DISCUSSION GUIDES, LESSON PLANS, RESOURCES

Thank you for using AMAL UNBOUND in your classroom! Below are lesson plans, glossaries,  character information, resources, articles and other AMAL UNBOUND related educational material. Many of these were created by hardworking amazing educators who are credited below.

Teacher Guide here. Includes Amal Unbound related: essay prompts, discussion questions, research extension ideas, personal prompts, book recommendations and articles.

Hyper-doc Lesson Plan here. (credit: Samira Khan. twitter: ‪@NetZeroKhan)— treasure trove of Amal Unbound activities including: vocabulary definitions, geography information,  includes brief educational videos on various aspects of Pakistan and Pakistani culture.

Lesson Plan here. (credit: Erin Kramer twitter: ‪@ErinLKramer)— includes Amal Unbound character list, glossary, and activities.

Vocabulary assignments here. A weekly Amal Unbound related vocabulary assignment. (credit: Jenny Stahl twitter: ‪@jennygr4)

Picture dictionary here. Amal Unbound glossary for Urdu words with photographs! (credit: Jenny Stahl twitter: ‪@jennygr4)

Pronunciation guide: Pronunciations for cultural foods and locations as well as names are shared in a voice memo here. (credit: educator Maya Berry)

Background information: HYPER DOC with: reading comprehension activities, cultural background information including videos on Pakistan, and a suggested week by week lesson plan.

Teaching Guide available here. (Credit: Get In The Fold ‪@GetintheFold)

Vocabulary Lesson Plans. Broken down by week if desired here. (Credit: Jenny Stahl Twitter: ‪@jennygr4)

An assortment of Amal related information/lessons/pronunciation here (credit: TeachingBooks.net)

 

RELEVANT ARTICLES

(AMAZING) Humans of New York Photo Essay Series on Pakistan here.

Profile of Syeda Ghulam Fatima, an activist in Pakistan working to end indentured servitude here.

Profile of Abdul Sattar Edhi, a humanitarian and human rights activist who came from humble means and revolutionized charity work in his nation here.

Pakistan quick facts here.

Fifty fun facts about Pakistan here.

 

VIDEOS ON PAKISTAN

15 facts about Pakistan here.

 

FURTHER READING RECOMMENDATIONS

GIRL RISING by Tanya Lee Stone (Penguin)

IQBAL by Francesco D’Adamo (Scholastic)

BENEATH MY MOTHER’S FEET by Amjed Kumar (Simon and Schuster)

I AM MALALA (YOUNG READER’S EDITION) by Malala Yousafzai (Scholastic)

ADVENTURES TO SCHOOL by Miranda Paul and Baptiste Paul (Simon and Schuster)