Grade 9 Project!

If I Were a Book

...My Passion

If I were a book, what would my

subject be?

If I were a book, what would I look like?

If I were a book, how would I present

myself to my readers?

If I were a book, what would my

subject be?

If I were a book, what would I look

like?

If I were a book, how would I present

myself to my readers?

But what is

a Human

Library?

So how does a

human library

work?

Just like a real library,

a visitor to the human

library can choose a

book from a range of

titles. The difference

is that books are

people and reading is

conversation!

The Human Library was created for

the 2000 Roskilde Music Festival by

a group of Danish activists who

formed in response to a violent hate

crime. Their idea was to use the

language and mechanism of a

library to facilitate conversations

that challenge prejudice, thereby

reducing the risk of tension and

violence.

So what will our

human library look

like?

Our library and books will be

different from the one described

above, in that our books will be

about something that we are

passionate about or have a keen

interest in. Otherwise, it will be

very similar.

Each person will be

conduct research and

create a 20 minute oral

presentation based on their

passion or interest.

A ‘blurb’ about your book

will form part of the library

catalogue, which will be

given to the ‘readers’ to

choose from.

On the day of the Human

Library, you will be borrowed

by at least 3 ‘readers’ at a

time. These ‘Readers’ will

come from various parts of

the ACS Egham community,

and will include one grade 9

student per book. In other

words, one of your

classmates will be one of your

readers.

The reader will be

provided with the rules

for borrowing and read

a book in the Human

library. This way they

will know what they can

and can’t do with their

book.

To assist our ‘books’ in

improving for their next

‘edition’, readers will be

asked to write a short

‘book review’

afterwards, which will

be shared with the

‘books’.

But what is

my book

going to be

about?

And how to

I prepare

for it?

Well the how should be

easy and not so easy at

the same time!

The majority of work will

be done in your study

skills classes but you will

be expected to do some

preparation outside of

class.

And the subject of

your book is up to

you!