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Students/Teache Instruction/activi
r Response
ty

After this lesson you can:

Lets read together

Tools/materials

Give each
student
1. Sheet
2. Voca
Tape :
impression
and reason

Backgrou
nd
Informati
on

Teacher will ask whole class

Raise up your hand If you have heard
the word Refugee?
Have you met a refugee?

Checking
prior
knowledg
e

Justin,
What was your experience when you
Asking the
met a Refugee?
student more
Whats your impression about he or she? details
Do you speak the same language?
How did you communicate?

1st student

Who else have met Refugee?

Can you describe your experience?

2nd student
(different
you describe
your experience? language,
dress up
different, poor,
sad)

3:003:30

*Have you thought about what are the

reasons they have to leave their
country?

Stu: Raise up or
not of their
hands
Tr: Ask student
raised up hand.

Point out
student

Teacher ask
whole class

catch the
essential words

Impression
Write
essential
words on the
board

1,2,3,4

Write
essential
words on the
board
(different
language,
dress up
different, poor,
sad)
* who else
wants to add
more words to
the reason?

Teaching
Content

Before
watching
Carly

Very good!!now, write down those

reasons on the sheet of paper I gave to
you!
We are going to watch a video about a
girl named Carly who is forced to flee
her home and leave everything behind.
All alone, she sets out to find help in
other lands.
Before we watching the video, I want
you to read all 5 questions on your
sheet. Justin/Katlyn can you start
reading question1?

write down
those reasons
on the sheet of
paper

Ask
Justin/Katlyn/Emi
ly Rose to start
reading
**Passing 4
colors to all
students.

Question 1.
Q2. Next
student/name
Q3, Q4, Q5.

07:15

Ok! Keep those questions in your mind

while you watching the video. And we
will have a group discussion afterwards.

Play the Carly

Video
(07:15)

After
watching
Carly

**Distribute color notes

find your group member who has the
same color notes as you

Group discussion
(2:30-3:00)
4 groups: yellow,
pink, orange,
blue

*********
PAY
ATTENTI
ON

Discuss question as a whole class.

Q1,2,3,4,
*****Define Refugee
Ask one student to read definition of
Refugee.

Ask each group.

Eg. Heathers
group, Jennas
group

2:303:00

5 + NEW Question
go back to the questions on the board.
Ask students - Which reasons can apply
to Carlys situation?

**Distribute
color notes

Ask each student to read the definition

of:
Persecution
War
Violence
**Whats the reason for Carly to fled
from her home?

Check on the
Board

Categories the reasons students talked

in the beginning of the lesson
Mark them as P,W,V.

Mark the reasons

as P,W,V.

Now we are going to watch one more

video, after the video I will expect you to
tell me which category of reason does
this Refugees situation apply?
Youtube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=nheVelgx09A

War

00:58-02:20
Ask: what the reason this Refugee had
to leave his home? Which category does
the reason belong to?
1st Refugee(from Liberia) : War , civil war
in Liberia, so he and his families fly to
Sierra, UN moved them. Also violence.
2nd refugee, roommate of the 1 st
refugee(from Sierra Leone). war

Check on the
Board

Left Sierra Leone

Persecution
War
Violence
Check on the Board
Good job everyone.
Now you could confidently Explain
the reasons why refugees are
forced to flee.

Next class, we will look at where in the

world has the most refugees, and how
they are living.

Questions for Carly video:

1. How do you think Carly feels at the beginning and the end of the video?
Beginning san. End happy.
2. What types of problems does Carly face in her journey?
Animal, people saw her differently, so they dont want her to stay. Because she is different then them.
They dont like her.

3. Why does she decide to stay with Mr. Friendly and his family?
She felt she found the new home. She felt welcomed by Mr. Friendly and his family. He gave her food and
place to stay. They treated her nicely.
4. Do you think Carly is a Refugee? And what made you think she is or she is not?
Yes: she didnt take any belongings with her. Her house burned down. No food to eat. People rejected her
to stay.
No:

DEFINE Refugee: someone who has been forced to flee his or her country because of a well-founded
fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a
particular social group; a refugee either cannot return home or is afraid to do so. War and ethnic,
tribal and religious violence are leading causes of refugees fleeing their countries.

5. Why did Carly leave her home?

Her house was burned down.
***NEW Question: Why do you think her house burned?
Maybe other people set the house on fire? Carly or her families had conflict with other people?
Explain to students that refugees leave their homes and their countries because of persecution, war or
violence. Define each and give an example of each.
***Lets go back to the Reasons we wrote in the beginning of the class. Which reasons can apply to Carlys
situation?

Ask students, and Point on the board

***There are 3 major reasons why Refugee flee their home? Can someone take a guess?
Take our 3 piece of papers
Ask each student to read the definition of :
Vocabulary:

Refugee: someone who has been forced to flee his or her country because of a well-founded fear of
persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular
social group; a refugee either cannot return home or is afraid to do so. War and ethnic, tribal and
religious violence are leading causes of refugees fleeing their countries.

Persecution: to oppress, harass, bully, or maltreat, especially because of race or religion or ethnicity

War: a state of hostility, conflict, or antagonism; a struggle or competition between opposing forces
or for a particular end.

Violence: intense, turbulent, or furious and often destructive action or force.

**Which is reason caused Carly to flee from her home?