Under my Hijab
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.
Author and publisher: Hena Khan, Lee & Low Books Inc.
Summary: This book tells the story of a young Muslim girl who observes the women in her life: her grandmother who works in a bakery, her mother who is a doctor, her aunt who is an artist, her sister who goes to school and more. At work or school, they all were hijabs, but at home they don’t.
Suitable for students in years: 5-7
Tags:
Diversity,
Factual text,
Health and life skills,
Identity,
Intercultural competence,
Democracy and citizenship
Published May 23, 2022 9:32 AM
- Last modified Sep. 21, 2022 2:38 PM