This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for your support! These stories provoke discussion on the significance of our names and identities, the process of adapting to a new culture and language, and the challenges of making new friends. Many stories show why children have decided to keep or change their name for different reasons. I have chosen several books representing characters from different countries, for different ages levels, that tell about children that have struggled and succeeded with this assimilation. Do you teach immigrant children? Or, would you like your students to understand the perspectives and have compassion for immigrant children? Here is a lesson plan for elementary school students that discusses personal names, moving from one country to another, and adopting aspects of the new culture while maintaining cultural identity.
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