Activity handout - Inspiring women

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Name: ___________________________________________N°: _________
Class: ________________ Date: _________ 
1) Do you know any of the people presented in the images below?
2) What had these women done before they got famous?
3) What are they known for?
4) Clik on the link below and watch the video carefully. Then, match the quotes to these inspiring women’s names.
 «Here’s to strong women » by TheJourney via YouTube is licensed in the Public Domain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSg_hjvgpe0
« They thought the bullet would silence us but they failed » ( )
« The world needs more girls like you growing up to lead our parliaments » ( )
« We all have responsibility to challenge a growing culture of ignorance rather than justifying xenophobia and prejudice under the veil of free speech» ( )
« Giving up should not be an option » ( )
(A) Muniba Mazari
(B) Srosh Hassana
(B) Malala Yousefzai 
(C) Michelle Obama
· Did you know this artist? What can you remember about her?#FACESOFFRIDA Explore Frida’s collection! 
· Why was she famous? What did she stand for?
· What did she portray? What is the name of the painting below?
TEXT 1 – Read the life history below carefully and, then, do the activities.
Considered one of Mexico's greatest artist, Frida Kahlo was born on July 6, 1907 in the house of her parents, known as The Blue House. He father was a German descendant and photographer that had immigrated to Mexico where he met and married her mother Matilde. Her mother was half Amerindian and half Spanish. Then, when she was only five years old she had the polio, suffering a lot. In 1922, Frida Kahlo attended the renowned National Preparatory School in Mexico city. She had been studying Arts there for some time until she had a terrible accident. In 1925, on a september afternoon, Frida was traveling home from school, when she almost died in a bus crash. After that, she started painting, because she had become bedridden. Four years later, when she was receiving a prize for her work, she met the painter Diego Rivera and got married.
« Mostra di Frida Kahlo al Mudec di Milano 3 maggio 2018” by Ambra75 via Wikimedia Commons is licensed under CCO BY 4.0
1 – What is the theme of text?
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2 – From where was it taken?
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3 - After reading it, we can say that is a __________________, because it tells the history of a person’s life.
4 – Circle all the verbs that described events in Frida’s life. The most used verb tense in the text was the:
( ) Imperative, because there were orders and advises.
( ) Present Simple, because it expresses habits and repeated actions.
( ) Present Continuous, because it describes events happening right now.
( ) Past Simple, because it refers to finished facts in the past.
5 – Explain the reason why the presence of the past simple was so frequent in the text:
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6 - There are more three different past tenses in the text, can you identify them?
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7 – a) Match the columns relating each concept to its correct narrative tense:
(A) Past simple 
(B) Past Perfect
(C) Past continuous
(D) Past perfect continuous
( ) We use to say that an action happened before another action. E.g.: John had gone out when I arrived in the office. 
( ) We use to talk about actions in that were completed. E.g: They went to a birthday party yesterday.
( ) We use to describe an event that happened during some time in the past. E.g.: I was having a beautiful dream when the alarm clock rang.
( ) We use this tense to refer to ongoing events in the past. E.g.: Her friends had been thinking of calling the police when she walked in.
b) Write the correct narrative tense used in each passage taken from the text, according to the last activity.
- “Her mother was half Amerindian and half Spanish” = _____________________
- “She had been studying Arts there for some time until she had a terrible accident” = __________________ and __________________
- “Frida was traveling home from school, when she almost died in a bus crash” = ____________________ and __________________
- “Her father had immigrated to Mexico where he met and married her mother Matilde” = __________________, __________________ and __________________
c) Put the events of Frida’s life in the correct order from 1 to 5:
She had the polio
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She met Diego and got married
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She almost died in a car crash
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She became a painter 
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She went to the National Preparatory School ( )
8 – Let’s complete Frida Kahlo’s time line with the years and events of her life:
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1907
She was born
9 – Complete the second part of Frida’s life. Circle the correct form of the narrative tense used in the text.
In 1938, Frida Kahlo became/was becoming friend of Andre Breton, who is one of the primary figures of Surrealism movement. Frida said she had never considered herself as a Surrealist before "until André Breton came/had come to Mexico and told me I was one." She also wrote/was writing, "Really I do not know whether my paintings are surrealist or not, but I do know that they are the frankest expression of myself". Frida’s subjects were her sensations, states of mind and the profound reactions that life had been producing/produced in her since the accident. In the same year, she had/was having an exhibition at New York City gallery when she sold some of her paintings and got two commissions. 
10 – Write a good title for Frida’s history: __________________________________
TEXT 2 – Now that you’ve learned about Frida Kahlo’s life, try to complete Rosa Park’s short biography with the verbs in parentheses:
Rosa Parks , or Rosa Louise McCauley, ______________ (be born) on february 4, 1913, Tuskegee, Alabama, U.S. and ______________ (die) on october 24, 2005, Detroit, Michigan. She was an African American civil rights activist that became famous, because she ______________ (refuse) leave her seat on a public bus to a white man.
She ________________ (go) home when the man suddenly ordered her to stand up. Before this episode, she ___________________ (envolve) in movements for the rights of black people, but after that she decided to be na activist. In 1955, she _________________ (participate) in a boycott of the municipal bus company, along with Martin Luther King Jr.
« Rosa Parks 1997 » by John Matthew Smith via Wikimedia Commons is licensed under CCO BY 2.0 
11 – Write TRUE (T) or FALSE (F) for the following information about text 2 and correct the false sentences.
a) Rosa Parks participated in actions in favor of jewish people’s rights. ( )
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b) She decided to become na activist when a man asked her to leave her seat. ( ) ___________________________________________________________________
c) Society in Rosa’s time used to segregate White and native people. ( )
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12 – After reading Frida’s and Rosa Park’s histories, explain, with your words, how did they make a difference with their life examples?
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13 – How did they contribute to women’s empowerment? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
14 – What does mean the frase “Fight like a girl”? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
15 – Now, you will write a short biography about Marie Curie’slife, based on the timeline below and other information you may find. Don’t forget to give it a title!
DON’T FORGET TO USE SOME LINKING WORDS TO TELL HER LIFE HISTORY!!! 
Before …, Then …, Next …, Finally …, After that …, After several months/days/hours/weeks …, By the time …, All of a sudden … As the years went by...
“Marie Curie’s Career” by Thoughtful Learning via k12.thoughtfullearning.com is licensed under CCO BY 2.0
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HOMEWORK – FOR NEXT CLASS!
MAKE A POSTER ABOUT A WOMAN THAT INSPIRES YOU! 
WRITE DOWN HER BIOGRAPHY WITH HER PICTURE AND LET’S STICK ON THE CLASSROM’S WALLS!
"Monday quote by Malala Yousafzai by StudyintheUSA via www.studyusa.com is licensed under CCO BY 2.0
©2021 by Suzane Morais da Veiga Silveira. Brilliant women and their biographies activity. This work is licensed under CC BY 4.0