Refugee Council of Australia, Teachers Resource Kit 2023

https://www.refugeeweek.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/RCOA_REFUGEE-WEEK_TEACHERS-RESOURCES-KIT_2023.pdf

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ABC, BTN Newsbreak, What is a Refugee?

https://iview.abc.net.au/video/NE2208S100S00

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ABC, Books to read on Refugee Day

http://education.abc.net.au/newsandarticles/blog/-/b/3195835/books-to-read-on-world-refugee-day?fbclid=IwAR3Gkh5oc6fioyK3Pqoi3pDj9kWmUL3DvaykwmyjBz6daqw4BeHA5u5Q8mE

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UNHCR, Against All Odds

"Against All Odds is an internet-based game putting players through the experience of being a refugee. It was developed for UNHCR in 2006."

For children aged 7 and older (as rated by PEGI)

https://www.unhcr.org/against-all-odds.html

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ABC 

Behind The News

This is mostly geared towards Upper Primary to Junior High School. Has video content and guiding questions.

Refugees and Migrants

https://www.abc.net.au/btn/classroom/refugees-and-migrants/10524176

Kids In Syria

https://www.abc.net.au/btn/classroom/kids-in-syria/10524186

BTN Classroom Episode 2, 2019 - Includes Medivac Bill

https://www.abc.net.au/btn/classroom/20190219-ep2-btn/10807128

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Long Journey, Young Lives 

Mid-Upper Primary resource

An interactive documentary featuring 40 micro documentaries - each one featuring a series of clips featuring either a refugee child discussing their experience or an Australian child saring their thoughts on aylum seekers.

An older resource, but still relevant.

https://www.abc.net.au/longjourney/

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TES

Free and paid resources. Includes powerpoints, teaching ideas, links to video and websites. Resources drawn from aid groups - ChristianAid, ActionAid, Red Cross

https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/blog/raising-awareness-refugee-week?utm_campaign=12718612&utm_content=primary-australia-roundup&utm_source=exact-target&utm_medium=email

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Twinkl

For Refugee Week, the K-2 resource is available for free.

https://www.twinkl.com.au/resource/au-g-353-f-2-refugee-activity-powerpoint?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=australia-general-refugeeweek-2019

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This is usually a subscription service with some free resources. Includes fact files, powerpoints, differentiated reading, find-a-words, Refugee Week materials, worksheets

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/search

 

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PEETA (Primary Engligh Teaching Association of Australia), Global Words

Refugees and Migration, Words to Unite Us

A unit for Year 3 & 4.

"This unit of work, Words to unite us, allows students to explore the complex theme of a common humanity, using the picture story books Whoever You Are, written by Mem Fox and illustrated by Leslie Staub, Mirror by Jeannie Baker, and The Little Refugee by Anh Do and Suzanne Do and illustrated by Bruce Whatley.

Whoever You Are shows that despite the differences between people around the world, there are similarities that unite us, such as pain, joy and love. Mirror, with two parts designed to be read simultaneously, shows that despite differences families are essentially the same. The Little Refugee tells of Anh Do’s family’s escape from Vietnam and his life as a child in Australia. The story speaks of hope, resilience, friendship, love and enterprise."

http://globalwords.edu.au/units/Refugees_JPY3_html/index.html

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Refugees and Migration, Global People

A unit of work for Year 5 & 6

The unit of work, Global people, explores the human dimensions of forced and voluntary migration.

Texts used include the picture story book Ziba Came on a Boat, written by Liz Lofthouse and illustrated by Robert Ingpen, and the real-life story of Najeeba, an asylum seeker from Afghanistan. The focus might be complimented by having junior novels for students to read independently during the unit, such as Mahtab’s Story by Libby Gleeson, Parvana by Deborah Ellis, and Boy Overboard by Morris Gleitzman.

http://globalwords.edu.au/units/Refugees_UPY6_html/index.html

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