Lesson plans for ages 9-11 in Human Rights and Refugees: To Be a Refugee

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The sad face of Iraq. Members of a refugee family in Jordan, part of the growing exodus of people.

© UNHCR/P.Sands

LESSON 4: How Does It Feel? - Part 2

Introduction

Pass out copies of the UNHCR Lego poster How Does It Feel? Allow the students a few minutes to take in the picture and to read the text.

Comprehension and discussion questions

Use these questions as the basis of a discussion:

• Thinking about the three situations we discussed last lesson, what similar feelings might the lonely Lego person have?
• What similarities and differences are there between the situation of the lonely Lego figure and the three cases we considered last lesson?
• What do you think the people who designed this poster are trying to suggest through the way the Lego figures have been arranged?
• Who do you think is the intended audience of this poster?
• What attitudes towards refugees is UNHCR encouraging people to adopt in this poster?