Lesson Plan - Activity Ideas - Justice For Year 6 (Page 3 of 4) in pdf

If you wanted to focus in on a specific country to the refugee crisis here is some stats on

Syria.

War started in 2011 and still continues today.

400,000 Syrians have died as a result of war. 11 million have left Syria . 13.5 million are

still in the country.

You can also talk about the dangers refugees face if they choose to flee and talk about

Alan Kurdi the 3 year old boy who's lifeless body was found on the shores of Greece in

September 2015 talk about the injustice of this.

Talk about the un safe boats people cross on and the smugglers exploiting these people

for ridiculous payments to get a ride.

Also let children see images of before war and the effects of war on the community, on

buildings and the devastation war brings to structure and to peoples personal worlds.

Talk about what life looks like living in a tent in a refugee camp and the needs people

have. Talk about how its meant to be a temporary place of refugee but people have lived

there for many many years.

Talk about the work of feed the Hungry and how they work to help refugees by feeding and

clothing them .

Challenge the children at this point that they could collect and donate clothing and dignity

items to send out with feed the hungry.

The powerpoint will show pictures of children receiving aid, talk with the children how

these children could feel receiving this and the hope it can restore in humanity.

Props – powerpoint pictures ( available on website)

Activities linked to the Refugee Crisis

Clothes packing – Take in donated clothes for the children to help sort and pack for

refugees that feed the hungry are supporting.

Props – used clothes, dignity items i.e. new nappies, hair brushes, toothbrushes etc .

Banana boxes

Drama – Becoming a Refugee

Put children into groups of around 6. First Get each group to be human sculptures and

make themselves into a house. Then give each group a scene linked to the refugee crisis

that they have to act out in a 90 sec skit.

Scene 1 -Life is normal – get up, go to school

Scene 2 – War begins and people start to die

Scene 3 – Deciding to flee

Scene 4 -Crossing the sea

Scene 5 -Arriving at a Refugee camp and being helped.

Feed the Hungry -Every child, everyday feeding program

Talk to the Children how feed the hungry exists to see that Children are treated right and

are given what they need after facing in injustice of war or famine.

You could talk about Matthew 25 verse 35 and link it to the work of Feed the Hungry

Talk about the 21 countries feed the hungry work in and how many children they are

feeding around the world daily ( now around 153,000 as of June 17)

Show the children the feeding bowls, sporks and food that is sent to them and pass them

round the class

Explain whats in the pack of food, how many it feeds, how long it will keep the children

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