Product Description
We are pleased to offer both a Curriculum Guide with classroom-ready lessons and a Discussion Guide for this film.
Film runtime: 1 hour, 28 minutes
Film rating: PG-13. Common Sense Media rates this film as appropriate for ages 12+.
Video Librarian also has a review available for this film.
Teaching Tips
- Educators are pairing He Named Me Malala and our curriculum guide and/or discussion guide with Malala Yousafzai’s biography I Am Malala in ELA classes and Social Studies classes.
- Speech educators are using Lesson 7 as a powerful standalone lesson for examining Malala’s iconic Nobel Peace Prize address.
- This film pairs well with The Neighborhood Storyteller, about girls’ education advocate Asmaa Rashed.
- This film is featured in the following articles: Celebrating Women in History Through Film, Teach about Islam with Film, and World Refugee Day.
He Named Me Malala Curriculum Guide
Lesson 1: Introducing Pakistan (Social Studies, Geography, World History)
Lesson 2: The Story of Malala: Growing Up (English Language Arts, Social Studies)
Lesson 3: The Story of Malala: The Attack by the Taliban (English Language Arts, Social Studies)
Lesson 4: The Story of Malala: A New Life of Global Advocacy (English Language Arts, Social Studies)
Lesson 5: Working for Change (Social Studies/Community Service)
Lesson 6: Global Violence Against Women and Girls (Social Studies/Sociology)
Lesson 7: ‘Let this end with us’: Malala’s Nobel Peace Prize Address (English Language Arts, Social Studies, Speech/Communication)
Lesson 8: The United Nations and the Rights of Women and Children (Social Studies)
Lesson 9: Women’s Education, Health, and Economic Development (Social Studies/Health/Economics)
Lesson 10: Telling a Story Through Film (Film Literacy) – The Glossary of Film Terms linked below is helpful for this lesson.
He Named Me Malala Discussion Guide
- A Letter From Malala and Ziauddin Yousafazi
- Introduction to the Film
- About Pakistan
- The Influence of Family
- Religious Extremism Comes to the Swat Valley
- The Global Status of Girls’ Secondary Education
- Why Education Is So Critical (I)
- Why Education Is So Critical (II)
- Reaching Around the World: The Malala Fund at Work
- What Can You Do?
- Resources for Study and Action
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Journeys in Film supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Learn more about teaching with UN SDGs. This curriculum guide connects to the following SDGs.