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RISE: Non-Fiction Lesson 5
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Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘empowerment’?
True or False?
The author of Rise, Maliha Abidi, noticed that there was a pattern with the women she wrote about - they never gave up.
False
True
Tick Me
Which statement is correct?
Tick one:
A) Rise only includes women from one country and one period in history.
B) The author wrote Rise mainly to share her own personal story.
Check
C) Rise was created to empower women of colour by showing positive role models they can relate to.
Click if correct
D) The women in Rise succeeded without facing any challenges.
Find Me
Find two words or phrases from the text which mean leading the way for others:
One pattern I noticed again and again was that they never gave up. This is true regardless of whether the woman was an athlete going for gold, a lawyer arguing for her client or one of the countless women fighting for recognition of their communities. And these trailblazing women not only stood up for themselves; they paved the way for so many others, too.
2 Discuss then check
1 Discuss then check
trailblazing
paved the way
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Who?
What?
Where?
Why?
How?
When?
What would you like to ask one of the women studied this week?
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collaborated
anthropologist
compelling
cloud of racism
exterior niches of its façade
complex nuances
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From: RISE by Maliha Abidi © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
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About the Author
Maliha Abidi is a Pakistani-American artist and illustrator whose work focuses on women's rights, mental health, and anti-racism. Born in Karachi, Pakistan, she moved to California at the age of fourteen before later relocating to the UK. Her debut book, Pakistan for Women: Stories of Women Who Have Achieved Something Extraordinary (2019), features the stories and portraits of fifty inspirational Pakistani women. This groundbreaking publication gained international recognition, with Maliha appearing on platforms like the BBC, Good Morning America, and TRT World.
Maliha has collaborated with various international organisations, including UNHCR, Women's Aid, the Malala Fund and the Peace Corporation, to highlight underrepresented narratives and drive social change through art.
From: RISE by Maliha Abidi © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Wangechi Mutu
Visual Artist – Born 22 June 1972 – Kenya
Wangechi Mutu trained as both a sculptor and an anthropologist. Her visionary, haunting and utterly compelling artwork testifies to her close interest in different cultures. Never restricting herself to a single medium or theme, Mutu has made colleges, films, installations and sculptures exploring gender, colonialism and race, often centred on Black women's bodies. Her Afrofuturist worldscapes confront the pain and discourse of our times.
Born in Nairobi, Mutu’s father was a businessman and her mother was a natural healer. Mutu completed her schooling at UWC Wales and then obtained a BFA from Cooper Union in New York, followed by an MFA in sculpture from Yale University in 2000. She had begun to settle as an artist in New York when the 9/11 terrorist attacks occurred. Mutu watched as fear became widespread and a new cloud of racism set in, causing Americans to view foreigners with suspicion. Her art allowed her to release her anxiety. She created beautiful collages using paints, inks and cut-outs from magazines, and in 2003 she was invited to take part in a group exhibition with a dozen other artists - a turning point for her.
From: RISE by Maliha Abidi © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
In 2018 the Metropolitan Museum of Art asked Mutu to create sculptures for the exterior niches of its façade, which had been unoccupied for more than 110 years. She made caryatids - human figures that traditionally support architectural features - but far from the Classical kind, instead sculpting women in active poses, without having them bear anyone or anything. Today, Muta has exhibited across the world, as an artist attuned to some of the most complex nuances of the twenty-first century. She is also the founder of ‘Africa’s Out!’, a platform to ‘advance radical change through the power of art and activism’, Supporting artists under initiatives from Africa and the Diaspora ‘celebrating creative expression’, beginning with LGBTQI rights.
From: RISE by Maliha Abidi © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
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Your turn
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Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) Which country did Maliha Abidi move to at the age of fourteen?
Maliha Abidi is a Pakistani-American artist and illustrator whose work focuses on women's rights, mental health, and anti-racism. Born in Karachi, Pakistan, she moved to California at the age of fourteen before later relocating to the UK.
