Refugee Slideshow - Pakistan (New York Times)
Added: 20 Jun 2016
Contributor:
Scoilnet
Resource type:
Pakistan Invisible Refugees is a collection of images of refugees with the story behind the picture.
How it maps to the curriculum
- 5-6
- English
Strand: Oral Language
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- argue points of view from the perspective of agreement and disagreement through informal discussion and in the context of formal debates
- discuss ideas and concepts encountered in other areas of the curriculum
Suggestions for use: Use images to motivate pupils to speak openly about the Refugee crisis. Guide students in creating questions for a class debate. Stick an agree poster on one side of the room and a disagree on the other side of the room. Line students up in the middle of the room. Read out students statements about Refugees and allow pupils to decide their opinions agree/disagree by moving to chosen side of the room. Discuss reasons for opinions. Allow pupils to engage in a productive and constructive debate whereby a focus is placed on everyone has a right to own opinion. There opinion can be changed and if it is, pupils can change the where they stand in the room.
