The activities below form a one hour lesson or workshop.
Escape to Safety is suitable for the Citizenship curriculum for KS3 upwards, but also has strong links to English, PSHE, History, Geography and RE (in particular, how we ‘welcome the stranger’)
Learning Outcomes
Increased understanding of why refugees flee their countries
Increased understanding of the challenges finding safety in the UK
Increased understanding of the challenges of being an asylum seeker
All students/participants will need to be able to watch the Escape to Safety ‘digital story’ online and listen to it through headphones. It is advisable that they look for the answers to the Comprehension questions as they are watching the digital story.
Explain to students/participants that they will be going on a virtual journey (which lasts 15 minutes). They will be virtually walking in the footsteps of 3 people who have had to flee their countries and are seeking asylum in the UK. The men are from Iran and Sudan. The woman is from Eritrea. You could start by finding these countries on a map.
Before embarking on their journey, ask them to fill in the documents here. Link to pre-journey activities here. Allow 15 minutes.
Then, ask them to don their headsets and press play to watch and listen to the Escape to Safety experience and answer the Comprehension sheet at the same time. Allow 16 minutes.
Finally, ask them to complete these post-journey activities
For further extension work, the script is available
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