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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