World Refugee Day Resources by British Red Cross
Added: 20 Jun 2016
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Scoilnet
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The Positive Images toolkit is an educational resource for teachers, youth workers and other educators to teach young people about migration and development.
The toolkit includes ten innovative educational activities for young people aged 12 and over. It also includes a wealth of activities and case studies of actions, enabling young people through their community to make a difference to global issues.
The toolkit incorporates four short films based on the stories of contemporary migrants and supporting powerpoint presentations.
By the end of the activities young people should:
Have enhanced knowledge of the humanitarian aspect of migration.
Have greater awareness of development and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Have a greater understanding of migration.
Be able to recognise different points of view on migration in the media.
Be better able to relate issues of migration and development
to themselves and their communities.
Be empowered to take action on migration and development.
How it maps to the curriculum
- JC
- CSPE
Strand: Rights & Responsibilities
Strand unit: Refugees/Asylum Seekers
Suggestions for use: 1. Four films. Each film is no more than four minutes long. They are provided to help bring the issues to life, with people’s real experiences of migration. The films are linked to the activities in the educator’s guide, with one film per theme. Prompts of where and how to use the films can be found in each activity. The worksheets in the educator’s guide include transcripts of each film to assist if audio-visual equipment is not available. 2. PowerPoint slides. These accompany each activity and are structured to support each step of the activity. Prompts of where and how to use the PowerPoint slides can be found in each activity
Key Skills:
- Communicating
- Managing Information and Thinking
- Staying Well
- Working with Others
- Literacy
- Managing Myself
