Education in Emergencies
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
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
Monsoon Rains
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya people who fled violence in Myanmar now live in makeshift camps in Bangladesh and living conditions are extremely basic. This lesson explores how the monsoon season affects life in these camps and work that is being ...
Education in Emergencies
First Steps: Human Rights
This resource has five themed lesson plans to introduce human rights to young children ages 3-5. These teaching resources engage children in discussion and raise awareness of their own rights in a fun and interactive way. They cover feelings, relatio...
Education in Emergencies
Chemical Weapons
A lesson to introduce what chemical weapons are and how they fit within international humanitarian law. Students will understand the facts about what chemical weapons are and why they are banned, discuss why we have rules during conflict, and conside...
Education in Emergencies
Roads to Refuge
This resource has 13 lesson plans on exploring who is a refugee, refugee journeys, and refugee settlement. Lessons cover terminology, myths and facts, persecution, countries of origin, why people flee, where people seek asylum, durable solutions, res...
Education in Emergencies
Rules of War
Classroom activities introducing young people to the principles of international humanitarian law and the "rules of war." Students will explore what the laws are, why we have them, and their importance in governing what is and is not allowed in armed...
Education in Emergencies
L'histoire de Hassan et Youssof
Dans cette courte vidéo, Hassan et Youssof, deux enfants réfugiés, évoquent leur vie en Syrie, leur décision de se rendre en Europe et la manière dont leur père inculque la discipline en tant que champion de karaté. Les enseignants pourraient égaleme...