H: Native American Rights - Native Americans were not considered unintelligent by wide standards but they were able to protest for their rights through acts like the vandalization of Alcatraz

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R: Educated - Tara Westover was consistantly portrayed as not having much intelligence but her perserverance got her to and through college

E: Wanda Maximoff went through a lot of struggles with her family but still made it through

S: Louis Zamperini was severely malnurished in POW camps but went back to running afterwards despite

H: American Revolution, for the peasants who had no minimal advangtage over the British still won with determination and grit.

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R: Trevor Noah, had no talent in regards to anything, aknowladging that, he was still able to make something of himself through his perseverance and grit, and became known for his talk show.

E: Harry Potter, a wizard born with immense amount of talent, became an excellent wizard known across the world.

S:Alyssa Liu had grit to continue her favorite sport Iceskating, even after she was burnt out and convinced she would no longer continue. But through hard work and grit, she achieved 1st place

H- ceasar chavez - the food strike of fasting and not eating for change. showing how his resistance was only heard after he perseveded and continued to do it until failure.

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R- Louis Zamperini unbroken - his time abroad fighting for his country taught him diligence and allowed him to succeed.

E- Micheal Jackson, world famous entertainer and singer had to endure many drugs and hate throughout his careeer vut ultimatley proved his determination and passion for singing

S- Kobe playing on a broken leg/wrist etc to achieve greatness for the lakers showing both perserverence and passion for basketball

H - Dolores Huerta, she was incredibaly persistance for her protest in the farm worker unions, and through this she was able to accomplish rights for farmers

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R - Chris Mccandless, was able to be successful in his journey by being able to stay resilient through tough obsticles and through persistance and passion he was able to reach his goals

E - Jk Rowling, had to write nearly a hundred drafts of different books and kept persisting until she made a globally successful book series

S - Kobe Bryant would work really hard and practice consistantly chasing to be the best basketball player and best version of himself.

H- MLK continuously fought for civil rights in spite of racism and segregation in the United States and the many opposed to his methods and ideologies, but his grit allowed the Civil Rights Movement to succeed

R- Educated by Tara Westover - her grit to study for the ACT despite her non-educational background and being homeschooled and got at least 28

E- Shawshank Redemption movie- Protagonist imprisoned and fights to escape prison, digging his way out, tough journey but through this grit he finds his freedom in Mexico

S- Michael Phelps in pursuit of gold medals he trained continuously every day in spite of his original hatred toward swimming and set multiple worlds

H: Alexander Hamilton worked his way up from the bottom from an immigrant and an orphan to a founding father.

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E: In Dance moms Nia was a really hard worker but never made it to the top (going against prompt)

S: "hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard" - Kevin Durant

H: Japan didn't surrender after atomic bomb, shows grit over intelligence

R: Yuji Itadori, despite being broken physically and spiritually by his nemesis, he picked himself up and continued to fight through the pain

E: Ash Ketchum, across years and generations of fighting for league champion, he pushed through and kept on trying over and over, determined to be a better traine rdespite losing horribly.

S: Aleksander Karelin, olympic wrestler who wrestled in tournaments despite having a broken neck and won a medal

H: Library of Alexandra, all the books in that library were lost and our history would still be relevant with the preservation of the books.

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R: The Great Gatsby is still talked about and highly regarded to this day.

E: Fans are quick to remember the harsh words Sabrina Carpenter said to an Arabic fan just wanting to share her culture.

S: Kobe Bryan's iconic speeches about perseverance are still used as motivation to this day.

H: Magna Carta, directly influenced declaration of independence, french revolution, still has lots of influence on modern policymaking

R: Ten Commandments, served as moral basis for policies and influenced lots of laws

E: Dead Poets Society, "Carpe Diem" seize the day, words holding value across different languages/generations

S:Brazil Word Cup 2026 Songs, solidified the names of the players in world cup history to memorialize soccer as a sport

H: Babylon - The only thing we remember in history is that they wrote the first "code of law that we know"

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R: Fourth Wing - The scribes teach lies to people but because the words of history have been distorted and have caused changes in society

E: Young Sheldon's father uses a speech to motivate people

S: Scientific research is constantly used in other research papers and the cycle continues timelessly

H - the american constitution was written by our founding fathers as a foundation that law makers and congress still follow today.

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R - Timeless literature like shakespeire's work is still read in todays socieities in schools and some of his unqiue diction he came up with is used today.

E - Michael Jackson songs are still sung today despite coming out at a younger time. His music left a great impact and is known by people of recent times.

S - Nike's slogan is just do it holding a significant impact in sports and perserverance, erging people to try harder.

H- shakesphere and his many plays who became the basis of other plays -> romeo and juliety inspiored many other books

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R- In the beginning of pride and prejudice darcy calls elizabeth not his type and she continues to rmeber hiw words when they get togehter

E- trisha paytas and getting cancelled,

S- World Cup - athletes during the world cup going against an ethnic team, called him a deraoatry term "monkey" -> calling attentuion to words/sportsmenship how it matters

H- William Shakespeare's invented words are still prominent in today's history e.g. literally

R- The Bible - no true records of Jesus except preserved in the Bible

E- "Single stories" - made up by Adichie TEDTalk

S- "Just do it" Nike - a slogan that remains embedded in every mind

H: The pledge of allegiance, used every single day by students across the nation for decades.

