https://padlet.com/amaia24/ytrpp76w6cqm7noz Almost every day we hear stories about people who have done extraordinary things in their lives. But what we don’t realize is that often these people started out in very ordinary ways. en-us 2020-09-02 04:11:13 UTC 2020-09-06 16:12:06 UTC hello@padlet.com amaia24 https://padlet.com/amaia24/ytrpp76w6cqm7noz/wish/713925936 Hellen Keller was a woman who overcame her disability to become a leader, educator and activist. Click on the video to find out more.]]> 2020-09-02 04:17:03 UTC https://padlet.com/amaia24/ytrpp76w6cqm7noz/wish/713925936 amaia24 https://padlet.com/amaia24/ytrpp76w6cqm7noz/wish/713940397 Frida Kahlo had a devastating bus accident when she was young, but she overcame adversity and became one of the world's most famous artists. Click on the video to find out more.]]> 2020-09-02 04:26:46 UTC https://padlet.com/amaia24/ytrpp76w6cqm7noz/wish/713940397 amaia24 https://padlet.com/amaia24/ytrpp76w6cqm7noz/wish/722753622 Neil Armstrong was a pilot, astronaut, and the first person to walk on the moon. Click here to find out more.]]> 2020-09-05 18:06:00 UTC https://padlet.com/amaia24/ytrpp76w6cqm7noz/wish/722753622 amaia24 https://padlet.com/amaia24/ytrpp76w6cqm7noz/wish/722809155 As a teenager, Boyan Slat noticed the huge problem of plastic polluting our oceans. He worked to develop a tool to solve that problem. Today, he conducts the biggest ocean cleanup in history. Click here to find out more.]]> 2020-09-05 19:56:51 UTC https://padlet.com/amaia24/ytrpp76w6cqm7noz/wish/722809155 amaia24 https://padlet.com/amaia24/ytrpp76w6cqm7noz/wish/722830615 At the age of 15, Malala won the Nobel Peace Prize for defending the right of women and girls to receive an education. Click on the video to find out more.]]> 2020-09-05 20:41:23 UTC https://padlet.com/amaia24/ytrpp76w6cqm7noz/wish/722830615 amaia24 https://padlet.com/amaia24/ytrpp76w6cqm7noz/wish/722835076 Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in 1820. She devoted her life to helping to rescue other slaves moving them through the ‘Underground Railroad’, offering food, shelter and clothes as they headed to freedom.

]]> 2020-09-05 20:52:02 UTC https://padlet.com/amaia24/ytrpp76w6cqm7noz/wish/722835076 amaia24 https://padlet.com/amaia24/ytrpp76w6cqm7noz/wish/722844867 Florence Nightingale was an English nurse. She became the leader of a group of nurses who helped injured soldiers during the Crimean War. She was the first woman to receive the Order of Merit, the highest honor awarded in Britain. Click here to know more about her.]]> 2020-09-05 21:14:38 UTC https://padlet.com/amaia24/ytrpp76w6cqm7noz/wish/722844867 amaia24 https://padlet.com/amaia24/ytrpp76w6cqm7noz/wish/722864087 Iqbal Masih was an enslaved Pakistani boy. He escaped the factory where he worked and eventually became a lawyer, fighting for other children sold into slavery. Check out his story!]]> 2020-09-05 21:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/amaia24/ytrpp76w6cqm7noz/wish/722864087 amaia24 https://padlet.com/amaia24/ytrpp76w6cqm7noz/wish/722867075 Dian Fossey lived alongside a group of mountain gorillas in the forests of Rwanda. She showed that world that these huge apes are actually gentle giants, with individual personalities and rich social lives. In many ways they are just like us. Click here to see her amazing story!]]> 2020-09-05 22:05:32 UTC https://padlet.com/amaia24/ytrpp76w6cqm7noz/wish/722867075 amaia24 https://padlet.com/amaia24/ytrpp76w6cqm7noz/wish/722874424 Rigoberta Menchú is a leader, an advocate for Indigenous rights, and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. She has fought against discrimination and is now recognized worldwide. Click here to learn more.]]> 2020-09-05 22:22:58 UTC https://padlet.com/amaia24/ytrpp76w6cqm7noz/wish/722874424 amaia24 https://padlet.com/amaia24/ytrpp76w6cqm7noz/wish/723367494 Daichi Oguri lost his right leg during a workplace accident. He thought he would never snowboard again, but after his surgery he immediately started to work towards recovery. In 2018, he competed in the PyeongChang Paralympic Games. ]]> 2020-09-06 13:24:14 UTC https://padlet.com/amaia24/ytrpp76w6cqm7noz/wish/723367494 amaia24 https://padlet.com/amaia24/ytrpp76w6cqm7noz/wish/723377845 Isabel Allende is a Chilean-American writer. She is considered to be one of the first women from Latin America to be recognized worldwide for her incredible writing. She has written over 20 books that have been translated into more than 35 languages. Click here to find out more about her. ]]> 2020-09-06 13:43:50 UTC https://padlet.com/amaia24/ytrpp76w6cqm7noz/wish/723377845