Refugee Council of Australia, Teachers Resource Kit
Roads To Refuge
http://www.roads-to-refuge.com.au/resources/teaching-ideas.html
ABC, The Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Behind The News
This is mostly geared towards Upper Primary to 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
Books to read on Refugee Day
PEETA (Primary Engligh Teaching Association of Australia), Global Words
Best for Year 8
This unit of work, Seeking refuge — The journey, allows students to explore the human face of the journey undertaken by refugees and asylum seekers, and to create a digital story to reflect what they learn.
Texts used include The Happiest Refugee: A memoir by Anh Do, Mahtab’s Story a novel by Libby Gleeson, the non-fiction text Children of War: Voices of Iraqi refugeesby Deborah Ellis, and the graphic novel The Arrival by Shaun Tan.
http://globalwords.edu.au/units/Refugees_JSY8_html/index.html
Edward Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education
A downloadable booklet including teaching activities for students in Years 7-12
(NB. The ERC is a Catholic organisation.)
https://www.erc.org.au/refugee_education_resource
Dadaab Stories
Video stories documenting the lives of refugees in the largest refugee settlement in the world.
Please screen content and decide if it is appropriate for your class. Some videos talk about kidnappings, explosions and violence.
SBS, (2015) Go Back To Where You Came From, Seasons 1, 2 and 3
http://www.sbs.com.au/programs/go-back-to-where-you-came-from
UNHCR
i) World Refugee Day
ii) Toolkit for teachers
https://www.unhcr.org/en-au/teaching-about-refugees.html
iii) Turn the tide
iv) The Dream Diaries, 6 min youtube videos
Amnesty International
Education for Refugees, teachers toolkit
https://www.education4refugees.org/updates/422-a-new-toolkit-to-bring-more-inclusion-into-education
Asylum Insight
Includes 3 resources for High School students in specific but simple language.
1) Basic facts- Definitions, where do asylum seekers come from?,why do people seek asylum from these countries, domestic and international law and frameworks
2) flow chart on the processes of seeking asylum
3) Australian asylum policy
https://www.asyluminsight.com/#/schools/