Free resource library: Refugees and migration
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Refugees and migration teaching resources
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![Couple pose for photo with their two young children](/-/media/feature/projectred/16x9/refugees-through-time.jpg?h=495&w=880&hash=91103C80935C7A247698C6119E7FBAA4)
Age: 11 - 16
Type: Lesson plan
Subjects: PSHE, Tutor time
Educational teaching resource considering the shared humanity of refugees and migration through history. Suitable for secondary school students aged 11 to 16.
![Positive images graphic](/-/media/feature/projectred/16x9/get-involved/teaching-resources-positive-images.jpg?h=495&w=880&hash=B9F6D28834F0EDB445593AF07F33AC4E)
Age: 11–19
Type: Lesson plan, images
Subjects: PSHE, Citizenship, Geography
Teaching resource exploring positive images and videos about migration and development.
![Vietnamese artist Hong Dam.](/-/media/feature/projectred/16x9/get-involved/teaching-resources-refugees-celebrate.jpg?h=495&w=880&hash=D70406475DC2C75143A84A9B2ECF9E72)
Age: 14-19
Type: Lesson plan, images
Subjects: Citizenship, PSHE, Art and design
Celebrate the contributions of refugees to art and culture, and consider how it may feel to have to flee your country.
![A cartoon taken from the graphic novel Over Under Sideways Down.](/-/media/feature/projectred/16x9/get-involved/teaching-resources-refugees-identity.jpg?h=495&w=880&hash=A6AF4745CA00DB2B4934714D7EC852D2)
Age: 11-19
Type: Lesson plan, images
Subjects: PSHE, Citizenship, Geography
Explore identity, the feeling of isolation and the value of friendship by looking at a comic book about a refugee’s story.
![Syrian refugees and other volunteers fill sandbags to stem flood water in York city centre, December 2015.](/-/media/feature/projectred/16x9/get-involved/teaching-resources-refugee-week-2017.jpg?h=495&w=880&hash=B3D621AEC036B919B2FF82EE9B6684ED)
Age: 11-16
Type: Lesson plan, video
Subjects: Citizenship, SMSC
Help learners see refugees as 'someone like me' to build mutual respect and empathy and build a shared future.
![Woman dances in traditional cultural clothing in front of a crowd.](/-/media/feature/projectred/16x9/get-involved/teaching-resources-identity-and-belonging.jpg?h=495&w=880&hash=8D69C535A9202C56B8B5C736AB1BC671)
Age: 7-11, 11-14
Type: Lesson plan, images
Subjects: PSHE
Activities to help learners consider identity, belonging and the impact stigma can have on refugee and migrant communities.
![The Long Road EP](/-/media/feature/projectred/16x9/get-involved/teaching-resources-refugee-journeys.jpg?h=495&w=880&hash=E8B0BE48DE5493C163A7B2BACEC4280C)
Age: 14-19
Type: Lesson plan, audio, video
Subjects: English, SMSC
Celebrate the contributions of refugees to art and culture, and consider how it may feel to have to flee your country.
![Refugees and WWII evacuees](/-/media/feature/projectred/16x9/get-involved/teaching-resources-refugees-and-wwii-evacuees.jpg?h=495&w=880&hash=3DC61E53F85CA0872C204B3C816CF76F)
Age: 7-11
Type: Lesson plan, audio
Subjects: English, History
Educational resources for primary school students examining the evacuation of children in Britain during World War Two to better understand the reasons people are forced to leave home.
![Child's drawing](/-/media/feature/projectred/16x9/get-involved/teaching-resources-refugees-welcome.jpg?h=495&w=880&hash=8C60CDD45561638021D05A6C6D48BE24)
Age: 14-16
Type: Lesson plan
Subjects: Art and design, Citizenship, Drama
Explore the welcome shown to refugees and asylum seekers in the UK and encourage learners to consider the impact of being welcoming on those arriving in the UK.
![Refugees in workshop](/-/media/feature/projectred/16x9/refugee-week-2018-child-drawing/refugee-week-2018.jpg?h=495&w=880&hash=8B27D802DFCD006FD0A4405E66EC3AE6)
Age: 7-14
Type: Lesson Plan
Subjects: Citizenship
Help learners to build empathy, increase understanding and celebrate the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees.
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