Desmond Tutu - Archbishop - Biography.com Desmond Tutu is a South African Anglican cleric who is known for his role in the opposition to apartheid in South Africa. Synopsis In 1978 Desmond Tutu was appointed general secretary of the South African Council of Churches and became a leading spokesperson for the rights of black South Africans. During the 1980s he played an unrivaled role in drawing national and international attention to the iniquities of apartheid, and in 1984 he won the Nobel Prize for Peace for his efforts. Early Life Desmond Mpilo Tutu was born on October 7, 1931 in Klerksdorp, South Africa. "We knew, yes, we were deprived," he later recalled. Tutu was a bright and curious child with a passion for reading. Tutu graduated from high school in 1950, and although he had been accepted into medical school, his family could not afford the expensive tuition. Rise to Prominence Nevertheless, Tutu became increasingly frustrated with the racism corrupting all aspects of South African life under apartheid. Personal Life
Boy Scouts rescue TV star | Smithsonian TweenTribune Ann Curry has reported on television from the most dangerous places on earth. She appeared on NBC's Today show for many years. But when she broke her leg during a recent hike, it was a troop of New Jersey Boy Scouts that came to her rescue. Curry was hiking with her family on Bear Mountain in New York's Harriman State Park when she hurt her leg. Members of Troop 368 from Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, came across the injured NBC News correspondent. "Your skill and professionalism were a great comfort to me," Curry wrote. Curry said her leg was so severely broken that it would take 10 to 12 weeks to heal. Troop leader Rick Jurgens said many of the 14- to 16 year-old scouts were just following their training. The scouts were amazed, Jurgens added, after watching Curry's news reports on someone's cellphone and seeing all the famous people she had interviewed.
Malala Yousafzai | Biography & Facts Born: July 12, 1997, Mingora, Swat valley, Pakistan (age 26) Recent News Top Questions How did Malala Yousafzai become famous? Malala Yousafzai initially became famous for her childhood activism against the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP’s) restrictions on education for girls. What was Malala Yousafzai’s childhood like? After her school was closed by the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Malala Yousafzai and her family fled the region. What were Malala Yousafzai’s accomplishments? For her work in drawing global attention to the threat to girls’ education in Pakistan, in 2014 at age 17 Malala Yousafzai became the youngest Nobel Prize laureate up to that time. How was Malala Yousafzai educated? Malala Yousafzai attended Khushal Girls High School and College in Mingora, Pakistan, until it was closed by the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Childhood and early activism The daughter of an outspoken social activist and educator, Yousafzai was an excellent student. Shooting and Nobel Peace Prize
Malala Yousafzai: A 'Normal,' Yet Powerful Girl Malala Yousafzai speaks to NPR's Michel Martin while on tour for her new book, I Am Malala. Abbey Oldham/NPR hide caption toggle caption Abbey Oldham/NPR Malala Yousafzai speaks to NPR's Michel Martin while on tour for her new book, I Am Malala. "I think Malala is an average girl," Ziauddin Yousafzai says about the 16-year-old Pakistani girl who captured the world's attention after being shot by the Taliban, "but there's something extraordinary about her." A teacher himself, Yousafzai inspired his daughter's fight to be educated. Yousafzai has this advice for parents of girls around the world: "Trust your daughters, they are faithful. A year after being shot, Malala is clear about her goal. Perhaps she has learned from her father's experience. Yousafzai felt the injustice even more when Malala was born. Malala says that the shooting has taken away her fear. When asked if she is having any fun now with all her campaigning, Malala laughs, "It's a very nice question.
Literacy Matters - Literacy Lesson Plans Literacy lesson plans You may be wondering where the literacy lesson plan units came from. Literacy Matters was formed in October 2000 by Sue McCaldon and Andrea Bernstein. We had worked in schools and then in a Local Authority supporting schools in implementing the literacy strategy. An easier life for teachers! One of the first things we wanted to do was make the life of a teacher easier. Inevitably things in education are always changing and last year the renewed literacy framework was introduced. The teaching sequence in the renewed framework rarely identifies specific resources and leaves you to find them yourself. The resource will not go out of print! Are these resources free? Or click on one of the year group links on the left.
Desmond Tutu Bishop Desmond Tutu was born in 1931 in Klerksdorp, Transvaal. His father was a teacher, and he himself was educated at Johannesburg Bantu High School. After leaving school he trained first as a teacher at Pretoria Bantu Normal College and in 1954 he graduated from the University of South Africa. After three years as a high school teacher he began to study theology, being ordained as a priest in 1960. The years 1962-66 were devoted to further theological study in England leading up to a Master of Theology. Desmond Tutu has formulated his objective as "a democratic and just society without racial divisions", and has set forward the following points as minimum demands: 1. equal civil rights for all 2. the abolition of South Africa's passport laws 3. a common system of education 4. the cessation of forced deportation from South Africa to the so-called "homelands" This autobiography/biography was written at the time of the award and first published in the book series Les Prix Nobel.
