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This is a page especially for people in primary school who are interested in refugees! Introduction: Australia, A Nation of Migrants Activity 1 Refugees often have to leave their homes very quickly and can only take what they can carry. Imagine you have fifteen minutes to leave your home. What ten items would you take with you? Activity 2 Write a letter to an imaginary friend that you left behind in your home country. Explain to them how you feel to be living in a new country and starting school. Activity 3 Imagine you and your family have arrived in a new country with very few possessions and you don't speak English. Write a list of all the things that you would need in your new country. What would you need straight away? What would you need after six months?
Activity 4
Do you think that elderly refugees need different things to children? Write down a list of what different generations of people (grandparents, parents, children) would need when they move countries.
Activity 5 1. Have you ever been the new person at school? What was it like?
2. What do you do to make people feel welcomed? What sorts of things make you feel welcome in a new place?
3. Design a project that would make others feel welcome in your community. Activity 6 Everyday people run away from their homes because war puts their lives in danger. In some countries, a person's political beliefs put them in danger. People may not be allowed to criticise their government in some countries. If they do so they may be arrested or killed.
Refugees may escape from countries like Sudan, Iran, Syria or Myanmar (Burma) because they belong to certain political parties. In some countries a person's religion may put them in danger. People may be in danger in some countries simply because they belong to a certain ethnic group. Sometimes a person's chosen way of life puts them in danger. In Bhutan, laws have been passed that make a person wear a certain type of clothing. Those who do not obey this law may be sent to prison. |  |
Australia - A Nation of Migrants Aboriginies were the first people to inhabit Australia. They arrived here over 60,000 years ago. This means that apart from the Aboriginies most people who now live here in Australia are immigrants or decendents of immigrants. The First Fleet, who arrived in Australia from England in 1788 were the original 'boat people' in Australia. Since then people from almost every culture in the world have immigrated to Australia.
As a nation of immigrants, Australia's national identity derives from the rich mix of cultures that the many millions of migrants have brought to Australia over the past 200 years.
Migrants have brought new ideas and new technology to areas such as medicine, science, information technology, mining and business. They have also brought new skills which have been of benefit to other Australians.
Migrants have also brought different cultural influences. From cooking, to music, to religion, to art and language, each migrant shares some of their particular ways of living with those who are already in Australia. This allows an opportunity for other Australians to learn about other cultures and appreciate different ways of living.
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