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Our Stories - Shabnam's Refugee Experience Settling in Australia
Lesson2 of 2 in this unit
SecondaryYear 8 - 9Humanities and Social SciencesCivics and CitizenshipSocialEqualityHomelessnessHuman RightsSocial Action
Lesson Summary
In this lesson, students will be guided through a series of scenarios, based on the real experiences of a young female refugee, Shabnam. Shabnam is a 24-year old Hazara woman from a town near the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan, who arrived in Australia as a 14-year-old refugee in 2009. This lesson guides students through a process of brainstorming tangible and practical positive actions they could take to support Shabnam (or a refugee or person seeking asylum like her) to achieve her potential and overcome the challenges explored in the lesson.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- increase their awareness of, and empathy for, the challenges faced by refugees building a new life in Australia.
- increase their understanding of the lived experiences of refugees in Australia.
- identify and explore tangible and practical positive actions they can take to support refugees to overcome their challenges.
Success criteria
Students can:
- make a range of social and ethical decisions based on a given scenario
- work in teams to make a decision
- justify their decisions based on the expected outcomes
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