for teachers :: materials L6

This education kit has been developed as a flexible resource for VELS Level 6 teachers. The kit contains 10 topics that cover; confronting stereotypes about refugees; the causes of displacement; international law; real refugee stories; major conflicts throughout history and today; the impact of crisis on different groups of people; the role of humanitarian agencies; long term solutions for displacement; Australian immigration policy and how young people can get active to support refugees and their rights. Each topic contains lesson plans, activity sheets and fact sheets, as well as information about how each resource links to VELS. We have also suggested major project and extension work ideas throughout the kit as well as ways to assess students work.

The kit is flexible enough for teachers to generate their own unit plans using the resources provided.

All kit materials are available for download below or in hard copy by request to refugeerealities@oxfam.org.au.

Kit contents

Introduction

Topic 1

Lesson Plan 1.1: What's in a name?
Lesson Plan 1.2: Exchanging views
Lesson Plan 1.3: Media analysis exercise
Major Project 1.1: Scrapbook of articles about refugees and asylum seekers

Topic 2

Lesson Plan 2.1: Shields and safety nets
Activity Sheet 2.1: Your shields and safety nets
Fact Sheet 2.1: Why do people become displaced?
Lesson Plan 2.2: Deciding to flee
Lesson Plan 2.3: Finding out about armed conflict
Activity Sheet 2.2: Armed conflict quiz
Lesson Plan 2.4: The increasing use of small arms: putting over a message
Activity Sheet 2.3: The increasing use of small arms

Topic 3

Lesson Plan 3.1: Definitions
Lesson Plan 3.2: Prioritising human rights
Lesson Plan 3.3: The right to asylum
Activity Sheet 3.1: Match terms to definition
Activity Sheet 3.2: The right to asylum
Fact Sheet 3.1: International law relating to displaced people

Topic 4

Lesson Plan 4.1: Refugee Realities film analysis
Lesson Plan 4.2: Influential refugees throughout history
Lesson Plan 4.3: Real lives, on the run
Activity Sheet 4.1: Biographies
Activity Sheet 4.2: This is my story
Lesson Plan 4.4: Make a comic strip or photostory
Activity Sheet 4.3: Life as a refugee
Lesson Plan 4.5: Corneille – Music of Life
Activity Sheet 2.3: Music of Life
Major Project 4.1: Book review

Topic 5

Lesson Plan 5.1: Mapping and researching refugees across the globe
Activity Sheet 5.1: Quiz – What do you know about refugees?
Activity Sheet 5.2: Refugees across the globe
Major Project 5.1: Forced population movements – Essay
Fact Sheet 5.1: Global statistics relating to displaced peoples
Fact Sheet 5.2: Country profiles
Lesson Plan 5.2: The Rwandan crisis and the “G” word
Activity Sheet 5.3: Rwanda and its neighbours
Fact Sheet 5.3: The Rwandan Crisis 1994
Lesson Plan 5.3: Darfur – The landscape of war
Fact Sheet 5.4: Crisis in Darfur
Activity Sheet 5.4: Putting Darfur on the map
Lesson Plan 5.4: Iraq war – what we know and what we can find out
Lesson Plan 5.5: Debate – Can a war ever be just?
Fact Sheet 5.5: Humanitarian crisis in Iraq

Topic 6

Lesson Plan 6.1: Perceptions of women and girls in different communities
Lesson Plan 6.2: Needs, threats and people
Fact Sheet 6.1: Different people, different needs
Lesson Plan 6.3: Different people, different needs – A case study approach
Activity Sheet 6.1: Different people, different needs
Lesson Plan 6.4: Gender and protection – The Tsunami
Fact Sheet 6.2: Gender and Protection – The Tsunami

Topic 7

Lesson Plan 7.1: Humanitarian Actors and Their Role in Global Crisis
Activity Sheet 7.1: Responding to crisis
Fact Sheet 7.1: Humanitarian actors and their role in global crises
Lesson Plan 7.2: Discussion and Comprehension – “Finding Solutions to Dirty Water”
Fact Sheet 7.2: Oxfam’s work in Darfur
Activity Sheet 7.2: Finding Solutions to Dirty Water in Um Dukhun – Reading and Comprehension Exercise
Lesson Plan 7.3: Introduction to Dusty Diaries
Fact Sheet 7.3: Introduction to Dusty Diaries
Lesson Plan 7.4: Sphere Standards of humanitarian practice
Fact Sheet 7.4: The Sphere Project
Activity Sheet 7.3: Life in Australia compared to life in a refugee camp – Using Sphere Standards
Lesson Plan 7.5: Camp planning and the role of humanitarian agencies
Activity Sheet 7.4: Design your own camp!
Activity Sheet 7.5: Reading comprehension on field trip to Kakuma Refugee Camp
Activity Sheet 7.6: Sphere Project problem solving exercise

Topic 8

Lesson Plan 8.1: Durable Solutions to Displacement
Fact Sheet 8.1: Finding a solution to displacement
Activity Sheet 8.1: Pros and cons of durable solutions
Activity Sheet 8.2: Quick quiz
Lesson Plan 8.2: Eradicating warehousing
Activity Sheet 8.3: Route finder and research matrix
Fact Sheet 8.2: Long term displacement and “warehousing”

Topic 9

Lesson Plan 9.1: Immigration policies in Australia past and present
Fact Sheet 9.1: Immigration Policies in Australia: Past and Present
Lesson Plan 9.2: Benefits and costs of refugee immigration vs. closing borders
Lesson Plan 9.3: Monitoring Immigration policy
Fact Sheet 9.2: Australian Policy on resettling refugees and protecting asylum seekers
Fact Sheet 9.3: The Pacific Solution
Activity Sheet 9.1: Australian immigration and refugee policy quick quiz

Topic 10

Lesson Plan 10.1: Make your mark on the media
Fact Sheet 10.1: Writing a letter to the editor
Lesson Plan 10.2: Getting active for Refugee Week!
Lesson Plan 10.3: Building a “Toolbox for difference”
Activity Sheet 10.1: Toolbox for change

Also available

The Dusty Diaries

We have compiled a list of comprehension and discussion questions for teachers using the Dusty Diaries in the classroom.

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