Reflective Essay On Malala

REFLECTING ON LEARNING
1. A) Explain how you were able to use your existing knowledge and competencies from many subjects to succeed in your task.

When I started this project, I already knew a lot of things about the life of Malala Yousafzai, because my partners read her book and we talked a lot about this inspirational girl in class. Specifically, we chose to talk about the clothing in Swat Valley, the childhood region of Malala. We already knew that Malala didn 't wear the same clothes that we wear and that Pakistanis have special and traditional outfits. To succeed in our task, we searched for images and tried to find if clothing has always been the same in Swat Valley. We also knew that Talibans invaded this peaceful region and with our knowledge, we did a link between this important event and the evolution/change of clothing during this period of time. Fianally, I was comfortable by using an iPad, because we do a lot of stuff with it in class. That helped a lot to do the video, because I already knew how to look for information, how to save an image or how to

For example, in the context of our video, we did a research about the influence the Talibans had on the population. A regime of fear terrorized the population and in our video, we saw how clothing changed quickly under the Talibans. Only with this example, we understood easily that justice and equality are fundamental in a society. It enables people to show their identity, to practice their traditions, to show their culture, and to live free and happy. In our project, I think that we could have done more research about the origin of pakistanis traditional clothes and if these have a special signification. After, we could have understood why Talibans forbade these clothes and which roles justice and equality meant to this