Norwegian

Cross-curricular topics: health and life skills In Norwegian, the cross-curricular topic of health and life skills is about developing pupils’ ability to express themselves in writing and speech. This gives pupils a basis for expressing their own feelings, thoughts and experiences, which is important for managing relationships and taking part in a social community. Reading fiction and non-fiction can both affirm and challenge pupils’ self-image, and thereby contribute to their development of identity and life skills.

Democracy and citizenship In Norwegian, the cross-curricular topic of democracy and citizenship is about developing pupils’ oral and written rhetorical skills, so that they can express their own thoughts and opinions and take part in social life and democratic processes. Through critical work with texts and utterances, pupils develop their capacity for critical thinking and learn to handle differences of opinion through reflection, dialogue and discussion. Reading fiction and non-fiction gives pupils an insight into other people’s life situations and challenges. This can help them develop understanding, tolerance and respect for other people’s viewpoints and perspectives, and it can lay the foundation for constructive interaction.

Sustainable development In Norwegian, the cross-curricular topic of sustainable development is about pupils developing knowledge of how texts portray nature, the environment and living conditions, locally and globally. By engaging with the subject’s diversity of texts, reading critically and taking part in dialogue, pupils can develop the ability to understand and handle conflicting opinions and conflicts of interest that can arise when society changes in a more sustainable direction. The subject Norwegian helps to make pupils aware and to equip them to act and influence society through language. VG1: - use various sources in a critical, independent and verifiable manner

• give an account of and discuss Norwegian-subject or cross-curricular topics orally
• write academic articles that give an account of and discuss Norwegian-subject or cross-curricular topics VG2: - explore and reflect on how texts from Romanticism and National Romanticism portray people, nature and society, and compare them with texts from more recent times
• reflect on non-fiction texts and account for the rhetorical situation in which they came about
• write academic articles that account for and discuss texts in context
• use subject knowledge and rhetorical skills in Norwegian-subject discussions and presentations VG3: - explore and reflect on how texts from the realist and the modernist traditions portray people, nature and society
• use subject knowledge and precise subject language in exploratory conversations, discussions and oral presentations on Norwegian-subject topics
• find one’s way in academic literature, assess sources critically and write academic articles that give an account of and discuss Norwegian-subject topics
• account for changes in spoken language in Norway today and reflect on the connections between language, culture and identity

Next steps

• Teaching guide — the hub
• Cross-curricular collaboration — methodology
• Cross-curricular projects — tasks — concrete tasks
• Curriculum in friluftsliv — the subject’s framework

Learn more

• UDIR — the friluftsliv programme subject — curricula and competence aims
• NDLA — friluftsliv — digital learning resource
• Norsk Friluftsliv — professional organisation
• DNT — schools — courses and trips for school classes