87 pages 2 hours read

Malala Yousafzai

We Are Displaced

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2018

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Activity

Use this activity to engage all types of learners, while requiring that they refer to and incorporate details from the text over the course of the activity.

“Education as a Human Right in We Are Displaced

In this activity, students reflect on textual references to the idea that education is a human right for all regardless of gender. They will then write a portion of a story from the point of view of a fictional male character of a similar age as Yousafzai and the other refugee authors.

Each story included in We Are Displaced underscores the strong influence of the value of education. An education denied means a future denied, and the authors collectively make a case for the human right to education for all.

  • Consider how each author’s story reflects the value of education and how it influences the future of each of the female characters.
  • Once you have reflected on these details, choose one narrative to model in a brief retelling from the perspective of a male refugee. Does the male perspective include a similar belief that an education determines one’s future? What situations does this character experience or observe, and what are his thoughts and actions?

Share your account aloud or via a peer response circle as time allows.