Grade 3: G3 Who We Are

Malala Yousafzai is a young Pakistani activist who protested the closing of girls’ schools in her area.

David Attenborough wrote and narrated programs Life on Earth, The Living Planet, and The Life of Birds.

Ada King, countess of Lovelace, was an English mathematician who wrote programs that could be performed by an early form of computer.

Frida Kahlo is among the most famous Mexican artists of the 1900s.

Terry Fox raised millions of dollars for cancer research through his Marathon of Hope, a race across Canada.

William Kamkwamba is an inventor and author from the African country of Malawi. His first success was a windmill made out of scrap materials that provided electricity to his family’s house in rural Malawi. He wrote a memoir about this accomplishment. The book is called The Boy Who Harnessed

Mari Copeny is famous for trying to get clean water in her city.

Helen Keller was blind and deaf. She learned to read and write and help others.

Jane Goodall is famous for studying chimpanzees.

Ruby Bridges was the first African American to go to an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.

Amelia Earhart was the first female pilot to fly solo, or alone, across the Atlantic Ocean!

Mae Jemison was the first black woman astronaut in space

Helen Keller was a deaf and blind woman who overcame her disabilities to become an accomplished author and activist.

Sally Ride was the first American woman in space.

Picasso began exploring this new style of painting, which is now called Cubism. He looked at people, places, and things in a new way.