We Are Displaced

Use this activity to engage all types of learners, while requiring that they refer to and incorporate details from the text over the course of the activity.

“Education as a Human Right in We Are Displaced”

In this activity, students reflect on textual references to the idea that education is a human right for all regardless of gender. They will then write a portion of a story from the point of view of a fictional male character of a similar age as Yousafzai and the other refugee authors.

Each story included in We Are Displaced underscores the strong influence of the value of education. An education denied means a future denied, and the authors collectively make a case for the human right to education for all.

• Consider how each author’s story reflects the value of education and how it influences the future of each of the female characters.
• Once you have reflected on these details, choose one narrative to model in a brief retelling from the perspective of a male refugee. Does the male perspective include a similar belief that an education determines one’s future? What situations does this character experience or observe, and what are his thoughts and actions?

Share your account aloud or via a peer response circle as time allows.