Nobel Peace PrizeBy: Brandon Hollandsworth

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2 Nobel Prizes

The Nobel Peace prize is one of five Nobel Prizes.

The other Nobel prizes are in: Chemistry Physics Physiology or Medicine Literature

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3 The Reward

In 2009 the Nobel Peace Prize winner(s) obtained an equivalent of 1.4 million U.S. Dollars

Winners obtain a diploma and a Nobel medal

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4 Founder of the Nobel Prizes

The founder of the Nobel Prizes was Alfred Nobel

He was a trained Norwegian chemical engineer

His popular inventions were: Dynamite Ballistite

Alfred Nobel

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5 So, how did the Nobel Prize Come About?

Since Alfred’s inventions became known for killing people faster than ever before, he decided to give back to promote peace instead of leaving a legacy as Dr. Death.

Alfred Nobel had over 300 patents

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6 The Last Five Nobel Peace Prize Winners

From Left: Wided Bouchamaoui, Houcine Abbassi, Abdessattar Ben Moussa, and Mohamed Fadhel Mahmoud

- 2015Juan Manuel Santos

- 2016

For its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011

For his resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50-year-long civil war to an end

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7 6th and 7th Last Nobel Peace Prize WinnersKailash Satyarthi Malala Yousafzai

For their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education

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8 Memorable American Winners

Martin Luther King Jr.- 1964

Thomas Woodrow Wilson- 1919

Theodore Roosevelt- 1906

Barack Obama- 2009

Henry A. Kissinger- 1973

Jimmy Carter- 2002

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9 Barack Obama• "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and

cooperation between peoples"

Jimmy Carter• "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international

conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development“

Henry A. KissingerAlong with Le Duc Tho, they protested and declined the Peace Prize.

Martin Luther King Jr.• “for his nonviolent resistance to racial prejudice in America”

Thomas Woodrow Wilson• “for his efforts to end World War I and create the League of Nations”

Theodore Roosevelt• “for his involvement in various peace treaties”

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10 How to Earn a Nobel Peace Prize

“[You] shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses“ – Alfred Nobel

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11 Links

Nobel Peace Prize Winners https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/

About The Nobel Prize https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize

About Alfred Nobel http://www.nobelprize.org/alfred_nobel/