People who have changed the
world
1. Do you know any of these
people? Discuss in groups or
pairs and then try to name
them.
Malala Yousafzai
Emmeline Pankhurst
Nelson Mandela
Marie SkłodowskaCurie
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Martin Luther King, Jr.
2. What have they done?
Discuss in groups or pairs and
share your ideas with the
class.
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Malala Yousafzai: is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize recipient.
She is known mainly for human rights advocacy for education and for women in her native Swat Valley in
the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of northwest Pakistan, where the local Taliban had at times banned
girls from attending school. Yousafzai's advocacy has since grown into an international movement.
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Nelson Mandela: was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician and philanthropist who
served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was South Africa's first black chief executive,
and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling
the legacy of apartheid through tackling institutionalised racism, poverty and inequality, and fostering
racial reconciliation.
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie: was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted
pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person (and
only woman) to win twice the only person to win twice in multiple sciences, and was part of the Curie
family legacy of five Nobel Prizes. She was also the first woman to become a professor at the University of
Paris and in 1995 became the first woman to be entombed on her own merits in the Panthéon in Paris.
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi: was the preeminent leader of Indian independence movementin Britishruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired
movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahatma (Sanskrit: "high-souled",
"venerable"—applied to him first in 1914 in South Africa, is now used worldwide. He is also called Bapu
(Gujarati: endearment for "father", "papa”) in India.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: was an American pastor, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American
Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent
civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs.
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Emmeline Pankhurst: was a British political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement who
helped women win the right to vote. In 1999 Time named Pankhurst as one of the 100 Most Important
People of the 20th Century, stating: "she shaped an idea of women for our time; she shook society into a
new pattern from which there could be no going back." She was widely criticised for her militant tactics,
and historians disagree about their effectiveness, but her work is recognised as a crucial element in
achieving women's suffrage in Britain.
• KS3 and KS4 art students created portraits of
these famous people.
• We need quotes to go with the portraits that
have been created in Art.
• Split your tutor group into 6 groups, each group
picks a famous person to research.
• Each person in the group needs to find a quote
they like by the famous person their group is
representing and bring it on a slip of paper to
afternoon tutor on Wednesday 3rd December.
Portraits