Reveal Answer
Reveal Extract
2) Using information from the About the Author, place a tick (✓) in one box in each row to show whether each statement is true or false:
True
False
Maliha Abidi was born in Karachi, Pakistan.
Maliha’s debut book tells the stories of fifty Black women from around the world.
Maliha’s media appearances came before the publication of her debut book.
Maliha works with international organisations to highlight underrepresented stories and create social change through art.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
3) Match each aspect of Wangechi Mutu’s life or work to its description.
artistic training
creating women figures in active poses that do not support architectural weight
artwork themes
studying sculpture and anthropology
response to the 9/11 attacks
using art to express anxiety through collages made from paints and magazine cut-outs
sculptures for the Metropolitan Museum of Art
exploring gender, colonialism and race, often centred on Black women’s bodies
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
4) Circle the word which best completes the sentence.
Wangechi Mutu’s artwork often explores gender, colonialism and race and is centred on Black women’s bodies, showing her strong interest in these important.…
materials.
traditions.
tools.
issues.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
5) Give two pieces of evidence that Wangechi Mutu wanted to challenge traditional ideas about how women are represented in art.
Text Mark Evidence - she made caryatids - sculpting women in active poses, without having them bear anyone or anything
Text Mark Evidence trained as both a sculptor and an anthropologist
brought social and cultural themes into her art, not just traditional artistic practice
deliberately moved away from traditional representations of women in art
Text Mark Evidence has made collages, films, installations and sculptures exploring gender, colonialism and race, often centred on Black women's bodies
Text Mark Evidence visionary, haunting and utterly compelling
challenged historical and cultural representations of women
created art designed to provoke thought rather than follow tradition
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Ready Steady Read Together
RISE: Non-Fiction Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘empowerment’?
True or False?
The author of Rise, Maliha Abidi, noticed that there was a pattern with the women she wrote about - they never gave up.
False
True
Tick Me
Which statement is correct?
Tick one:
A) Rise only includes women from one country and one period in history.
B) The author wrote Rise mainly to share her own personal story.
Check
C) Rise was created to empower women of colour by showing positive role models they can relate to.
Click if correct
D) The women in Rise succeeded without facing any challenges.
Find Me
Find two words or phrases from the text which mean leading the way for others:
One pattern I noticed again and again was that they never gave up. This is true regardless of whether the woman was an athlete going for gold, a lawyer arguing for her client or one of the countless women fighting for recognition of their communities. And these trailblazing women not only stood up for themselves; they paved the way for so many others, too.
2 Discuss then check
1 Discuss then check
trailblazing
paved the way
Speaking Spotlight
Hot Seating
Explore
Hot Seating
Who?
What?
Where?
Why?
How?
When?
What would you like to ask one of the women studied this week?
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
collaborated
anthropologist
compelling
cloud of racism
exterior niches of its façade
complex nuances
Explore
From: RISE by Maliha Abidi © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
Explore
About the Author
Maliha Abidi is a Pakistani-American artist and illustrator whose work focuses on women's rights, mental health, and anti-racism. Born in Karachi, Pakistan, she moved to California at the age of fourteen before later relocating to the UK. Her debut book, Pakistan for Women: Stories of Women Who Have Achieved Something Extraordinary (2019), features the stories and portraits of fifty inspirational Pakistani women. This groundbreaking publication gained international recognition, with Maliha appearing on platforms like the BBC, Good Morning America, and TRT World. Maliha has collaborated with various international organisations, including UNHCR, Women's Aid, the Malala Fund and the Peace Corporation, to highlight underrepresented narratives and drive social change through art.
