Matthew L
Matthew L @mattl81 ·
Today for #characterpower reading card we learned about Viola Desmond who opened one of the first hair salons for black women and refused to move from her seat at a movie theatre that was segregated. She inspired the 1954 banning of segregation
Matthew L
Matthew L @mattl81 ·
Today for #characterpower we did Malala who stood up to the Taliban to fight for Women’s right to go to school. We also learned she wrote a book
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Matthew L
Matthew L @mattl81 ·
Our #characterpower reading card today was Esther. She’s a grade 5 student from Toronto who’s a risk taker like trying out for her schools basketball team
Matthew L
Matthew L @mattl81 ·
Our fifth #characterpower reading card is Shannen Koostachin who used social media to demand the government fix her school for herself and other indigenous children. She unfortunately passed away in 2010 at 15