The Refugee Perspective
Unit Explanation
Learning goals
• Understand the refugee perspective
• Learn about the refugee problem (around Europe)
• Learn about point of view, perspective
• How to interpret images
• Read novel: “In The Sea There Are Crocodiles”
Factual
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What is perspective?
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How are perspectives presented?
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What are refugees?
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Is there a refugee problem? (what is meant by 'problem'?)
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Which country (region) has the largest number of refugees (origin
and host nation)?
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What are the reasons people seek refuge?
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Why are refugees often seen as a problem? (for whom?)
Conceptual
Inquir y questions (revised)
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In what ways does our perspective influence our attitudes and
behaviours?
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How does perspective affect how people perceive other people?
Debatable
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Are we responsible for helping refugees?
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Whose problem is the 'refugee problem'?
Lesson 1 & 2
Who are refugees?
Is there a refugee problem?
(what is meant by 'problem'?)
Take notes!
It is important that you take notes during these lessons!
You will need to know the common terminology (vocabulary)
regarding the refugee issue.
1) Open a fresh document (Google Docs) - I will ask you to share
it with me later.
2) Name it "Term 2 English portfolio - name"
Terminology
• Refugee
• Asylum seeker
• Migrant
• Immigrant
• Forcibly displaced people
• Internally displaced people
• Stateless people
Watch this video and take notes:
Task 1:
Research
• Which country (region) has the largest number of
refugees?
• Find numbers for both the country (or region) of origin
and host country.
• Visit: https://www.unhcr.org/globaltrends2019/
Where do
refugees come
from?
Is this graph currently
correct?
Words matter
Watch this video and take notes
What are the reasons people seek refuge?
W hat are the main reasons pe ople s e e k re f uge ?
Syria (example):
TASK 2:
RESEARCH
• Assad dictatorship, Arab spring 2011. Sunni Arabs (second-class
status). Protests. Assad troops shot demonstrators. Other Arabs
took up arms to defend themselves => civil war.
• Parties involved: Assad (Shia) vs. Sunni Muslims, also Al Qaeda, ISIS].
• As of today, almost 250,000 people have been killed, with 4 million
people fleeing the country.
Research the reasons for the following countries:
1. Afghanistan
2. Somalia
3. Iraq
4. Congo
List the variety of reasons you’ve found
1. War