From: RISE by Maliha Abidi © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Wangechi Mutu
Visual Artist – Born 22 June 1972 – Kenya
Wangechi Mutu trained as both a sculptor and an anthropologist. Her visionary, haunting and utterly compelling artwork testifies to her close interest in different cultures. Never restricting herself to a single medium or theme, Mutu has made colleges, films, installations and sculptures exploring gender, colonialism and race, often centred on Black women's bodies. Her Afrofuturist worldscapes confront the pain and discourse of our times. Born in Nairobi, Mutu’s father was a businessman and her mother was a natural healer. Mutu completed her schooling at UWC Wales and then obtained a BFA from Cooper Union in New York, followed by an MFA in sculpture from Yale University in 2000. She had begun to settle as an artist in New York when the 9/11 terrorist attacks occurred. Mutu watched as fear became widespread and a new cloud of racism set in, causing Americans to view foreigners with suspicion. Her art allowed her to release her anxiety. She created beautiful collages using paints, inks and cut-outs from magazines, and in 2003 she was invited to take part in a group exhibition with a dozen other artists - a turning point for her.
From: RISE by Maliha Abidi © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
In 2018 the Metropolitan Museum of Art asked Mutu to create sculptures for the exterior niches of its façade, which had been unoccupied for more than 110 years. She made caryatids - human figures that traditionally support architectural features - but far from the Classical kind, instead sculpting women in active poses, without having them bear anyone or anything. Today, Muta has exhibited across the world, as an artist attuned to some of the most complex nuances of the twenty-first century. She is also the founder of ‘Africa’s Out!’, a platform to ‘advance radical change through the power of art and activism’, Supporting artists under initiatives from Africa and the Diaspora ‘celebrating creative expression’, beginning with LGBTQI rights.
From: RISE by Maliha Abidi © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) Which country did Maliha Abidi move to at the age of fourteen?
Maliha Abidi is a Pakistani-American artist and illustrator whose work focuses on women's rights, mental health, and anti-racism. Born in Karachi, Pakistan, she moved to California at the age of fourteen before later relocating to the UK.
Reveal Answer
Reveal Extract
2) Using information from the About the Author, place a tick (✓) in one box in each row to show whether each statement is true or false:
True
False
Maliha Abidi was born in Karachi, Pakistan.
Maliha’s debut book tells the stories of fifty Black women from around the world.
Maliha’s media appearances came before the publication of her debut book.
Maliha works with international organisations to highlight underrepresented stories and create social change through art.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
3) Match each aspect of Wangechi Mutu’s life or work to its description.
artistic training
creating women figures in active poses that do not support architectural weight
artwork themes
studying sculpture and anthropology
response to the 9/11 attacks
using art to express anxiety through collages made from paints and magazine cut-outs
sculptures for the Metropolitan Museum of Art
exploring gender, colonialism and race, often centred on Black women’s bodies
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
4) Circle the word which best completes the sentence. Wangechi Mutu’s artwork often explores gender, colonialism and race and is centred on Black women’s bodies, showing her strong interest in these important.…
materials.
traditions.
tools.
issues.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
5) Give two pieces of evidence that Wangechi Mutu wanted to challenge traditional ideas about how women are represented in art.
Text Mark Evidence - she made caryatids - sculpting women in active poses, without having them bear anyone or anything
Text Mark Evidence trained as both a sculptor and an anthropologist
brought social and cultural themes into her art, not just traditional artistic practice
deliberately moved away from traditional representations of women in art
Text Mark Evidence has made collages, films, installations and sculptures exploring gender, colonialism and race, often centred on Black women's bodies
Text Mark Evidence visionary, haunting and utterly compelling
challenged historical and cultural representations of women
created art designed to provoke thought rather than follow tradition
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
RevealEvidence & Answers
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
explore audiobooks.
Reveal
Listen to books during walks or while relaxing.
If you like this book, you might like...
Copyright Notice
This document has been supplied under a CLA Licence with specific terms of use. It is protected by copyright and, save as may be permitted by law, it may not be further copied, stored, re-copied electronically or otherwise shared, even for internal purposes, without the prior further permission of the Rightsholder. Extracts sourced from: Rise: Extraordinary Women of Colour who Changed the World by Maliha Abidi © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.