Theme: Even when things get tough, never give up.
The First Day of School by R.V Cassill
John is worried what will happen at school today
A School Girl's Diary from "I am Malala"
He wants his sister to stay home until they see what happens
He discovers all the protestors trying to keep him from attending the school
He agrees to go if his sister stays home.
His sister knows more about the situation than he does. She is braver than he thinks.
They walk to school together and brave the first day with each other.
She fought for her rights when she found out she would no longer be able to attend school.
She spoke out against the taliban using a pseudonym to protect her identity.
The taliban shot her in the head for speaking out against them.
She continued the fight even after the taliban tried to kill her.
She won a Nobel Peace Prize
The Wright Brothers: How they Invented the Airplane
Problems continued to come up as they calculated the glider's wings and air pressure.
Their bodies were tired and they continued to fail to get their aircraft to fly.
They discovered all flying machine data was unreliable and they had to start from scratch
They did painstaking lab work for weeks to collect necessary data
Their data became more encouraging and they felt more successful as they worked.
They ran successful test glides.
Sometimes the glider would spin out of control.
They discovered they needed to make the tail movable to keep it from spinning out of control.
They took their discoveries and successfully made the first powered airplane.