Refugee Council of Australia, Teachers Resource Kit

https://www.refugeeweek.org.au/refugee-week-resources/resource-kit/?fbclid=IwAR0dQ_-a3dXgclET6jaMr3zTuUWtx7fL0Ld228I4nE7XfN_s_d3t3Kk455k

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Roads To Refuge

http://www.roads-to-refuge.com.au/resources/teaching-ideas.html

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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

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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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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

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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

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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.

http://www.dadaabstories.org/

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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

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UNHCR

i) World Refugee Day

https://www.unrefugees.org.au/get-involved/world-refugee-day/?fbclid=IwAR3yhkBUjfyU6sTuzyjbViBOi52aK3F_6CFvBlVCCC2WugTSz44ToCFChXc

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ii) Toolkit for teachers

https://www.unhcr.org/en-au/teaching-about-refugees.html

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iii) Turn the tide

https://www.unhcr.org/publications/brochures/5b852f8e4/turn-tide-refugee-education-crisis.html?fbclid=IwAR2EbeyoiEqYKRLx25skHO1Rmmr8phZKS12l9mpR7GGkyNjBhZdhhbgEsv4

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iv) The Dream Diaries, 6 min youtube videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GLqnyyG6-0&fbclid=IwAR06GfWe0181oW0Yr_RgDffUFhDnkvQ0GmJCnKyDyjZkSga1I9iiIp9WTBA

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Amnesty International

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/education/2015/10/8-educational-resources-to-better-understand-the-refugee-crisis/?fbclid=IwAR2CvH-PXq55924adgNRb1Xk6zejjmXHGPv2VhShFi2ld0_AcQR_QWT5plA

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Education for Refugees, teachers toolkit

https://www.education4refugees.org/updates/422-a-new-toolkit-to-bring-more-inclusion-into-education

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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/

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