Norwegian - Culturally Authentic Materials
Children's Literature
Boktrailer: Buffy By er talentfull av Ingeborg Arvola - A 1:05 min. video trailer for the children's book about a talented slalom skiier who is too poor to afford the sport
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Bærekraftsbiblioteket - Ingeborg Arvola snakker om fattigdom og bærekraftsmål 1 - A 2 min. video in which the author talks about her children's book Buffy by er talentfull in relation to poverty and the U.N. sustainability goals
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Johannes Jensen føler seg annerledes - A children's book in Norwegian about an alligator who doesn't understand why he doesn't fit into the human world
Det rullende gresskaret norsk tale, norsk tekst - An 8:52 min. reading of the Iranian children's story in Norwegian
Cultural Comparisons
Dollar Street - Use the dropdown menus on this incredible site to choose countries and topics for comparison based on socioeconomic level. Your selections will bring up photos of whatever you chose from the countries you selected. The site contains many common everyday objects, people, and situations (e.g., adding spices to food while cooking, alarm clocks, answering phones, arm watches, armchairs, backyards, bathrooms, bedrooms, beds, bikes, boats, books, bowls, brushing hair, brushing teeth, car keys, carrying water, cars, ceilings, chickens, child rooms, chopping food, cleaning equipment, cleaning floors, closing the front door, computers, cooking, cooking pots, cooking utensils, cups, cutlery, diapers, dinner guests, disability aid, dish brushes, dish racks, dishwashing soaps, dishwashers, doing dishes, drinking water, drying clothes, drying dishes, earings, eating, everyday shoes, families, family snapshots, favorite home decorations, favorite items in kitchen, floors, freezers, get water, glasses, go through mail, goats, grains, guest beds, hairbrushes, hallways, handwashing, hands, and so forth.
Images
Drawing Norway - A collection of vintage illustrations that reflect Norwegian culture from Norwegian activity books
Media
NRK - A Norwegian radio and TV broadcaster
Poetry
Utvalg av små dikt, Lille Persille av Inger Hagerup - One poem from the famous collection by Inger Hagerup (visit the Art Room Plant for more poems in Norwegian and images by Paul René Gauguin I (grandson of the famous artist Paul Gaugin) from the most recent edition of the book
Texts
Projekt Runeberg - Free online versions of classic Norwegian literature
Skolekassa.no - Read your favorite children's books online in Norwegian
Pedagogical Resources
Lexin - A collection of Norwegian dictionaries in different languages for minority language learners