Refugees, Asylum Seekers & Immigration
Educate your students on migration in Australia.
Our Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Immigration Teaching Resources
At St Vincent de Paul QLD, we have created these National Australian Curriculum resources for schools to help students learn about refugees, asylum seekers and immigration.
These Curriculum resources were created for teachers, to help them discuss the migration of refugees and asylum seekers to Australia in the classroom. Students will explore the history of Australia’s attitudes and policies towards migrants, asylum seekers and refugees since 1901. Topics include the effects of detention centres, an analysis of historical and current Australian policy, and multiculturalism in Australia.
What The Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Immigration Teaching Resources Include
You can access our school resources, including a Fact Book and Curriculum Map about refugees, asylum seekers and immigration, and a series of activities for students in Grades 5 to 10. These activities can be printed or completed electronically.
For most social justice subjects, we also have A Teacher’s Guide to support the activities. If a guide is not available, this is because the students’ responses will be more subjective or creative.
Starter Guide
Resources by Grade
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Additional Resources
ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES
- Each of the activities can be either printed or completed electronically. Please note that some activities may require printing in order to be completed
- Some activities may not have a teachers guide, this is typically when the students responses are subjective or creative
- Some of the tasks may require the use of additional support documents, these can be found below under the Support Documents Section
Resources Include:
- Guides for structuring and editing short stories, diary entries, letters, news articles and factual recounts
- A guide for creating graphs with Microsoft Excel
- A guide for using the statistics website Gapminder
- A brief guide to the UN’s 30 Human Rights
ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES
- Each of the activities can be either printed or completed electronically. Please note that some activities may require printing in order to be completed
- Some activities may not have a teachers guide, this is typically when the students responses are subjective or creative
- Some of the tasks may require the use of additional support documents, these can be found below under the Support Documents Section
Teacher Guides
Resources Include:
- Guides for structuring and editing short stories, diary entries, letters, news articles and factual recounts
- A guide for creating graphs with Microsoft Excel
- A guide for using the statistics website Gapminder
- A brief guide to the UN’s 30 Human Rights
ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES
- Each of the activities can be either printed or completed electronically. Please note that some activities may require printing in order to be completed
- Some activities may not have a teachers guide, this is typically when the students responses are subjective or creative
- Some of the tasks may require the use of additional support documents, these can be found below under the Support Documents Section
Resources Include:
- Guides for structuring and editing short stories, diary entries, letters, news articles and factual recounts
- A guide for creating graphs with Microsoft Excel
- A guide for using the statistics website Gapminder
- A brief guide to the UN’s 30 Human Rights
ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES
- Each of the activities can be either printed or completed electronically. Please note that some activities may require printing in order to be completed
- Some activities may not have a teachers guide, this is typically when the students responses are subjective or creative
- Some of the tasks may require the use of additional support documents, these can be found below under the Support Documents Section
Resources Include:
- Guides for structuring and editing short stories, diary entries, letters, news articles and factual recounts
- A guide for creating graphs with Microsoft Excel
- A guide for using the statistics website Gapminder
- A brief guide to the UN’s 30 Human Rights
ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES
- Each of the activities can be either printed or completed electronically. Please note that some activities may require printing in order to be completed
- Some activities may not have a teachers guide, this is typically when the students responses are subjective or creative
- Some of the tasks may require the use of additional support documents, these can be found below under the Support Documents Section
Teacher Guides
Resources Include:
- Guides for structuring and editing short stories, diary entries, letters, news articles and factual recounts
- A guide for creating graphs with Microsoft Excel
- A guide for using the statistics website Gapminder
- A brief guide to the UN’s 30 Human Rights
ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES
Student Activities
- RAS1 Crossword STUDENT
- RAS2 Find A Word STUDENT
- RAS4 Workbook Activity Video Worksheet STUDENT
- RAS5 Workbook Activity Asylum Seeker And Refugee Story Writing STUDENT
- RAS6 Workbook Activity UNHCR Definitions STUDENT
- RAS14 Workbook Activity How Asylum Seekers Arrive STUDENT
- RAS17 Workbook Activity Refugee Crisis News Article STUDENT
- RAS20 Workbook Activity Statelessness STUDENT
- RAS21 Workbook Activity News Article Analysis STUDENT
- RAS22 Workbook Activity Crisis Solutions STUDENT
- RAS23 Workbook Activity Myths And Facts STUDENT
- RAS25 Workbook Activity Asylum And Refugees Comprehension Activity STUDENT
- RAS29 Workbook Activity Current Situation Graphing STUDENT
- RAS33 Workbook Activity Refugee Crisis Fleeing Your Home STUDENT
- RAS35 Workbook Activity Refugee Policies Around The World STUDENT
- RAS41 Workbook Activity Migrant Refugees Asylum Timeline STUDENT
Teacher Guides
- RAS1 Crossword TEACHER
- RAS2 Find A Word TEACHER
- RAS4 Workbook Activity Video Worksheet TEACHER
- RAS5 Workbook Activity Asylum Seeker And Refugee Story Writing TEACHER
- RAS6 Workbook Activity UNHCR Definitions TEACHER
- RAS14 Workbook Activity How Asylum Seekers Arrive TEACHER
- RAS17 Workbook Activity Refugee Crisis News Article TEACHER
- RAS20 Workbook Activity Statelessness TEACHER
- RAS21 Workbook Activity News Article Analysis TEACHER
- RAS22 Workbook Activity Crisis Solutions TEACHER
- RAS23 Workbook Activity Myths And Facts TEACHER
- RAS25 Workbook Activity Asylum And Refugees Comprehension Activity TEACHER
- RAS29 Workbook Activity Current Situation Graphing TEACHER
- RAS33 Workbook Activity Refugee Crisis Fleeing Your Home TEACHER
- RAS35 Workbook Activity Refugee Policies Around The World TEACHER
- RAS41 Workbook Activity Migrant Refugees Asylum Timeline TEACHER
Resources Include:
- Guides for structuring and editing short stories, diary entries, letters, news articles and factual recounts
- A guide for creating graphs with Microsoft Excel
- A guide for using the statistics website Gapminder
- A brief guide to the UN’s 30 Human Rights
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