FURTHER READING
These websites were shared by our Teaching through Crisis interviewees, they are a mixture of support articles, classroom ideas and things to promote student and teacher wellbeing in the ESOL and refugee teaching space.
Lessons and activities
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Promote peace and to encourage positive actions and creativity through >> Bracelets and Peace
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British Council TeachingEnglish: In this lesson, pupils learn what a refugee is by reading a definition, some statistics and some information about how refugees might feel. Learners are encouraged to put themselves in the place of a refugee and consider how they might feel at leaving behind their homes and belongings. They can also watch a short video produced by UNICEF, in which two brothers talk about their journey from Syria to Germany.
In the main part of the lesson, learners work in groups to produce a poster presentation >> poster project
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A collection of materials for primary and secondary WITH Teacher guides. From the UN Refugee Agency >> UNHCR
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Resources created by teachers for teachers, part of the Erasmus+ ICEPELL project - An ICEKit is a teaching pack to use with a picturebook. It has been created by practitioners for practitioners to develop intercultural citizenship education in early language learning >> Resource kits
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Ali and the Long Journey to Australia - Lesson Plan and poster by Michelle Worgan
Teacher Wellbeing
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The Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) published a guidance note for Teacher Wellbeing in Emergency Settings. Download it here.
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Webinar: Trauma-responsive Education: Supporting Students and Yourself - Learning for Justice
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Article: Battling Worldwide Teacher Burnout: Strategies for a Resilient Education Workforce
Further reading/watching for teachers
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Webinar: Co-hosted by former Learning for Justice Advisory Board members Kinette Richards, Ph.D., school psychologist, and Barbie Garayúa Tudryn, school counselor, this webinar will help you gain a common understanding of trauma and how it affects both learning and relationships at school—for students and educators alike. www.learningforjustice.org
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Webinar: Children’s multilingual rights: my languages, my identity by Dr Nayr Ibrahim, Associate Professor of English Subject Pedagogy at Nord University in Norway. (Primary students)
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Article: "Drama without borders", by Efi Tzouri (p. 143)
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Webinar: IATEFL Young Learner SIG >> Newcomers in UK schools: learning English to survive, Annamaria Pinter (Primary)
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Article: Teaching Through Tragedy - National Geographic
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Courses: Future Learn - 15 courses on refugees, including Migrants and Refugees in Education: A toolkit for teachers
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Blog: Emily Bryson writes her top recommendations for books and films about refugees >> Books and films about refugees
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Blog: British English blog post about >> inclusivity
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Paper: by Aleks Palanac >> 'Towards a trauma-informed ELT pedagogy for refugees' -
Project: by Aleks Palanac >> Beyond Resilience: Facilitating learning and well-being in the refugee language classroom
Read more about Aleks Palanac on the University of Leicester's website >> Aleks Palanac's profile
Further reading/watching for students
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Book: The boy at the back of the class by Onjali Q Rauf - Book about a boy from Syria who is resettled in the UK. The story follows him making friends at primary school.
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Book: Graphic Novel for adults about a young adult traveling from Africa to Europe via people smugglers >> Illegal by Eoin Colger and Andrew Donkin.
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Book: Graphic Novel for adults about a Syrian family resettling in the USA - Guardian review >> Welcome to the new world. Waking up in Trump’s America.