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TEACHING RESOURCES 

Secondary School

Refugee Council of Australia, Teachers Resource Kit

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

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

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

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.

http://www.dadaabstories.org/

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

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

ii) Toolkit for teachers

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

iii) Turn the tide

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

iv) The Dream Diaries, 6 min youtube videos

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

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

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/

ABOUT US 

 

Teachers 4 Refugees NSW aims to:

1) ADVOCATE for the rights of refugees and asylum seekers in Australia and the greater international community,

2) PROVIDE INFORMATION and support for teachers to help  refugee and asylum seeker children in the classroom, and

3) PROVIDE RESOURCES to build understanding in the greater community about the experiences of refugees and asylum seekers.

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