| A | B |
| Sandra Day O’Conner | First woman to sit on Supreme Court |
| Sally Ride | First American woman astronaut |
| Pink Collar Ghetto | Low prestige- low paying jobs |
| Glass Ceiling | Perception that career advancement for women is not equal to men |
| Bilingual Education | Teaching immigrant children in English as well as their native language |
| John Kennedy | President who pledged support for American Space Program |
| NASA | Government agency responsible for space exploration |
| John Glenn | First American astronaut to orbit the earth |
| Neil Armstrong | "That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" as he became the first to step on the moon |
| CNN | The 24 hour news network that enables us to see what is going on around the world as it happens |
| Personal Computers | Technology at the finger tips |
| Cell Phones | Able to reach any one at any time by telephone from almost anywhere |
| World Wide Web | The Linking of personal computers to servers around the globe |
| Telecommuting | Working from home via a personal computer |
| Distance Learning | Taking classes from home via a personal computer |
| Jonas Salk | Found a vaccine for polio |