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Rescooped by
Catherine Smyth
from HSIE Stage 2 CCS2.2 The contribution of people and groups from other countries to Australian heritage
onto Primary history- Australia as a Nation May 11, 2014 7:36 PM
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World Vision Australia has a range of school resources linked to its magazine 'Get Connected'. The resources related to migration and asylum seekers are notable for their global perspective.
The migration lesson plan is a series of six lessons designed to accompany the issue of 'Get Connected' focusing on migration. The lesson plan covers the following aspects of migration:
- Australia’s immigration story
- Push and pull factors
- Types of migration
- Asylum seekers and refugees
- The migrant experience
- The role of government and NGOs.
The magazine itself includes a number of personal narratives in the form of written case studies, and the lesson plan links to digital migration stories, part of acmi’s digital storytelling project: http://generator.acmi.net.au/education-themes
MODIFICATION
The migration lesson plan does not specify a target stage or age group, and seem to be geared towards upper primary and lower secondary students.
This means that some of the content and activities would need to be modified for Stage 2 students. This could be done by:
- limiting the amount of independent research that students are expected to complete for activities
- supplying the information instead, either as printouts or links to websites.
Lesson 6, ‘the role of government and NGOs’, may be more suitable for Stage 3 students, who look at ‘structures, roles, responsibilities and decision-making processes of State and federal governments’ (SSS3.8)
However, many of the activities in the lesson plan are already suitable for Stage 2 students. These include:
- creating a class graph or chart showing the regions that families come from
- making a poster of push-pull factors
- examining and interpreting maps.
RESOURCES
Although the lesson plan is free to download, the magazine itself is not available to download. It can be ordered from World Vision for $9.90 per copy.
http://www.worldvision.com.au/Libraries/School_Resources/Get_Connected_Order_Form_2012.pdf
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS
Asylum seekers fact sheet
http://www.worldvision.com.au/Libraries/School_Resources/Asylum_seekers.pdf
The refugee journey
http://www.worldvision.com.au/Libraries/School_Resources/The_refugee_journey.pdf
LINKS TO OTHER SYLLABUS OUTCOMES
Stage 2 teachers could consider using texts with personal narratives to link this global perspective on migration to the English syllabus. Suggested texts include:
The Little Refugee, by Anh Do and Suzanne Do, illustrated by Bruce Whatley
- Anh Do's story about his family's escape from war-torn Vietnam and his childhood in Australia, told especially for children
http://www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?page=94&book=9781742378329
http://www.allenandunwin.com/_uploads/BookPdf/TeachersNotes/9781742378329.pdf
Harmony and understanding
http://www.blake.com.au/Harmony-and-Understanding-s/773.htm
A nonfiction series that fosters understanding, inclusion, tolerance and respect for the multicultural experience. Created in partnership with the Australian Multicultural Foundation
World Vision Australia and the Primary English Teaching Association Australia have also developed a unit of work called ‘Global people’
http://www.globalwords.edu.au/units/Refugees_UPY6_html/documents/GlobalWords_Refugees_UPY6print.pdf
The ‘Global people’ unit of work is based on the following texts:
‘Ziba Came on a Boat’, by Liz Lofthouse, illustrated by Robert Ingpen
‘Mahtab’s Story, by Libby Gleeson
‘Parvana’, by Deborah Ellis
‘Boy Overboard’, by Morris Gleitzman