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| | | Refugee Lessons
After students have seen the Children's Theater Production of the Lost Boys of Sudan, provide them with a local connection. The following activities will allow them to understand more about the refugees who have resettled in Minnesota, the process of becoming a refugee, and how individually or as a class they can take action to welcome refugees to their school and community.
Download a Power Point program to educate students about refugees to the U.S. and Minnesota, their journeys, and the policies that protect and impact them.Links to Refugee Sending Countries
Refugees leave nations where they have faced persecution or have a well-founded fear of persecution. Learn about the conflicts occuring in several of the nations from which the United States and Minnesota receive large numbers of refugees. Refugee Articles
Articles about refugees to Minnesota and refugee youth will provide students a local perspective to a global issue. The activities promote discussion and multiple refugee populations are highlighted.Take Action to Help Refugees
Ideas for students to take action individually or as a class to assist refugees in their own communities.Fleeing For Your Life
A refugee role-play activity.Applying for Asylum
To illustrate the difficulty of the process of applying for asylum, the class will attempt to fill out the asylum application in a “language” that students may find somewhat familiar: Pig Latin. |
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