Postadresse
Høgskolen i Østfold
Postboks 700
NO-1757
Halden
Norway
Themes: Animals, Cross-curricular, Diversity, Environment, Identity
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This picture book celebrates diversity and individuality and can help children see their own and others’ identities in a multicultural context. In addition, it focuses on environmental issues.
Themes: Acceptance, Art and Crafts, Cross-curricular, Diversity
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This picture book invites the reader to talk about different styles of art, but still relating these to ourselves and the importance of diversity in society. Besides, this book will help learners to express themselves more accurately and with more nuances to communicate on different topics.
Themes: Acceptance, Cross-curricular, Democracy and citizenship, Diversity, Identity, Racism
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book explores the concepts of intolerance and racism using relatable comparisons for young people. Hence, it can contribute to developing students’ intercultural competence and preventing prejudices.
Themes: Cross-curricular, Democracy and citizenship, Diversity, Identity, Refugees
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book will contribute to developing students’ understanding of refugees’ background and reasons for fleeing their country.
Themes: Health and life skills, Intercultural competence, Acceptance, Diversity, Feelings
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book can give pupils the foundation for seeing their own identity and others’ identities in a multilingual and multicultural context.
Themes: Intercultural competence, Health and life skills, Diversity, Feelings, Identity
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book can help open for new ways to interpret the world, and promote curiosity and engagement and help to prevent prejudices.
Themes: Environment, Hope, Seasons, Diversity, Health and life skills
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book can give pupils the foundation for being able to express their feelings, thoughts, experiences and opinions and can provide new perspectives on different ways of thinking and communication patterns, as well as on the pupils’ own way of life and that of others.
Themes: Animals, Diversity, Friendship, Language work
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book can inspire students to talk about friendship and diversity. Furthermore, this book can serve as a model text and inspire young learners to write their own texts.
Themes: Acceptance, Diversity, Health and life skills, Language work
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book encourages conversations about setting boundaries and consent. In this way, the book can provide new perspectives on the pupils’ own way of life and that of others. The book can serve as a model text for beginning to write simple texts
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.
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.
Themes: Acceptance, Diversity, Friendship, Identity, Intercultural competence
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book about a young Korean girl encourages talk about different ways of living and traditions in different societies and thus, contributes to developing students’ intercultural competence.
Themes: Acceptance, Diversity, Health and Life skills, Identity, Intercultural competence, Democracy and citizenship
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book motivates for talk about different ways of living, culture and traditions and thus, contributes to developing students’ intercultural competence.
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.
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.
Themes: Diversity, Health and life skills, Identity, Intercultural competence, Language work
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book will inspire young learners to see diversity and talk about what people have in common and what makes them unique, and hence, contribute to developing a positive self-image and a secure identity. Furthermore, this book will help learners to develop their vocabulary of the body parts.
Themes: Acceptance, Diversity, Identity
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book will generate talk about people having different gifts, but it may take some time to discover one’s special talent. It encourages reflection on identity and diversity.
Themes: Diversity, Feelings, Identity
Connections to the Curriculum in English: Layla’s story about happiness encourages students to see and talk about the small moments of life and define what happiness means to the individual person. Moreover, this book can serve as a model text to help young learners start writing simple texts.
Themes: Animals, Diversity, Feelings, Health and life skills, Identity
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book encourages talk about being different and can help preventing prejudices. Moreover, this story can serve as a model text for young learners to start writing stories.
Themes: Acceptance, Diversity, Intercultural competence, Refugees
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book can give insight into different experiences, societies and cultures by communicating with others around the world. This can open for new ways to interpret the world, and promote curiosity and engagement and help to prevent prejudices.