Year 5/6 Guided Reading Biographies full unit inspired Iqbal Masih

2 week unit
Includes Detail Smart Notebook
WALTs to stick in books
Learning Journey (S plan)
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Iqbal Masih was a Pakistani Christian boy who became a symbol of abusive child labour in the developing world.
t the age of 10, Iqbal escaped his slavery, after learning that bonded labour was declared illegal by the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He escaped and then went to the police to report Arshad, but the police brought him back to Arshad, who told the police to tie him upside down if he tried to escape again. Iqbal escaped a second time and he attended the Bonded Labour Liberation Front (BLLF) School for former child slaves and quickly completed a four-year education in only two years. Iqbal helped over 3,000 Pakistani children that were in bonded labour to escape to freedom and made speeches about child labour throughout the world.