Social Studies Resources

Malala

• Book- I am Malala by Christina Lamb and Malala Yousafzai

• Website: https://malala.org/

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Malala?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/malala/

https://www.instagram.com/malalafund/

• Nobel Prize Website: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2014/yousafzai/biographical/

• Nobel Acceptance Speech Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOqIotJrFVM

• Time’s Video: https://time.com/3482434/malala-yousafzai-wins-nobel-peace-prize/

Michelle Obama

• Book- Becoming by Michelle Obama

• Movie/Documentary- Becoming (On Netflix)

• Movie Trailer- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wePNJGL7nDU

• Video- Michelle Obama: Life After the White House (Amazon Prime Videos)

• Twitter- https://twitter.com/MichelleObama?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

• Biography on White House website- https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/first-families/michelle-obama/

• Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/michelleobama/?hl=en

• Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/michelleobama/

• Biography- https://www.biography.com/us-first-lady/michelle-obama

• Portrait in national portrait gallery- (https://npg.si.edu/learn/classroom-resource/michelle-obama )

Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, and Dorothy Vaughan

• Book- Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

• Movie- On Disney Plus

• Trailer- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK8xHq6dfAo

• Board Meeting Math (Main character shows off her math skills in front of a board room full of white men)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAEnv1PvBvw

• Video of Katherine Johnson pleading her case to be allowed in the boardroom- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQLYZ0Uxxvg

• Website- http://www.hiddenfigures.com/

• Katherine Johnson NASA Biography- https://www.nasa.gov/content/katherine-johnson-biography

• Mary Jackson NASA Biography- https://www.nasa.gov/content/mary-w-jackson-biography

• Dorothy Vaughan NASA Biography- https://www.nasa.gov/content/dorothy-vaughan-biography

Jane Goodall

• Book- My Life with the Chimpanzees by Jane Goodall

• Movie/Documentary - Jane (On Disney Plus)

• Trailer to movie/documentary- https://films.nationalgeographic.com/jane-the-movie

• Organizations- https://janegoodall.org/

• Twitter- https://twitter.com/JaneGoodallInst?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

• National Geographic Website- https://www.nationalgeographic.org/education/channel/jane-goodall/

• Biography (Website)- https://www.janegoodall.org.uk/jane-goodall/biography#:~:text=On%20April%203%2C%201934%2C%20Valerie,born%20at%20the%20London%20Zoo.

• Interview- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h1UbYZV-IU

The Night Witches

• Book- "Tonight We Fly!" The Soviet Night Witches of WWII by Claudia Hagen

• Movie- Night Witches in the Sky- Amazon Prime Movies

• Movie- The Night Witches

• Article on History Website- https://www.history.com/news/meet-the-night-witches-the-daring-female-pilots-who-bombed-nazis-by-night

• Wright Museum Website- https://www.wrightmuseum.org/2020/10/01/the-soviet-night-witches/

• Youtube Video: The Night Witches Part 1: Marina Raskova-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sH8DYbxGbM

• Youtube Video: Night Witches (Animated)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nIjmWIfn44

• (https://explorethearchive.com/night-witches-soviet-union-wwii)

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