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Lesson Plan - History Makers: Malala Yousafzai
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Learning Objective
Students will understand how Malala Yousafzai stood up for girls’ right to go to school.
Text Structure
Profile, Sequence
Content-Area Connections
Social Studies, World History
Standards Correlations
CCSS: RI.3.1, RI.3.2, RI.3.3, RI.3.4, RI.3.5, RI.3.6, RI.3.7, RI.3.8, RI.3.10, L.3.4, SL.3.1
NCSS: Global Connections
TEKS: Social Studies 3.1
1. Preparing to Read
Watch a Video: Malala’s Fight for Education
Discuss: Why do you think many people consider Malala an inspiration?
Preview Words to Know
Project the online vocabulary slideshow and introduce the Words to Know.
Set a Purpose for Reading
As students read, have them think about why education is important to Malala.
2. Close-Reading Questions
1. Why did going to school become dangerous for Malala when she was 10? In 2007, a terrorist group called the Taliban took control of the area where Malala lived. The Taliban said girls couldn’t go to school. They threatened or punished people who disobeyed them.(RI.3.3 CAUSE/EFFECT)
2. How did Malala show courage? Malala showed courage when she went to school despite the Taliban’s rules, when she wrote a blog about dangers she faced, and when she spoke on TV about going to school.(RI.3.1 TEXT EVIDENCE)
3. How does Malala continue the work she began when she was younger? Malala has traveled to speak out in support of education. She and her father started the Malala Fund to help kids around the world go to school.(RI.3.2 KEY DETAILS)
3. Skill Building
FEATURED SKILL: Text Evidence
Use the Skill Builder “All About Malala Yousafzai” to have students complete a biographical profile of Malala.
(RI.3.1 TEXT EVIDENCE)
Multilingual Learners Explain to students that “stand up for” in paragraph 3 is a figurative expression that means to defend or support someone or something.
Striving Readers Guide students to notice the suffix -ion (pronounced uhn) in the words education and inspiration. Explain that this ending is typically added to verbs to create nouns and usually means “the act or condition of.”
Use Paired Texts Pair Malala’s story with articles about other amazing people who have shaped history. Click here to access the History Makers text set.