These resources include activities that will deepen students’ understanding of what asylum seekers, refugees and migrants are and what their contribution to the Australian society.
Link: Teacher Resource - Refugees and Migrants
Link: Choosing Your Own Statistics
Migration Museum offer a range of multimodal resources.
Link: Migration Museum Teacher Resources
Page 5 of the Teachers Guide has a link to a Kahoot Quiz at:
This resource contains a plan for a 6-lesson sequence for exploring the topic of migration and refugees, using the Get Connected.
Many EAL/D students will not have had exposure to the colonial history of Australia and will not be familiar with many icons and understandings that may be assumed knowledge for students their age. Make comparisons between Australia’s colonisation with the colonisation of other countries (for example the colonisation of the Sudan by Britain).
Nominalisation is the changing of a verb (usually) into a noun (for example, migrate –migration, settle – settlement). This condenses text and removes the participants in most cases. EAL/D students will need a significant amount of practice in both the unpacking of these nominalisations and the reproduction of them. Teach the endings that turn the verb into a noun (for example, ‘– ment’, ‘– tion’).
EAL/D students have cultural resources that give them alternative perspectives on issues and phenomena, as well as experiences and knowledge. Students and parents should be invited to contribute what they know to discussions. If they are hesitant to talk, teachers can refer to their understandings or frame information from their culture in positive ways.