Refugee Toolkit

Sample Welcoming Refugee Students Strategies Packet for Classroom Teachers
Bureau of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance (BRIA) sample packet for classroom teachers.

Cultural Orientation Resource Exchange
Cultural Orientation is the pre-departure and post-arrival education provided to refugee newcomers to the U.S. to help them acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to adapt to their lives in the United States and become fully integrated into their communities.

The Critical Role Schools Play in Responding to Refugees
This blog post is part of New America’s Dual Language Learners National Work Group.

Why Refugee Education is a Problem: and 6 Solutions
Many refugees leave behind more than their home when conflict forces them to flee – they must also abandon their school. More than half of all refugees are aged under 18, and some older refugees were displaced while pursuing tertiary education.

How to Support Refugee Students in Your School Community
WETA’s Colorin Colorado! A bilingual site for educators and families of English language learners offers numerous resources for supporting Refugee students.

Analyzing Maps to Better Understand Global Current Events & History
In this lesson, we provide strategies to help students gain that confidence so they can interpret even the most complex historical or current maps. We also suggest ways for using current events maps as a tool to better understand both history and what’s going on in the world today.

The Choices Progam
Choices materials incorporate the latest scholarship from Brown University and beyond to draw connections between historical events and contemporary international issues.

Utah's Online School Library
Use resources like Culturegrams to learn more about countries from where new students are arriving from.

U.S. Immigration Legislation Timeline
A detailed look at immigration legislation from the Colonial Period to the present.