Sierra Leone Teen Refugees

Due Friday 12/7/07

Since you heard two stories of teenagers who have immigrated here from Sierra Leone, your assignment is to go to to the site beyondthefire.net and listen to a third teen refugee story.

As we did in class, you are to document the following from the teens experience:

Home Life (Family Structure and relationships)
Education (Condition of schools and access to education)
Economic Conditions (Financially stability, access to jobs)
Social Life (Relationships with friends, quality of social life, social status)
Other information (Anything else that is interesting to compare)

With this information, compare the subjects experiences to your own. What differences and similarities do you see.

Also, once you watch the story on beyondthefire.net, you are expected to complete the activity. In order to do so, you must register with the site.

If you have any questions, please post them here or email me at iburgos2@schools.nyc.gov

Ms. B

Refugee Activity

DUE THURSDAY 12/6

My instructions in class were for you to define certain terms. After further consideration, I am asking that you complete the following assignment.

You are to post a "memoir" as if you are a refugee or an internally displaced person (IDP). Based on our class activity describe how it felt to be rushed from your home, how you decided what to take with you and if you thought the asylum process was fair. In addition, write briefly how you think a refugee or IDP crisis can affect other global issues like environmental destruction, poverty and education in particular. Post your responses here. They are due by Thursday 12/6.