THE BEAUTY OF DIFFERENCE

(Anonymous author)

We found this story in a certain website and in that website the story can be heard both in English and in

Farsi.Written Story: http://www.worldstories.org.uk/stories/stories?lang=persian

In English: http://www.worldstories.org.uk/audio/THE-BEAUTY-OF-DIFFERENCE---ENGLISH-(master).mp3

In Farsi: http://www.worldstories.org.uk/audio/THE-BEAUTY-OF-DIFFERENCE---FARSI-(master).mp3

It’s a story about an Iranian girl who travels to London because of the war. Her parents decide it is no longer safe for her to stay in Iran. She stays in London with her aunt, but the country is not what she first expected. She has some integration problems because she wears a chador and nobody else at school wears one. She feels she wants to go back, but she meets a friend at school, Stephen. He helps with her integration at school and makes the situation better. Things get gradually better and she adapts to the new country, culture and language.

SUMMARY

Story name - “The beauty of difference”

Our title proposal - “Crossing Borders: opening doors to a new life”

The class worked in groups.

Creating a book cover

School Logo

This is the logo we propose:

WordcloudsSome students built wordclouds about the story and about multiculturalism.

CartoonsOthers made cartoons using an ICT tool called storyboardthat.

THE CONTINUATION OF THE STORY

Writing a dialogue between the two main characters of the story

Some colleagues created a prezi comparing the Iranian and the English culture.

Prezi

The interview

João Mota and Marco wrote some questions to interview the main character, named Shirin. Then, we adapted the questions to interview a girl of our school, Kathleen. She lived in Brazil, moved to the United States of America and now she lives in Portugal.

Conclusion:

All this work made us understand that we have to:

• Accept our differences;

• Adapt to new realities;

• Respect other people’s life style, religion, culture and beliefs.

Now, let’s watch the preziand the interview.

Thank you for your attention, Carina and Miguel