Introductory Video

• South Sudan: A Long Walk in Search of Safety

 

Bibliography

• Ellis, Deborah, Looking at the Stars

• Bunting, Eve, Gleam and Glow

• Williams, Karen Lynn and Mohammed, Khadra, Four Feet, Two Sandals

• Williams, Mary, Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan

• Scholastic News (2015), "Desperate Journeys" 

• Time for Kids (2015),  "What's Happening in Europe?"

• Time for Kids  (2014), "A Camp for Syrian Refugees" (video)

• Save the Children (2015), "Most Shocking Second a Day" (video - please view before showing your class)

 

Research Sites

• Roads to Refugee [Information and lesson plans]

• UNHCR Kid Zone

• I Am Syria: Teaching About the Syrian Refugee Crisis, (lesson plans and ideas to help)

• Life in a Refugee Camp, as Seen by Children, (multiple photo galleries with captions and articles)

• Focus on Refugees 

 

Empathy Activity

• Teaching Empathy for Refugees - a Lesson Plan

 

Existing Social Action Organizations

• Famine in the Horn of Africa: How to Help [lists numerous social action organizations]

• UNHCR