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R: Shakespeare "To be or not to be" is quoted now and his tropes are still reused now.

E: Drake created the word YOLO, its timeless.

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H: Cultural Convergence and relocation diffusion through imperialism and colonialism, especially in Britain's Colonization of Africa resulting in spread of Religion/apartheid

R: Minecraft Library of Banned Books and Britannica, accessible reading platform for all people across the globe, helps with education and share awareness

E: Akira introduced anime to the Western World and showed America that J-pop culture was cool

S: Claude Mythos posing a large threat to cybersecurity and creating lots of anxiety/concern worldwide for digital security

H: Silk Road, as the sharing of cultures and information allowed for more technoligical advancments to flourish.

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R: In a book called The boy Harms the wind, about this boy in zymbabway, that because he received books fromt eh outside area, he was able to create windmiles that bettered his community.

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S: Olymipics, we all get to intergrate our culture into sports to create unity and tolerance towards other cultures and ways of life, doing so by holding it at different countries each time with different contestants.

H: The Wars in Afghanistan in the 1960-70's caused them to close off the trade pathway that they had control over in order to block England's trade because of globalization issues

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E: The oscars allow different languages of movies to be shared which allows for the sharing of cultures as well and makes them accessible across the world.

S: We found that DNA made the form of a Double Helix thanks to contributions from scientists across the world.

H - The spread of Catholicism through the construction of missionaries was aimed to convert native Americans to Cathilics

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R - In this country I love by Diane

Guerillo, she compares puerte rican culture to America and perfer puerte rican culture and embraces it.

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S - Soccer being one of the most popular sports in the world, unites multiple countries across the world

H: Squanto showed the pilgrims how to utilize fish to fertilize plants.

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R: Hunger Games they came together to share ideas on how to break out of the district's control.

E: Kanye West sampled Michael Jacksons music.

S: While creating DNA Rosalind Franklins ideas were plagiarized.

H- Anglo-Saxons bringing their culture and language to England, merging Celtic and English languages

R- Red Rising by Pierce Brown - Golds dominating the Reds, bad for them as they lose their value as a race

E- Bad Bunny getting popularized at the Super Bowl, revealing Latin pop to American citizens who were originally not aware of it

S- Rafael Nadal as a tennis player from Spain originally did not know Spanish until he began playing in global tennis tournaments and can now communicate in English

H- During WWII President Roosevelt had meetings and collborated with leaders of countries like the USSR and came up with the ideas

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R- Dora young kids learn abt hispanic

E- Disney entertainment is known for the wide spread of cultures throughout their movies, teaching kids the importance of the world, people around them, their cultures, econmies

S- The Olympics join athletes all around the world, all their cultures, their ideas, their eco=

H: During the Jim Crow era black Americans were often rewarded in public spaces for speaking "politely" or properly to white americans.

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R: Just Mercy - Bryan Stevenson needed to be polite to people in order to open doors for his defendants

E: Green Book - A black entertainer in 1940's-50's America is polite even to people who degrade him and it allows him to continue getting gigs.

S: In sports yelling at a referee (for instance, in soccer) can get you carded during a game.

H: Stalin and FDR conference meeting despite being on opposing teams, reduce cold war tensions between countries

R: Dune, when the duelists would stop and acknowledge their opponent/their accomplishments before fighting

E: Korean K-pop idols being extremely polite during interviews, smiling and bowing

S: Shaking hands and saying Good game at the end of a sports match (Wrestling, basketball)

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R: Trevor Noah, he used his charm and polite speech and manners to act as a chameleon to appease different groups, in order to blend instead of standing out.

E: Sabrina Carentpers rude words towards Arabic fans who wanted to share their culture with her, this make

S: National anthem as international sports games, staying silent for each country national anthem as a sign of respect, which allows others to view us as respectful and a kind community.

H- Japanese culture people make polite speech as culture instead of actually meaning it literally

R- Darrow in Red Rising by Pierce Brown speaks with his legions and asks how they are doing in spite knowing that they are at war and know that they are feeling bad for missing their family

E- pleasantries and introduction at the latest Grammys in which they ask rhetorical questions (Trevor Noah) yet not mean it literally

S- in tennis people give handshakes afterward and say "good game" despite if they lose

H - MLK was a at a pastor and effect people through his positive charasima and politness

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R - Chris Mccandles, was very nice to the people he ment, his language was polite leading towards a positive impression

E - When Ishowspeed was in China, and people speak chinese. Although he is taken by suprise he goes on to understand the cultural difference and connected with them.

S - Bad sportman ship is looked down upon when athletes lose their temper.

H- bonnie and clyde -> being notioruos killers were very professional in how they acted and acted with class -> taking mannerisms seriously as that affected and relfetce dtheir rep

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R- how to kill a mockingbird -> atticua finich throughout defending a black man was still repsectful to the people who opposed his position and remained respectful

E-Big brother - a reality tv show that shelters people away from electionics, homes, and are forced to live with each other. they lose their minds and manners -> and end up treatingf each other without respect, breaking alliances/creating enemies.

S- Moroocan girl making fun of ronaldo -> but then people bakclacked her and dragged a young girtl without polite lanaguge

H: Post 9/11 President Bush needed to unify the country in his speech.

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R: To Kill a Mockingbird lawyers must speak properly in order to get the favor of the judges.

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S: In basketball you cannot speak out and you must be respcetful to the ref or you get punished.