Resources
Humanitarian emergencies—including conflicts, mass displacement, environmental disasters, and health crises—cause severe disruptions to education for millions of children. Here, you will find a curated selection of lesson plans and classroom activities designed to empower educators who are either teaching about such emergencies or who have emergency-impacted students in their classrooms. Topics include: refugees, statelessness, human rights, war and conflict, peace, climate-induced crises, emergency preparedness, natural hazards, first aid, and social-emotional learning. Find out more about our Education in Emergencies (EiE) initiative and our EiE work.
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Humanitarian Crisis in Mozambique
A lesson to examine and discuss what people need following the natural disasters in Mozambique and how they can recover. After the 2019 tropical cyclone Kenneth, six weeks after cyclone Idai, videos and photographs look at what has happened, people's...
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Living Together: Refugee
Lesson plans, worksheets, debate session plans, dialogue-based learning, and student stories on the topic of refugees. They explore questions like "What would you take?" and "To leave or to stay?" and explain reasons to migrate.
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Refugee Rights
This is a short animation video by UNHCR that outlines the rights that refugees have and international laws that protect them. It can be useful for teachers when preparing for a lesson and also a strong visual aid for students to watch within lessons...
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Migration to Britain: Crossing the Channel
A lesson plan to consider why migrants decide to risk the dangerous journey across the Channel to Britain. Students will build empathy in a role-play activity, and consider the reasons why people choose or are forced to leave their homes. They will a...
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La storia di Omar
In questo video, Omar è un bambino rifugiato che racconta com'era la sua vita in Siria, di come fosse sicura prima della guerra e di come il viaggio da sfollato l'ha cambiata. Il video è accompagnato da un utile piano di lezione per gli insegnanti.