REFUGEE SETTLEMENT
Lesson 2: Resettled refugees
Learning outcome
Participants will develop greater empathy for refugees who are resettled in Australia.
Lesson resources
Step 1. Brainstorming
Ask students to make a list of the challenges that people might face while settling in a new country.
Step 2. Interviews
Divide students into groups. Give each group of students one of the following sections of the website to explore:
- Roads to Refuge » Refugee settlement » Settlement in Australia
- What people say
- Our experiences
- Digital video clips
- Roads to Refuge » Refugee settlement » Challenges
- What people say
- Our experiences
- Digital video clips
- Roads to Refuge » Refugee settlement » Refugee contributions
- What people say
- Our experiences
- Digital video clips
Ask each group to develop a script for an interview suitable for a ‘radio talk show’ or ‘current affairs program’ in which they talk to people from refugee backgrounds about their experiences of settling in Australia.
Ask one member from each group to act as the journalist. Other group members could act as refugees or settlement service providers.
Students should then role play the interviews.
Step 3. Review
After completing the role plays, discuss the following ideas with students:
- Strengths, skills and knowledge that refugee people bring to a new community
- What could be done to help refugees overcome challenges during settlement