🕊️ 30th JANUARY · SCHOOL DAY FOR NON-VIOLENCE AND PEACE UBI 3
Today we celebrate the School Day for Non-Violence and Peace. We are going to work with Malala Yousafzai, the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
Why January 30th?
This date remembers the anniversary of the death of Mahatma Gandhi (1948). It reminds us that peace is built with respect, equality and rights. One key right is education: being able to go to school and learn.
Who is Malala?
Malala Yousafzai is a young Pakistani activist who was attacked by the Taliban at the age of 15 for defending girls’ right to education. With her words, she became a global voice for equality and peace.
Mini Dictionary (before listening)
Read these words first. They appear in the gaps.
- ambitions – goals / plans for the future
- destroyed – completely damaged
- educated – having education / going to school
- equal – the same
- forehead – the front part of your head (above your eyes)
- fought – past of fight (defended / struggled)
- frightens – scares
- illiteracy – not being able to read or write
- innocent – not guilty / not responsible
- knowledge – information and understanding
- labor – work (especially hard work)
- opportunity – a chance
- poverty – being very poor
- prayed – asked God for help
- recovery – getting better after an illness/injury
- shot – past of shoot (attacked with a gun)
- stand – to be in a position / “Here I stand…”
- strength – power, being strong
- suffering – pain and problems
- terrorism – violence to create fear
- unity – being together as one
- wage – to start / carry out (a struggle)
- weapon – something used to fight
- weakness – lack of strength
Listening + Fill in the blanks · Malala’s UN Speech
Now listen to the speech. Complete the gaps with the missing words (click “Watch on YouTube”).
Answer key · Listening (Fill in the blanks)
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- 1) equal
- 2) prayed
- 3) recovery
- 4) stand
- 5) voice
- 6) fought
- 7) opportunity
- 8) educated
- 9) shot
- 10) forehead
- 11) shot
- 12) friends
- 13) bullets
- 14) silence
- 15) change
- 16) ambitions
- 17) weakness
- 18) fear
- 19) strength
- 20) up
- 21) education
- 22) peace
- 23) war
- 24) voice
- 25) books
- 26) pens
- 27) darkness
- 28) books
- 29) pens
- 30) education
- 31) frightens
- 32) innocent
- 33) teachers
- 34) schools
- 35) books
- 36) pens
- 37) education
- 38) book
- 39) written
- 40) education
- 41) necessary
- 42) poverty
- 43) go
- 44) wars
- 45) suffering
- 46) children
- 47) labor
- 48) destroyed
- 49) peace
- 50) future
- 51) peace
- 52) stop
- 53) rights
- 54) dignity
- 55) strongly
- 56) weapon
- 57) knowledge
- 58) unity
- 59) wage
- 60) illiteracy
- 61) terrorism
- 62) books
- 63) pens
- 64) powerful
- 65) weapons
- 66) teacher
- 67) world
- 68) solution
- 69) Education
- 70) first
Reading + crossword worksheet · 10 Inspiring Facts
Now read the worksheet with 10 inspiring facts about Malala. Then complete the crossword.
Answer key · Crossword
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- ACROSS: Nobel · BBC · Pakistan · Oxford
- DOWN: Taliban · Malala · Education · Peace · Voice
