Primary / Junior Lesson Plan Template

Subject (s):
Social Studies

Intended
Student
Outcomes

Date:
Grade: 6
Lesson & Unit (if applicable) Syrian Refugees 3

Specific Expectations:
B1.2 analyse responses of Canadian governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and individual
citizens to an economic, environmental, political,
and/or social issue of international significance (e.g.,
how the federal government, different NGOs, business
people, and individual consumers have responded to
economic globalization; how different levels of
government, health care workers, and individual
citizens responded to the spread of H1N1 or SARS; how
governments, development and human rights NGOs,
and individuals, including students in their school, have
responded to an issue such as a natural disaster in
another region, child labour, child soldiers, climate
change, or civil war and refugees)

Learning Goal:
I understand the background information and different events
that lead to the current Syrian refugee crisis.
I can identify some reasons why Syrians refugees have left
their country.
I can explain the different responses by world leaders,
including Canada.

Assessment

Assessment for/of Learning:

Trying to assess the students ability to critically
analyze information, view different perspectives
and comprehend complex issues.
Students complete a diary entry assignment where
they must place themselves in the shoes of a
Syrian refugee
Success Criteria:
Presented with background information in the form
of a powerpoint, different videos, students can
answer questions, think critically, and make
connections to the current refugee crisis.
Assessment Strategy:
Observation See if they can analyze videos and

Rationale

pictures in order to draw information regarding

Syrian refugees.
Product- See if children can place themselves in
the shoes a Syrian refugee and write a diary entry
on their experiences
Rationale:
Teach children about a current world issue that they
might have heard different things about via parents,
friends, social media and news.
Make a connection between Canadas own history to
current events in the world

Motivation/Anti
cipatory Set
(Minds On)

Step 1: What if it happened here video?

- Students watch a video that shows what would
happen if the Syrian crisis happened in Canada
- Talk about video with students
- What happened? Can you relate to the little girl
in the video?

Step 2: Write journal entry

- Using what you have learned in class, write a journal that
assumes you are a Syrian teenager forced to leave your
country.
- Journal entries need to include personal information,
describe what happened, and push and pull factors
Closure
(consolidation)

Step 5: complete KLW worksheet

-

Students fill out what they have learned about the refugee
crisis and what they still want to know
Update worksheet that they started in lesson 1

Accommodation
s/
Modifications

Modifications: Use microphone for hearing

impaired child

Materials/Equip
ment/
Technology

Student journal assignment

Youtube video, second day
projector

Reflection
(complete after

lesson is
taught)