Cuba’s historic leader, Fidel Castro, dies | Smithsonian TweenTribune Fidel Castro, who led his bearded rebels to victorious revolution in 1959, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half-century of rule in Cuba, has died. He was 90 years old. With a shaking voice, President Raul Castro said on state television that his older brother died Nov. 25. He ended the announcement by shouting the revolutionary slogan: "Toward victory, always!" Castro's reign over the island nation 90 miles from Florida was marked by the U.S.
biography As a young girl, Malala Yousafzai defied the Taliban in Pakistan and demanded that girls be allowed to receive an education. She was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in 2012, but survived and went on to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Who Is Malala Yousafzai? Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani education advocate who, at the age of 17, became the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize after surviving an assassination attempt by the Taliban. 'I Am Malala' I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban is an autobiography by Malala Yousafzai released in October 2013. Malala Yousafzai’s Nobel Peace Prize In October 2014, at age 17 Malala Yousafzai became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. In congratulating Yousafzai, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said: “She is (the) pride of Pakistan, she has made her countrymen proud. United Nations Speech She also urged action against illiteracy, poverty and terrorism: Malala Day Education Activist
Khaled Hosseini, M.D. Your English is virtually unaccented and perfectly fluent, and you write in English. Where did that fluency come from? Khaled Hosseini: I think part of it is youth. As a teenager in America, you really have to learn the idiom, you have to learn the slang fast so you can fit in, right? Khaled Hosseini: Fitting in in the U.S. when we first moved here — boy, that was quite a difficulty, because I moved to the States when I was 15, and 15 is a strange enough age, regardless of who you are and where you are. You are neither a child nor an adult. Khaled Hosseini: It’s a cliché, but it’s really true. I went to high school — my family moved to the U.S. in September of ’80, and two weeks later, I was in high school in a regular English language class. Can you talk about the decision to write your novels in English? Khaled Hosseini: When I started writing The Kite Runner, the novel, which was in March of 2001, by then I had been in the States for over 20 years. You ended up going into biology.
Malala Yousafzai - Children's Activist, Women's Rights Activist As a young girl, Malala Yousafzai defied the Taliban in Pakistan and demanded that girls be allowed to receive an education. She was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in 2012, but survived and went on to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Synopsis Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997, in Mingora, Pakistan. As a child, she became an advocate for girls' education, which resulted in the Taliban issuing a death threat against her. Early Life On July 12, 1997, Malala Yousafzai was born in Mingora, Pakistan, located in the country's Swat Valley. Initial Activism Yousafzai attended a school that her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, had founded. In early 2009, Yousafzai began blogging for the BBC about living under the Taliban's threats to deny her an education. With a growing public platform, Yousafzai continued to speak out about her right, and the right of all women, to an education. Targeted by the Taliban After the Attack In October 2015, a documentary about Yousafzai's life was released.
King's legacy: Remembering the March on Washington | Smithsonian TweenTribune It was spring of 1963. Leaders from the major United States civil rights organizations proposed a huge nonviolent demonstration for Civil Rights in Washington, D.C. It would be the largest the capital had ever seen. They called it the "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom." They set August 28, 1963 as the date. "The idea of a major demonstration in Washington, in the nations capital, that brought together all of the major civil rights organizations would be a statement very different from what was happening around the country," says Harry Rubenstein. That summer day, a crowd of at least 250,000 gathered at the Washington Monument. Never had American activists planned so carefully behind the scenes. Young and old, black and white, celebrities and ordinary citizens traveled from across the country. The marchers proudly picketed down Washington, DCs Independence and Constitution Avenues to the Lincoln Memorial. After the program, the marchers proceeded to the White House.
Malala Yousafzai - Biographical Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997, in Mingora, the largest city in the Swat Valley in what is now the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. She is the daughter of Ziauddin and Tor Pekai Yousafzai and has two younger brothers. At a very young age, Malala developed a thirst for knowledge. For years her father, a passionate education advocate himself, ran a learning institution in the city, and school was a big part of Malala's family. She later wrote that her father told her stories about how she would toddle into classes even before she could talk and acted as if she were the teacher. In 2007, when Malala was ten years old, the situation in the Swat Valley rapidly changed for her family and community. Determined to go to school and with a firm belief in her right to an education, Malala stood up to the Taliban. In early 2009, Malala started to blog anonymously on the Urdu language site of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). From The Nobel Prizes 2014.