English, Humanities and The Arts Resources

The Racism. No Way site offers a range of lesson ideas, including handouts:

  • This ESL lesson called Journeys from Afar allows students to explore the significance of their own and others' life journeys.  Use this link to reach the site  http://www.racismnoway.com.au/  then search using 20041029 to gain the direct link to the lesson plan.
  • Another lesson Our Paths to Australia allows students to identify their feelings about coming to a new country.  Again, use this link to reach the site, then search using 20040915 to gain the direct link to the lesson plan.
  • Dual Existance is an English lesson in which students read a short story by Sonia Mycak and consider the emotional and social implications of not being able to speak English in Australia.  Search using 20011129.
  • English, Mathematics, Humanities and Technology teachers can draw on the lesson Swamped by Refugees in which students gather information from fact sheets and the internet to gain an understanding of issues relating to refugees. Worksheets and fact sheets are included.  Get access to the lesson plan by search using 20001012.

 

By the Light of the Moon (Refugee stories of students at Broadmeadows Secondary College)

TEACHER: It began with kids telling their stories because they wanted people to know that you can’t leave your past, you’ve got to be proud of your past even when you’re in the present and the future.

Available for purchase from Broadmeadows Secondary College http://www.broadmesc.vic.edu.au

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Cross Disciplinary Resources

Many non-government agencies provide excellent resources for teaching students about refugee and asylum seeker issues. Materials cover topics such as human rights, racism, debt, poverty, persecution, war, starvation, famine, AIDS, women’s rights and immigration. There are also many refugee stories, from both adults and children, and descriptions and visuals of daily life in refugee camps.

* The Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture Inc.
Taking Action - Human Rights and Refugee Issues Teaching Resource (2005) – 11 lesson unit for Years 5-9
http://www.survivorsvic.org.au

* World Vision teacher resources has many lesson plans and activities for all secondary levels on issues such as refugees, landmines, famine, and war. For example, see the Afghanistan slideshow at http://www.worldvision.com.au/resources/teachers/

* Global Education has a resource section on refugees in which students can “live” in a refugee camp
http://www.globaleducation.edna.edu.au

* Doctors Without Borders (MSF) education resources covers themes of refugee issues and includes an on-line exhibition and activities
http://www.msf.org.au/education/activities/index.html

* The Refugee Council UK has accessible classroom resources for teaching understanding and tolerance to 11-18 year olds. It includes a teaching kit http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk

* Amnesty International UK has human rights education activities e.g. The Great Escape, Border Control and Time to Flee which can be used to help students empathise with the plight of refugees
http://www.amnesty.org.uk


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