1. Risks and Consequences
Why do people take risks?

2. It’s their job.
Some people don’t have a choice. They need the money.

3. Without thinking.
Sometimes people take risks without knowing.

4. And more sports.

5. Some people enjoy the thrill.
Climb the tallest mountain.

6. Some people don’t have a choice.
Sometimes the only choice is a involves a risks.

7. For love
Friends
Family
Pets

8. Some consequences could be costly
Injury
Death
Prison
Time Out
Suspended

9. People make choices everyday.
Which way to go?
What to do next?

10. Famous People who took risks
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King
Dwayne Wade
Cesar Chavez
Daddy Yankee
Frida Kahlo

11. Rosa Parks
Risk: refused to obey the bus drivers order to give up her seat (at that time s - African Americans were only allowed to sit at the back of the bus)
Consequence: started the Montgomery Bus Boycotts which later would spark the civil rights movement.

12. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Risk: was one of leaders of the civil rights movement, led non-violent protests
Consequences: many death threats, sparked legislation Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1964

13. Dwayne Wade
Risk: left Marquette University after his junior year of college.
Consequence: didn’t finish his degree at Marquette, but went on to play in the NBA and won a championship with the Miami Heat (2006)

14. Cesar Chavez
Risk: protested the conditions and treatment of farm workers (unprecedented back then)
Consequences: received threats to stop, his efforts helped improve conditions for union workers – helped start the National Farm Workers Association

15. Daddy Yankee Risk: helped start a new style of music called Reggaeton
Consequence: The new style of music (Reggaeton) made him famous and broke cultural boundaries.

16. Frida Kahlo
Risks: After a horrible car accident, she turned her attention away from the study of medicine.
Consequence: After the accident, she began a full-time painting career.

17. Do you take any risks?
At school
At home
On the street
At the store