Teaching Resources

Resources in English, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Gaelic, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish

Resources in English

Passages

An awareness game putting players through the experience of refugees.

All countries
Available in English, Dutch and French
Suitable for all ages

Not Just Numbers Toolkit

Lesson plans, learning activities, video and photo exercises.

All countries
Available in 20 European Union languages
Suitable for children aged 12-18

Balloon Game

Short and fun game to raise awareness of the problems refugees must juggle with in a new land.

All countries
Available in English
Suitable for all ages

Against All Odds

An on-line game putting the player through the experience of fleeing a country and making a dangerous journey to safety.

Available in several languages including Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, Spanish and Swedish
Suitable for pupils aged 12 and over

UNHCR Global Trends report

UNHCR's main yearly report containing the latest facts and figures on refugees, asylum-seekers, migrants and other persons of concern.

Available in English
Suitable for pupils aged 15 to 18

Seeking Safety package

A complete lesson plan by Amnesty International with eight activities explaining basic concepts like refugee, IDP, asylum seeker.

United Kingdom
Available in English
Suitable for children aged 9-12

They Came Because They Had To package

A lesson plan by Amnesty International with some class activities explaining basic concepts with examples drawn from a refugee story and the story of famous refugees.

United Kingdom
Available in English and Welsh
Suitable for children aged 9-12

Queen's Speech class activity

A set of class activity ideas developed by Red Cross UK based on an on-line recording of Princess Elizabeth making a speech during WWII.

United Kingdom
Available in English
Suitable for children aged 6-9

Films - Life on Hold and Rain is beautiful

A set of two films about a Somali refugee by Amnesty International.

All countries
Available in English
Suitable for children aged 12-18

Traces Project

Online, interactive timeline of famous refugee artists, musicians and writers working in the creative industries in the UK.

United Kingdom
Available in English
Suitable for children aged 9-18

"Human Books" in your school

The Human Books project by Amnesty International brought refugees, migrants and ethnic minorities into several classrooms in Czech Republic, where they told their story.

United Kingdom and Czechia
Available in English and Czech
Inspiration for schools and teachers

Schools of Sanctuary Resource Pack

The City of Sanctuary network is an initiative by a network of UK charities to create a culture of welcome to refugees.

United Kingdom
Available in English
Inspiration for schools and teachers

Seeking refuge animation film series

Seeking Refuge is a BBC series of short animated films of children telling the story of how they fled their countries and came to the UK.

United Kingdom
Available in English
Suitable for children aged 9-12

My Dreams for the Future

My Dreams for the Future is a downloadable book based around the drawings and stories of Congolese refugee children in Burundi by UNHCR.

All countries
All text in the book is in English, Dutch and French
Suitable for children aged 6-12

Dadaab Stories

Dadaab Stories is a multimedia platform containing a large collection of stories and films from Dadaab Refugee camp in Kenya, home to hundreds of thousands, mostly, Somali refugees.

Available in English
Suitable for pupils aged 15 to 18

Meet the Somalis

Meet the Somalis is a collection of 14 illustrated stories depicting the real life experiences of Somalis in seven cities in Europe.

All countries
Available in English
Suitable for children aged 15-18

Most Shocking Second a Day videos

Two short films by NGO Save the Children showing what would happen to a little girl if a war would break out in the UK and she would be forced to flee.

All countries
Available in English
Suitable for children aged 12-18

Life on Hold web documentary

Life on Hold is an interactive web documentary on refugees in Lebanon by news network Al Jazeera.

All countries
Available in English
Suitable for children aged 15-18

Resources in Czech

Not Just Numbers Toolkit

Lesson plans, learning activities, video and photo exercises.

All countries
Available in 20 European Union languages
Suitable for children aged 12-18

"Human Books" in your school

The Human Books project by Amnesty International brought refugees, migrants and ethnic minorities into several classrooms in Czech Republic, where they told their story.

United Kingdom and Czechia
Available in English and Czech
Inspiration for schools and teachers

Resources in Danish

Against All Odds

An on-line game putting the player through the experience of fleeing a country and making a dangerous journey to safety.

Available in several languages including Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, Spanish and Swedish
Suitable for pupils aged 12 and over

Resources in Dutch

De Asielzoekmachine

De Asielzoekmachine (The Asylum Seeking Machine) is an on-line multimedia story explaining asylum, migration and refugees in the Netherlands

The Netherlands
Available in Dutch
Suitable for children aged 12-18

VluchtelingenWerk educational packages

Dutch NGO VluchtelingenWerk has developed a comprehensive package of teaching materials on refugees, asylum and migration

The Netherlands
Available in Ducth
Suitable for all ages

Passages

An awareness game putting players through the experience of refugees.

All countries
Available in English, Dutch and French
Suitable for all ages

Not Just Numbers Toolkit

Lesson plans, learning activities, video and photo exercises.

All countries
Available in 20 European Union languages
Suitable for children aged 12-18

UNHCR Belgium reading list

A collection of interesting books on refugees listed by UNHCR Belgium.

Belgium
List available in French and Dutch (some books available in multiple languages).
Suitable for children aged 15-18

My Dreams for the Future

My Dreams for the Future is a downloadable book based around the drawings and stories of Congolese refugee children in Burundi by UNHCR.

All countries
All text in the book is in English, Dutch and French
Suitable for children aged 6-12

Resources in Estonian

Not Just Numbers Toolkit

Lesson plans, learning activities, video and photo exercises.

All countries
Available in 20 European Union languages
Suitable for children aged 12-18

Against All Odds

An on-line game putting the player through the experience of fleeing a country and making a dangerous journey to safety.

Available in several languages including Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, Spanish and Swedish
Suitable for pupils aged 12 and over

Resources in Finnish

Not Just Numbers Toolkit

Lesson plans, learning activities, video and photo exercises.

All countries
Available in 20 European Union languages
Suitable for children aged 12-18

Against All Odds

An on-line game putting the player through the experience of fleeing a country and making a dangerous journey to safety.

Available in several languages including Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, Spanish and Swedish
Suitable for pupils aged 12 and over

Resources in French

Le Carnet de Chico

An educational package including a ten minute animated film and exercise sheets.

Belgium
Available in French
Suitable for children aged 6-12

Chemins d'Exil

A teachers' toolkit about asylum and migration in Belgium based on the comic book series "Chemins d'Exil", containing a board game and activity sheers.

Belgium
Available in French
Suitable for children aged 12-18

Passages

An awareness game putting players through the experience of refugees.

All countries
Available in English, Dutch and French
Suitable for all ages

Not Just Numbers Toolkit

Lesson plans, learning activities, video and photo exercises.

All countries
Available in 20 European Union languages
Suitable for children aged 12-18

Expo-on-demand Les Emigrants belges d'hier

Les Emigrants belges d'hier is a set of paintings offered on loan to schools recounting the story of Belgians emigrating from their country in the past, with a link to refugees today.