Shappi Korsandi
Description
Comedian Shappi Khorsandi returns to the primary school where she arrived as a refugee after her family fled to London from Iran in 1982 to try her hand at teaching a PSHE - citizenship lesson.Shappi spoke no English when she first came to the UK, and although welcoming, she finds that the school has a much more diverse mix of pupils today. Shappi takes a Year 5 class on the topic of Refugees as part of the school's International Week. She uses her memoir A Beginner's Guide to Acting English to stimulate discussion on English customs and asks pupils to imagine themselves as refugees in order to write a diary entry.
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14 min
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Date of Publication
2008
Database
Alexander Street
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