Teaching Resources

This is a short video about a refugee child called Rahf, her memories of her life in Syria, and her reflections on her new life in Luxembourg. There is also an accompanying lesson plan that teachers can use alongside this video.

In this video from 2014, Claudia Araya (Enseña Chile, 2012) shares her reflections on how she developed the independence and leadership in students that are necessary for them to take ownership of their dreams and make them a reality.

This is a short animation video by UNHCR that defines the term "asylum seeker." This video can be useful preparation for a lesson and also be used within lessons to bring this topic to life for students.

Over a series of four sessions, practitioners from the MedStar Georgetown WISE center shared their expertise on how we can support students and teachers through the lens of a trauma-informed practice. In the first of this four-part series, we delved ...

In this video from 2020, Samia shows how she created healing spaces inside and outside of the classroom for her students to begin developing the awareness and agency they needed to understand and overcome the inequities they were facing.

This Girl Rising curriculum addresses an array of issues ranging from inquiries such as, “How do economies grow when girls are educated?” to “How do parents keep their daughters safe and cared for?” It has fact sheets and teacher guides.

This three-page worksheet helps students make an emergency plan, which helps everyone know what to do if an emergency ever happens. It includes family contact details, emergency contacts, an emergency meeting place, neighborhood helpers, and more.

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...

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 lloches, a gw...

This video from 2017 explores perspectives from different countries through the voices of educators who are trying to explore and deconstruct these divisions. This work includes exploration of the historical, economic, and cultural forces that gave r...