Who is Malala Yousafzai?

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Famous for more than Five Minutes - NEW LOOK Activists

Objectives

History

  • Learn about events beyond living memory that are significant globally.
  • Learn about the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to international achievements.

English

  • Listen to and respond to adults and their peers.
  • Articulate and justify answers, arguments and opinions.
  • Identify and explore characters through drama.

Global Citizenship

  • Gain a sense of the wider world.
  • Begin to understand the connection between their lives and lives of others.
  • Gain an awareness that our actions have consequences.
  • Gain a willingness to co-operate and participate.

Lesson Planning

Learn the story of Malala Yousafzai; work in mixed ability groups to perform four freeze frame pictures capturing this courageous act; finally invite individuals to the Director’s Chair to evaluate the dramas produced.

Teaching Outcomes
To understand that Malala’s story is changing the world now.
To be able to explore Malala’s story through drama.

Children will:

  • Understand that Malala’s story is changing the world now.
  • Explore Malala’s story through drama.
  • Gain a sense of the wider world.

Provided Resources

  • Photograph of Malala and questions
  • My courageous act script
  • Four stick character pictures
  • Director’s chair sign

You Will Need

  • Group list with children in mixed ability groups of 4
  • Shawl
  • Director’s chair
  • Some kind of costume for director to wear such as a hat or glasses
  • Camera to take freeze-frame pictures

Weblinks

There are no weblinks needed for this session.