<p> Grace Benton & Rochelle Davis https://blogs.commons.georgetown.edu/rochelledavis/refugee-video-project/</p><p>Sample Lesson Plan: Syrian Refugees in Jordan</p><p>This lesson plan is geared toward secondary school students and encourages them to not only understand the situation of being a refugee in Jordan but also the challenges of responding to the huge influx of refugees.</p><p>Possible Warm-up: </p><p>Role playing game on being a refugee. Against All Odds (Game) UNHCR http://www.playagainstallodds.com/ </p><p>This is an online, interactive game allows students to learn about what it’s like to be a refugee. US teacher’s introduction and educational resources can be found here: http://www.playagainstallodds.com/teachersupervision/us/index_us.html</p><p>Background Reading and Material:</p><p>Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon: A Snapshot from Summer 2013: http://ccas.georgetown.edu/story/1242735967441.html</p><p>Syria’s Mutating Conflict: A report of the International Crisis Group (8/2012) http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/middle-east-north-africa/egypt-syria- lebanon/syria/128-syrias-mutating-conflict.aspx</p><p>UNHCR Website on Syrian refugees – latest numbers and reports and maps https://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/regional.php</p><p>Amnesty International on Syria 2013: http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/syria/report-2013</p><p>1 Grace Benton & Rochelle Davis https://blogs.commons.georgetown.edu/rochelledavis/refugee-video-project/</p><p>Being a Syrian Refugee in Jordan:</p><p>The Syrian Crisis in Jordan by Matthew Hall June 24, 2013 http://www.merip.org/mero/mero062413 An accurate and well-written piece on life inside Zaatari refugee camp for Syrians and life outside the camp.</p><p>Cultural engagement and Voices of Zaatari: Oxfam helps Syrian refugees use music to cope http://www.oxfam.org/en/video/2013/voices-zaatari-oxfam-helps-syrian- refugees-use-music-cope-lifecamps and the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdGLMXB4_lA</p><p>On Those Injured in the War Syria's Disabled Future by Edward Thomas May 14, 2013 http://www.merip.org/mero/mero051413 </p><p>Education UNICEF: http://www.unicef.org/appeals/syrianrefugees.html</p><p>Higher education “Uncounted and Unacknowledged: Syria’s Refugee University Students and Academics in Jordan” by Keith Watenpaugh http://academia.edu/3474289/Uncounted_and_Unacknowledged_Syrias_Refugee_U niversity_Students_and_Academics_in_Jordan</p><p>Some questions to think about: What are the connections that Syrians make in Jordan? What makes it possible for them to survive? How is the Jordanian government responding to the influx of Syrians? How is the international community responding? What are the major issues that refugees face</p><p>2</p>