanted to make their countries powerful. Some, such as Queen Elizabeth I and Franklin D Roosevelt, wanted to defeat an unsafe enemy. Some, such as Nelson Mandela, wanted to fight for freedom. Famous leaders have changed the course of history around the world.