Nettsider med emneord «Health and life skills» - Side 4
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Themes: Cross-curricular, Family, Feelings, Health and life skills
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book will help students to express their feelings about loss and bereavement.
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Themes: Family, Feelings, Health and life skills, Identity
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book about a split African family in England provides new perspectives on students’ own way of life and that of others. Furthermore, the story can contribute to reflections on identity and cultural belonging.
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Themes: Friendship, Health and life skills, Refugees
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book about a young refugee boy can provide new perspectives on the students’ own way of life and that of others. It opens for discussion around the refugee crisis.
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Themes: Diversity, Health and life skills, Identity, Intercultural competence, Refugees, War and peace, Democracy and citizenship
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book about a refugee boy can help young children to develop their intercultural understanding and refugees to identify with others in the same situation.
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Themes: Feelings, Health and life skills
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book inspires young learners to express their feelings and talk about moral judgement.
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Themes: Diversity, Factual text, Health and life skills, Identity, Intercultural competence, Democracy and citizenship
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book encourages students to talk about diversity and can provide new perspectives on the pupils’ own way of life and that of others. Hence, this book can contribute to developing the students’ intercultural competence.
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Themes: Acceptance, Diversity, Feelings, Health and life skills, Intercultural competence, Democracy and citizenship
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book encourages talk about being different and hence, contributes to developing students’ intercultural competence.
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Themes: Amusement, Animals, Health and life skills, Language work
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This amusing story can generate talk about handling a difficult situation. Furthermore, this rhyming picture book encourages work with pronunciation, rhythm and intonation of the English language. In addition, it provides students with expressions useful for everyday communication.
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Themes: Friendship, Health and life skills, Identity
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This large format and colourful book generates talk about friendship and what it means to be a good friend.
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Themes: Feelings, Health and life skills
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This picture book can inspire young people to open up and talk about their feelings and provide new perspectives on different ways of thinking.
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Themes: Democracy and citizenship, Feelings, Health and life skills, Intercultural competence
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book from Archbishop Desmond Tutu will contribute to helping students talk about feelings of anger and to gain a better understanding of what forgiveness is. In addition, the book is both universal and gives knowledge about South Africa and, hence, contributes to developing students’ intercultural competence.
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Themes: Cross-curricular, Feelings, Health and life skills
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This allegorical tale questions what it means to grow up. The book encourages students to reflect on and express their feelings and thoughts about approaching the transition to adulthood.
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Themes: Feelings, Health and life skills, Identity
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This picture book can encourage teenagers who struggle with their identity and lack of hope to express their inner feelings. It is an uplifting story providing the readers with comfort and hope that things will get better.
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Themes: Family, Feelings, Health and life skills, Identity
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This uplifting story about split families encourages young learners to express their feelings and see that there are different ways of living.
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Themes: Art and crafts, Cross-curricular, Feelings, Health and life skills, Intercultural competence, Seasons, Democracy and citizenship
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This heart-warming story with roots in Nigerian culture encourages young learners to talk about generosity and sharing with others. It can be used for the Thanksgiving season. Besides, it uses colourful and expressive collages as illustrations.
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Themes: Acceptance, Diversity, Health and life skills, Language work
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book about class and prejudices told from different perspectives can support students developing an understanding of narrator viewpoint as a literary device.
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Themes: Democracy and citizenship, Health and life skills, Language work
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book helps students of all ages to see that togetherness is better than isolation and, hence, raise students’ awareness of a global world that we are all part of. Furthermore, this is a peep-through picture book with simple rhyming text and it encourages young learners to work with pronunciation and rhythm of the English language.
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Themes: Diversity, Family, Health and life skills, Identity
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book is an inspiration for students to share and express their thoughts and opinions on their own way of life and help them develop a positive and a secure identity.
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Themes: Cross-curricular, Family, Health and life skills
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book is an excellent starting point for talking about some aspects of different ways of living.