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.
Education in Emergencies
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...
Education in Emergencies
Trinka and Sam: The Big Fire
A story that helps young children, their families, and teachers talk about feelings and worries they may have after experiencing a large-scale fire like a wildfire. This children's book describes some of Trinka's and Sam's reactions an...
Education in Emergencies
Football Welcomes Refugees
This Amnesty International activity pack for students ages 7 to 14 supports teachers in encouraging discussion about refugee rights and celebrating the contribution that people with refugee backgrounds have made to the UK, especially in football.
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Sounds of Conflict
Activities to discuss the bombing of civilian areas and international humanitarian law. Students need to imagine what it is like to experience an airstrike, what you would be thinking, and any words of comfort that could help. Students are also given...
Education in Emergencies
Pecyn adnoddau Hawliau Dynol yn yr Ysgol Uwchradd
Mae’r adnodd hwn yn cynnwys saith cynllun gwers i helpu plant 11-18 oed i drafod hawliau dynol, naill ai fel gwersi unigol neu ar gyfer diwrnodau ar thema ar draws yr ysgol gyfan. Mae'r pynciau'n cynnwys rhyddid mynegiant, ffoaduriaid a llo...
Education in Emergencies
Defusing Conflict
A guide for teachers on how to defuse tension and reduce conflict in difficult situations. Lesson activities are designed to help students when tensions are in the air and a disagreement seems to be building into something more threatening. Students ...
Education in Emergencies
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.