Starter quiz
- What cause was Emmeline Pankhurst an activist for?
- women's suffrage ✓
- women's education
- men's rights
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- What type of text tells us the story of Emmeline Pankhurst's life?
- a fiction narrative
- a biography text ✓
- a poem
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- When retelling the story of a significant figure's life, I should ...
- memorise the entire story and include every detail.
- summarise the most important parts of their life to retell. ✓
- only retell the beginning of their life.
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- How can you build a greater understanding of a text?
- guess what the story is about
- answer questions by retrieving important information ✓
- read it once
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- Match the vocabulary to the correct definition.
- significant figure⇔a person who has done something important in our world ✓
- activist⇔a person who takes action to change something in our world ✓
- suffrage⇔the right to vote in political elections ✓
- suffragette⇔an activist for women's right to vote ✓
- When Emmeline Pankhurst was alive, life was ...
- exactly the same as it is now.
- lots of fun.
- very different and unfair for women. ✓
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Exit quiz
- A person's actions and words can tell us more about __________.
- what they look like
- their character ✓
- the future
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- Match the vocabulary to the correct definition.
- curious⇔eager to know or learn something ✓
- determined⇔showing a strong desire to do something and not give up ✓
- brave⇔showing courage to do something that doesn't feel easy ✓
- Which of the following is an example of Emmeline showing curiosity?
- She wanted to read lots of books to learn about the world. ✓
- When her husband died, she kept working and raising her children.
- She encouraged women to do jobs they had never done before.
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- How would you best summarise Emmeline's bravery?
- She gave up on fighting for women's rights when it got difficult.
- She fought for what was right and fair, even though it was incredibly hard. ✓
- She read lots of books because she wanted to learn.
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- Match the vocabulary to the correct definition.
- influence⇔an effect on the character or behaviour of someone else ✓
- significance⇔the importance of someone or something ✓
- historical change⇔a change that takes place over the course of time ✓
- How can we summarise why Emmeline is considered such a significant figure?
- She contributed to historical change, making the world fairer for women. ✓
- She was hardworking and brave.
- She lived a long time ago.
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Key learning points
- A person's actions and words can tell us about their character.
- Emmeline Pankhurst showed determination and bravery in pursuit of fighting for women's rights.
- Emmeline Pankhurst showed resilience and never gave up.
- Emmeline Pankhurst influenced many others through her actions.
- Emmeline Pankhurst contributed to significant historical change.
Common misconception
We can only find out information that is written in the text.
You can infer greater meaning about a person or event by looking for clues within the text.
Keywords
Summarising - to give the most important parts or main points of a story
Character - the qualities that describe what someone is like on the inside
Influence - an effect on the character or behaviour of someone else
Significance - the importance of someone or something
Historical change - a significant change that takes place over the course of time
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