Refugee Lesson Plans, Resources and Connections for Teachers
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Lesson Plans & Teacher Resources
Connect: Create a Welcome
After your study of the refugee crisis, connect with other classes by having your students create a welcome and posting it to Twitter at #buildawelcome. Ask students how might we create a welcome?
This can be adapted to all levels: starting in the early grades around welcoming new students, to the High School focusing on welcoming refugees and immigrants.
Students can brainstorm ideas, and can create an object or experience that welcomes refugees. Have your students explain their sketched prototype and/or experience through a quick video such as a "5 post-it story/explanation" (from MVPS). Or have them create a video of their welcome like these examples: snow angels for Syria, Welcome Translation.
When you have a student project to share,
post your students' videos to Twitter using hashtag
Challenge: Lesson Plans and Projects
History/Humanities Lesson:
Identifying with Refugees
Grades: 5th-8th
Students watch videos that give them an inside look at the refugee experience. They discuss and use graphic organizers to organize their thought and ideas around this information.
-created by Marlena Hebern @mhebern
Design Thinking:
A Long Walk to Water
Grades: 6th-12th
Students design around the prompt, "How Might We Design a Better Migration Experience for Refugees?"
-created by Alicia Zeoli @aliciazeoli
Grades: 5th-10th
Students read the book, A Long Walk to Water and engage in activities to empathize with refugees , Salva and Nya. It is based on a true story, retelling Salva's journey and hardships as a refugee. Additionally, students create a "Welcome" project to share with students around the globe.
-created by Lisa Cromley
and Alicia Zeoli
Student Sample Library
We have started a collection of student project samples. Check it out here!
First Day Welcome Project
Imagine being in a new school in a completely foreign country, and not able to communicate your needs and feelings.
Welcome your new student on the first day of class in their native language! Google Docs can now translate over 100 languages. Have your students write a welcome in Google Docs and translate the message to your new student's native language. Give to the student to take home and share with their family.
-created by @mhebern
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