THE CHOICES PROGRAM/ GLOBAL MIGRATION
Brown University's Choices Program has has an excellent unit on immigration and US Foreign Policy. Here are the components of that program which I copied directly from the Choices site. A pdf of the unit costs $37.
Oral Histories of Immigration
Students assess motivations for immigration, conduct an interview, and research experiences and histories of immigration.
Primary Source Analysis: The Immigration (Dillingham) Commission
Through a reading from the 1911 Dillingham Commission report, students examine the values and beliefs that influenced immigration policy in the early 1900s.
Data Analysis: Immigration to the United States
Students analyze U.S. immigration statistics for the years 1821-2000 and draw conclusions about the events and policies that have shaped trends in immigration.
Understanding Immigrant Experiences
Students read from a selection of first person immigrant accounts, comparing the motivations and challenges involved in the process of immigration.
Refugee Stories: Mapping a Crisis
In this online lesson, students gain an understanding of the current refugee crisis by mapping data and exploring personal accounts of refugees.
Quotation Analysis and Persuasive Writing
Students write a persuasive essay demonstrating their ability to critically analyze a primary source and take a stance on whether they agree or disagree with the source's author.
Identifying Problems and Solutions for Resettlement
Students design and develop ideas for a mobile app that addresses a specific challenge that refugees face in the process of resettlement.
President Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration and Refugee Policy
More from Brown University's choices Program. This unit come from Choices "Teaching with the News" and the resources are free.
Here are the objectives for this lesson:
Here are the objectives for this lesson:
- Practice source analysis skills.
- Consider bias, audience, and author expertise to assess source reliability.
- Learn about persuasive techniques and argument-building in media sources.
- Compare and contrast opinions about President Trump’s executive order.
2022 Year in Review: 100 million displaced, ‘a record that should never have been set’
Yemen, Syria, Myanmar, Ukraine, and Ethiopia all contribtued to the migration of over 100 million people.
Read about the crisis in each of these areas at this UN site. And here is a terrific stite called World Migration Interactice Educators Toolkit. |
MADAYA MOM ABC NEWS COMIC
Teaching about ongoing Syrian conflict, geo-politics, and humanity through this powerful primary source comic from @ABCNews and @Marvel
"Madaya Mom: The story of One Mother's Unimaginable Struggle for Survival is the story of a Syrian family in an online, comic-book format. Since journalists and cameras weren't able to gain access to the besieged town Madaya, ABC News began relying on dispatches from a Syrian mother for insider information. The news network decided to team up with Marvel Comics to create a free digital comic of her stories.
The graphic rendering of one family's experiences of being trapped inside the town of Madaya for more than a year includes their struggles against starvation, unsanitary living conditions, and the violent threats of warring factions in the country's civil war."
More resources for this comic are here.
"Madaya Mom: The story of One Mother's Unimaginable Struggle for Survival is the story of a Syrian family in an online, comic-book format. Since journalists and cameras weren't able to gain access to the besieged town Madaya, ABC News began relying on dispatches from a Syrian mother for insider information. The news network decided to team up with Marvel Comics to create a free digital comic of her stories.
The graphic rendering of one family's experiences of being trapped inside the town of Madaya for more than a year includes their struggles against starvation, unsanitary living conditions, and the violent threats of warring factions in the country's civil war."
More resources for this comic are here.
TEACHING ABOUT THE SYRIAN REFUGEE CRISIS
Here's a BBC essay about the different groups fighting. and a video clip about refugees.
And here is the site with some good links. |
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Here is online graphic novel about a Syrian family in America. Welcome to the New World The true story of a Syrian family’s journey to America. Here is a 26 minute document from the series, Great Decisions, about the Syrian Civil war and refugee crisis. |
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More about the Syrian Civil War & Migration
Here is a good prezi called Syria, the Basics. here aw ay to use the prezi. Play for students the Prezi Syria: The Basics (you may need to create a free Prezi account).
Creating a timeline. Distribute copies of the article Syria’s Civil War Explained from Newsela. Ask students to work individually or in pairs to read the article, highlighting or underlining major events, and then use the article to create a timeline graphic organizer similar to the one they created for the narrative earlier. (This can be done on blank paper.) Give students the remainder of the period to finish, and let them know that you’ll begin the next class by debriefing these timelines.
Creating a timeline. Distribute copies of the article Syria’s Civil War Explained from Newsela. Ask students to work individually or in pairs to read the article, highlighting or underlining major events, and then use the article to create a timeline graphic organizer similar to the one they created for the narrative earlier. (This can be done on blank paper.) Give students the remainder of the period to finish, and let them know that you’ll begin the next class by debriefing these timelines.
The Swimmers
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VISUALIZING 70 YEARS OF REFUGESS
AlJazeera has a good story here called Visualizng 70 Years of Refugees. And the UNCHR has good statistics students should see and work with.
