Using The Arrival for a cross-curricular book project
Whole school activities inspired by the picture book The Arrival by Shaun Tan
Type:
Classroom activities
Level:
Core, Silver
Audience:
Additional Support Needs, Secondary
Key area:
2.2.2 Interdisciplinary book projects
This resource contains differentiated cross-curricular activities, primarily for secondary schools and adaptable to use as part of a whole school core book project involving ideas to support:
- Literacy and English
- Social Studies
- Expressive Arts (Drama and Art)
- Design and Technology
- Health and Wellbeing (Home Economics)
The content of Shaun Tan's book can be quite challenging, containing themes of forced migration, so any project work should be undertaken sensitively.
This resource relates directly to the framework key area 2.2.2 Interdisciplinary book projects.(this will open in a new window)
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