Title: Malala: A Brave Girl From Pakistan
 Author:​​  Jeanette Winter
Copyright: 2014
Publisher: Beach Lane Books
Reading Level: 3.6
Description:​ Taliban, Pakistan, brave, education, survivor
Suggested Delivery:  Independent

Electronic Resources:
Malala Yousafzai
This website is the biography of Malala.

Iqbal Masih

This website is the biography of Iqbal.

ELA Teaching Suggestions:
Key Vocabulary-
Taliban- an Islamic militant group operating in Afghanistan and western Pakistan.
Pakistan- country in the Middle East
Extremists- a person who holds extreme or fanatical political or religious views, especially one who resorts to extreme action
Intricate- detailed
Trudging- walking slowly
Liberated- freed from imprisonment, slavery, or enemy occupation

Before- Ask students about their prior knowledge on Malala or Iqbal. Ask them how they changed society.
During- Have students discuss the differences in laws and about people are treated in the Middle East vs. in America.
After- Have students engage in a popcorn review by having students prompt each other with questions, asking them to state facts or asking them to add other related information.
Writing Activity- Have students research brave people from our society. Then have students create a twitter as that person with tweets and pictures. Then have the students present them to the class.