Venezula Refugee Crisis
Discussion questions:
1) Essential question: What factors might cause a person to seek asylum? 2) What are the causes of Venezuela’s current political unrest? How long has it been going on? What are the effects of the unrest on the lives of Venezuelans? 3) What do you know about the history of the United States’ involvement in Venezuela and other parts of Latin America? How about Maduro’s predecessor Hugo Chavez? For starters and more context, watch “Why Venezuela’s Chavistas are fiercely loyal to Maduro, despite economic crisis” (see for transcript or Youtube).
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This video clip from PBS explain the crisis. Here is the lesson plan.
Directions: Read the summary, watch the videos and answer the discussion questions below. You may want to turn on the “CC” (closed-captions) function and read along with the transcript here.Summary: The U.S. and dozens of other countries are pressuring Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to resign and allow Juan Guaido to take over. It’s been 20 years that the government has been in power first under Hugo Chavez and then Maduro. The government has slowly closed off all the avenues for political participation, including packing the Supreme Court and the Electoral Council. They’ve also banned opposition parties from running. According to Columbia University’s Christopher Sabatini, one of the last democratically elected bodies, the National Assembly, appointed its president Juan Guaido, and then declared under the Constitution that the current de facto president Maduro was illegitimate. They said that Maduro had won in a largely discredited election in May 2018, and therefore under the Constitution, Guaido is the president, leaving Venezuela with two presidents. The international community, made up of 60 countries including the U.S., rallied to Guaido’s defense, stating they were defending democracy and human rights. Russia was a noted exception. Meanwhile, thousands of Venezuelan immigrants have entered the U.S. in recent years, seeking freedom the crises. Many have settled in and around the city of Houston, Texas, which is already home to a large Venezuelan-American community. NewsHour Weekend’s Ivette Feliciano met some of the new arrivals to learn what they went through to get here and the legal challenges they face. |
Teaching about Refugees — Curriculum Units & Lessons
Here are some lessons from Rochelle Davis, a professor at Georgetown's School of Foreign Service. Introduction to International Refugee Regime
Georgetown University has page of sample lesson plans and resources for teachers to use in designing a unit about refugees and forced displacement. "The project derives itself from field research completed in Jordan and Lebanon during May and Jun 2013. These lessons are aimed at secondary school students. We welcome comments, suggestions, and additional material."
Here are sample lessons from the site.
Introduction to International Refugee Regime
- This introductory lesson provides students with a definition, historical background, and basic information about the International Refugee Regime and the global nature of displacement.This lesson hopes to encourage students to see refugees as more than just numbers in need of aid, but as the people that they are. We suggest having students watch the video and complete accompanying worksheets and activities.
- Video: Intro to the International Refugee Regime
- Sample Lesson Plan – International Refugee Regime
- Updated Material:
- This lesson plan helps define what is an urban refugee and the challenges of providing assistance to them given that they are spread out in large areas. It also helps detail some of the impact on the local communities. The unit is centered around two reports on urban refugees in Jordan and then has supplemental material around specific issues faced by urban refugees, governments, local communities, and the humanitarian aid community.
- Video: Urban Refugees
- Sample Lesson Plan – Urban Refugees
- Updated Material: The Atlantic, “How Do You Rank Refugees?” Nov 22, 2013. On Sudanese in Jordan.
- This lesson plan encourages students to not only understand the situation of being a refugee in Jordan but also the challenges of responding to the huge influx of refugees.
- Sample Lesson Plan – Syrian Refugees in Jordan
- Updated Material: BBC article on Syrian children refugees, November 29, 2013.
- Updated Material: UNHCR collection on The Future of Syria: Refugee Children in Crisis.
- This lesson challenges students to take a closer look at Sudanese refugees. It encourages them to reflect on their own exposure to
- the issues Sudan faces, namely the Darfur refugee crisis. This lesson deals with the specific struggles Sudanese refugees face in Jordan and elsewhere in the Middle East.
- Video: Sudanese Refugees in Amman, Jordan
- Sample Lesson – Sudanese in the Middle East
- Updated material: The Atlantic, “How Do You Rank Refuges?” Nov 22, 2013. On Sudanese in Jordan.
- This lesson uses the music of Emmanual Jal, a South Sudanese musician and former child soldier, to teach another dimension of forced displacement. The value of music as a medium for raising awareness, the importance of the “human dimension” of displacement and conflict, and the provision of humanitarian aid versus long-term development initiatives, particularly education, are among the themes considered.
- Sample Lesson – Music
- This lesson plan contains some of the activities Grace did during her workshops with refugees in Jordan. Students will learn how to use hand-held cameras, good filmmaking techniques, strategies for conducting good interviews, and various ways to plan their films in order to tell their story. Students then do a Video Scavenger Hunt activity, in which they utilize the techniques they have learned.
