T4+Refugee+Research+Task

=Refugee Assessment Task=

You are an Education Consultant for the UNHCR office in Australia. You have been asked to compile an educational information sheet for the organisation’s website.

Your educational information sheet should be based on a real refugee’s story and is aimed at Year 6 - Year 9 students. Your aim is to create an interesting info sheet which helps Australian students understand why millions of people around the world are forced to become refugees. You do this by using a real life refugee story as a case-study for the wider refugee issue.

Your educational information sheet should contain the following 5 Headings:

1. **Name’s story:** A short overview of the refugee’s story. (Between 100 – 200 words). Here you summarise the refugee’s story in your own words. Include a description of the emotional effects of being a refugee. 2. **Name’s journey:** On a world map, indicate all countries that the refugee has stayed in, or has mentioned in the story. Annotate the map. “To annotate” means that you include labels and explanations to clarify the information on the map. For some stories you may need to use a regional map or a country map. 3. **Name’s country, background information:** What was the political situation / issue which caused the refugee to flee? Here you need to research about that particular country and provide a brief explanation about the political / economical conflicts that have occurred (or are occurring). (Between 100 – 200 words) 4. **THINK OF YOUR OWN HEADING** There is some flexibility here. Add a paragraph or add information which is specific, interesting, incredible, horrible, amazing, scary, heart wrenching, brave, just or unjust about your assigned story. Use this paragraph to highlight what you think is most worthy of sharing on the organisation’s website. 5. **The current situation in Name’s country** Use the Google Map’s overview to see if there are any refugee camps in your particular country or the surrounding region. Take a screenshot of the refugee camps. You could also use Google Earth and download the UNHCR’s Google Earth layer to see where the camps are. Take a screenshot if you find a relevant or interesting map. Describe the current situation in the country. Do additional research in to the safety and stability of the country. How many people have fled the country? Where do most of these refugees currently end up? (Between 100 – 200 words)


 * Add photos, further maps, illustrations where needed.
 * Create the information sheet in WORD.
 * No longer than 2 A4s

http://english.freemap.jp/blankmap/ (There are many other sites like this on the internet)
 * Download maps here:**

Your assigned refugee story:
Below is the link to your assigned story. Some lead to the story direct, some lead to a page with several stories, you may then pick out one of them. You work on this task ALONE.

Chanel http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/realappeal/refugeestories/zlata.htm Zlata, Bosnia Jacqueline http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/realappeal/refugeestories/ibtihal.htm Ibtihal, Iraq Beck http://www.abc.net.au/queensland/conversations/stories/s1845854.htm Iraq Olivia http://www.google.com.au/search?q=sri+lanka+refugee+story&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a Dexter http://www.unrefugees.org/site/c.lfIQKSOwFqG/b.4803763/k.C60B/Michael.htm sudan Elanor http://www.unhcr.org.au/storiesofcourage.shtml Alexander http://www.unhcr.org.au/storiesofcourage.shtml Morgan http://www.unrefugees.org/site/c.lfIQKSOwFqG/b.4803765/k.803A/Abdul_Sheikh.htm Somalia Harry http://www.refugeeaction.org/stories/stories1.htm#not_welcome Afghanistan Hannah http://www.unhcr.org.au/storiesofcourage.shtml Natalia http://www.refugeeaction.org/stories/akbar.htm Afghanistan Oscar http://www.unhcr.org.au/storiesofcourage.shtml Tansy http://www.refugeeaction.org/stories/gyzele.htm Kosovo Amy http://www.ecre.org/refugeestories/search_by_theme_or_country Lewis http://www.ecre.org/refugeestories/search_by_theme_or_country Lachlan http://www.google.com.au/search?q=sri+lanka+refugee+story&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a Sacha http://www.unhcr.org.au/storiesofcourage.shtml Helena http://www.ecre.org/refugeestories/search_by_theme_or_country Andrew http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/realappeal/refugeestories/fahim.htm Fahim, Afghanistan Jordan http://www.ecre.org/refugeestories/search_by_theme_or_country Harrison http://www.google.com.au/search?q=sri+lanka+refugee+story&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a Bruce http://www.refugeeaction.org/stories/stories1.htm Afghanistan Harrison R http://www.ecre.org/refugeestories/search_by_theme_or_country