09 February 2009

Teaching Tools

My previous post highlighted children's books that focus on the refugee experience. How can these and other titles be used in the classroom as teaching tools? Here are a few resources that provide background on the use of children's literature for educational purposes as well as ideas for integrating the study of refugees into the primary school curriculum.

Studies:

Hope, Julia. 2008. "'One Day We Had to Run': The Development of the Refugee Identity in Children's Literature and its Function in Education," Children's Literature in Education, vol. 39, no. 4 (December): 295-304.

Hope, Julia. 2007. "Flightlines: exploring early readers for children about the refugee experience," FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, vol. 49, no. 3: 289-98.

Teaching guides (not available online):

Encouraging Refugee Awareness in the Classroom: A Guide for Teachers (U.S. Committee for Refugees, 1995)

Refugees: A resource book for primary schools (Refugee Council, 1998)

Refugees: We left because we had to (Refugee Council, 2004)
- Note: An earlier edition is available online in FMO's digital library.

Teaching about immigrants and refugees (U.S. Committee for Refugees, 1996)

The uprooted: refugees and the United States - a multidisciplinary teaching guide (Amnesty International, 1995)

Curricula/Educational resources (online):

Classroom Resources (Refugee Council)

Educational Resources for Teachers
(UNHCR)

Global Communities: Learning about Refugee Issues (Refugee Week)

Refugees: a resource book for 8-13 year olds (British Refugee Council, 1992)

Teaching Materials for VELS Level 4, 5, 6 (Oxfam Australia)
- Scroll down to "Education Kit."

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