- Video: Intro to the Grace Project
- Sample Lesson Plan – Making Videos
Georgetown University has page of sample lesson plans and resources for teachers to use in designing a unit about refugees and forced displacement. "The project derives itself from field research completed in Jordan and Lebanon during May and Jun 2013. These lessons are aimed at secondary school students. We welcome comments, suggestions, and additional material."
Here are sample lessons from the site.
Introduction to International Refugee Regime
- This introductory lesson provides students with a definition, historical background, and basic information about the International Refugee Regime and the global nature of displacement.This lesson hopes to encourage students to see refugees as more than just numbers in need of aid, but as the people that they are. We suggest having students watch the video and complete accompanying worksheets and activities.
- Video: Intro to the International Refugee Regime
- Sample Lesson Plan – International Refugee Regime
- Updated Material:
- This lesson plan helps define what is an urban refugee and the challenges of providing assistance to them given that they are spread out in large areas. It also helps detail some of the impact on the local communities. The unit is centered around two reports on urban refugees in Jordan and then has supplemental material around specific issues faced by urban refugees, governments, local communities, and the humanitarian aid community.
- Video: Urban Refugees
- Sample Lesson Plan – Urban Refugees
- Updated Material: The Atlantic, “How Do You Rank Refugees?” Nov 22, 2013. On Sudanese in Jordan
- This lesson plan encourages students to not only understand the situation of being a refugee in Jordan but also the challenges of responding to the huge influx of refugees.
- Sample Lesson Plan – Syrian Refugees in Jordan
- Updated Material: BBC article on Syrian children refugees, November 29, 2013.
- Updated Material: UNHCR collection on The Future of Syria: Refugee Children in Crisis.
Seeking Refuge in the EU
Great site showing the total number of Syrian refugees into EU coutnries.
Children in the Fields
A Primer for Teachers: Syria’s Refugees
Children in the Fields from Media Voices on Vimeo.
Important questions about the Syrian refugee Crisis
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SYRIAN JOURNEY/ BBC
Here is a terific "game" that allows you to see the tough decisions migrants have make when fleeing the war in Syira. What countries can you travel through, from whom can you get help.
Here is excellent and short graphic novel about Syrian refugee adpting to new lands.
A good video is called Mare Nostrum. It's 13 minutes. You can rent it for $1.19.
SYRIAN IMMIGRANT IN LOS ANGELES CATHOLIC SCHOOL
This is a touching clip form the New York Times about a young Syrian immigrant who ends up in Los Angles at a Catholic School. She talks about being the only Muslim in the school, why she continues to wear the hijab, what its like to try to try to fit in with a new culture , dealing with memories of bombings in Aleppo,
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The Historical Roots of the Syrian Refugee Crisis
Dr. Miriam cooke, Braxton Craven Professor of Arab Cultures at Duke University, provides the historical context key to understanding why so many Syrians have fled their homes.
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Syria County Profile
The Religious Literacy Project's 2016 country profile on Syria. And here is a video summary of Syria from Haravard.
What is a Refugee
About 60 million people around the globe have been forced to leave their homes to escape war, violence and persecution. The majority have become Internally Displaced Persons, meaning they fled their homes but are still in their own countries. Others, referred to as refugees, sought shelter outside their own country. But what does that term really mean? Benedetta Berti and Evelien Borgman explain.
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Teaching about Syrian Refugees
Here is a webpage from geography teacher, Seth Dixon, with some good resources and ideas about teaching the Syrian refugee crisis.
This NPR article is organized to answer these basic questions:
Here are some guiding questions that can help lead a discussion about some of the issues at play without forcing on particular political perspective on your students.
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I AM SYRIA
This website has some good ready to lessons.
If you only have one class: Use this easy-to-use secondary Social Studies/ELA Lesson Plan...
This one-period, online Video Tour on Syria allows your students to have an understanding of the conflict and what it is like to be a refugee. Perfect for the computer lab or for homework, it comes with a printable Student Guide that is all set for class tomorrow. In short, the videos cover all aspects the crisis for you, making it easier to teach! (We recommend that you preview them before you assign this option.) |
Yemen: the World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis/ New York Times
Here is an amazing and tragic story about Yemen. Two and half years of war has left country broken. Malnutrition, poor sanitation, and a crumbling infrastructure has left Yemenis vulnerable to diseases like cholera.
The Rohyinga: Genocide?
The story of Myanmar migration from the New York Times. And here is a link to a New York Times short documentary about the migration.
The Choices Program has a good lesson on the Rohyinga.
The Choices Program has a good lesson on the Rohyinga.
Human Flow: from Amazon Studios
SYRIAN REFUGEES FROM BROWN UNIVERSITY/ CHOICES
UNDERSTANDING THE GLOBAL REFUGEE CRISIS
Facing History has an excellent three-class unit on the refugee crisis.
Source of Immigrants to US Over Time
Human Flow
Nation of immigrants pic.twitter.com/RyrrjbyVOJ
— Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett) January 12, 2018
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