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Subject: SOSE- Immigration Lesson Duration: 50min

Year Level: 9 Date: 4/9/2012

Lesson # 10 Supervisor: Chris Hutton

Topic: Asylum Seekers and

Refugees

VELS focus: Vels level 6-

Civics and Citizenship

Geography - standards

History -

historical knowledge and understanding

Historical reasoning and interpretation

AC Level 10

Depth Study 3. Migration of people

Overall lesson aims:

1. Understand the process of being/becoming a refugee

2. Hear the story of a refugee and their experiences

3. Improve geographical skills and knowledge

Intended outcomes (knowledge, skills & values):

1. To draw and build upon previous student knowledge about Refugees and Asylum seekers

2. Think with empathy and consideration when looking at polarizing issues

3. Understand a situation from a personalized perspective.

Techniques to evaluate students’ achievement of intended outcomes:

1. Completion of work

2. Student behavior

3. Input and involvement in class discussion

Self-development goals:

1. Remember student names

2. MANAGE TIME BETTER

3. Develop effective lessons and activities

Resources:

Case Studies Worksheets Grouping Cards

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Outline of teaching and learning (T&L) procedures:

Content

(curriculum)

Resources

T&L Activities

(pedagogy)

Time

Warm up activity

Student Feedback

Students given sentence starters an asked to give

feedback on my performance as a teacher and the unit

15min

Main Content

Migrant Case Study

Case Studies

Worksheets

Students to choose a Migrant Story from the selection

available. In pairs work through the story and find

instances of push pull, life as a refugee, coming to

Australia and their life in Australia. Filling this

information out in the worksheet provided

Students with the same story then form larger groups

and compare notes. Groups then share with class

25min

Pack up

Discuss the

similarities and

differences

As a class discuss the similarities and differences

between the migrant stories. Comparing differences in

push pull etc

10min

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After Lesson Self-Evaluation:

Good Ok Needs

Improvement

Lesson structure

Time allocation

Lesson pace

Appropriateness of activities/use of technology

Overall level of student interest/engagement

Explanations

Questioning techniques

Content detail and accuracy

Responsiveness to challenges from students

Achievements worth celebrating this lesson:

Things I found challenging and strategies I will put in place for next

time: