I have started reading the book,
The Name Jar, with Sixth Age students. The main character, Unhei, is a young girl who has just moved to the United States from Korea. She is worried that her classmates at her new school won't be able to pronounce her name so she decides to pick a new, American name. Also, she is teased a bit by her classmates because her name seems "different" to them. The story promotes conversations about acceptance, differences, identity, teasing, and finally, understanding and celebrating oneself and others. Students got to pull their own names from a jar and tell the class if their name had a specific meaning or significance in their family. Many students knew a lot about their names, and others said they wanted to go home and ask their parent more about them!
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| Cate is for Catherine |
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| Arnavi knows a lot about her Name |
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| Jackson |
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| Charlotte had a lot to say about her Name |
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| Teddy explaining the Theodores in his Family |
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| Liam is for William |
Listen to a Synopsis of the Book
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