Webpages tagged with «Democracy and citizenship»

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: 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: 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: 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. 

Themes: Democracy and citizenship, Factual text, Racism

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This factual book about the civil rights activist Rosa Parks is an inspiration to work cross-curricular and learn about the development of the American society. Furthermore, it provides students with useful knowledge and vocabulary helping them communicating with others about a variety of topics. 

Themes: Cross-curricular, Democracy and citizenship, Environment, Feminism 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book can inspire students to actively engage in society and find their own way of solving problems and turning a no from society into a yes.  

Themes: Cross-curricular, Democracy and citizenship, Factual text, Intercultural competence, Racism 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book about Malala can inspire students to explore diversity and describe different ways of living and thinking and hence, contributes to developing their intercultural competence. Furthermore, this book can be used to work with interdisciplinary topics.   

Themes: Cross-curricular, Democracy and citizenship, Friendship, Intercultural competence, Racism

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book can contribute to developing students’ insight into different societies and help prevent prejudices. It also encourages reflection on friendship and barriers that keep people apart.  

Themes: Cross-curricular, Democracy and citizenship, Diversity, Identity, Intercultural competence, Language work 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book contributes to reflection on similarities and differences between children with different cultural background. The sentence structure is repetitive and simple and can serve as a model for the youngest learners to start writing simple sentences.

Themes: Intercultural competence, Democracy and citizenship

Connections to the Curriculum in English: The book investigates ways of living and traditions in different societies and encourages reflection on identity and cultural belonging.    

Themes: Intercultural competence, Democracy and citizenship, Cross-curricular 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book shows that concept of text is used in a broad sense. By reflecting on, interpreting and critically assessing different types of texts in English, the pupils shall acquire language and knowledge of culture and society. 

Themes: Democracy and citizenship, Intercultural competence 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book provides students with insight into diversity in the English-speaking world and encourages reflection on different ways of living and, hence, develop students’ intercultural competence. 

Themes: Democracy and citizenship, Intercultural competence 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book encourages reflection on and talk about different ways of living and, hence, develop students’ intercultural competence. 

Themes: Democracy and citizenship, Feminism, Health and life skills 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book encourages students to reflect on and talk about gender equality in the school environment. Hence, this book can help students, and girls in particular, to develop a positive self-image and a secure identity.

Themes: Cross-curricular, Democracy and citizenship, Identity, Intercultural competence 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book encourages cross-curricular work and provides an opening to talk about race, gender and self-esteem with young students. 

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. 

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, Democracy and citizenship, Health and life skills, Intercultural competence

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book opens up for pupils being able to express their feelings, thoughts, experiences and opinions and can provide new perspectives on different ways of thinking. It can also help the pupils to develop their understanding of the fact that the way they view the world is culture dependent. This book can open up for discussions on new ways to interpret the world, and promote curiosity and engagement and help to prevent prejudices. 

Themes: Acceptance, Democracy and citizenship, Diversity, Intercultural competence, Racism,

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book deals with racism and intolerance as well as acceptance and living together despite of differences. This book can open for new ways to interpret the world, and promote curiosity and engagement and help to prevent prejudices.