General Strategies and Activities by Teacher Academy

I am working with the people who come to Sweden and they need to learn Swedish as soon as possible. A lot of them are analphabets and their integration process is very difficult. I hade some disscusions in my classroom abouth terorists and attacks in their country and I solved it on very interesting way. I disscus with them oppen and I try to take away all missinformations they get or have. Every day we are ending our study day with talking about them most important news from their own countries. It helps them to learn Swedish and to dissus on less heated way with each other.

zorica_salijevic — 2016-11-07 12:20:34 UTC

Marcela, Italy

2016-11-07 13:53:02 UTC

I addressed these topics with my students every time it was necessary. I am a migrant teacher and I offered my personal and professional life experience as a model. I was a migrant person before being a teacher, I studied my second university and specialization degree in a new language and country , then I had to pass a teacher competition and today, I am the person in front of them. For many students, my personal experience is enough to offer a positive way of thinking. Many times, the barriers are the education acquired in their families and the negative way in which media presented migrants or refugees. The integration and inclusion of the newcomers are society problems, not only school problems, they'll be the future of our Europe.
Enjoy this reading of the European Commission (Brussels, 7 November 2016

drazena_potocki — 2016-11-07 13:54:16 UTC

I have no experience in these areas. Really interesting video

gabriella

2016-11-07 13:57:27 UTC

i'm shocked too. what do refugees do in Africa or Asia? it's their life different and better outside Europe? I'm curious

Joserra-Spain

joserraj — 2016-11-07 14:08:09 UTC

I have never tried the topic of terrorism with my students as they are very young but we have tried a lot of time the problem of migration

2016-11-07 14:22:28 UTC

i'm shocked too. what do refugees do in Africa or Asia? it's their life different and better outside Europe? I'm curious

Maria Luisa, Italy

2016-11-07 14:29:59 UTC

Last year I taught also Religious Education at Secondary School and students wanted to discuss aout ISIS and Refugees. I let them speak at once telling me what they knew about it and we created also a mindmap in order to put things in the right order. After these first impressions I read some articles about real facts and we also saw some documentaries from a web site which is about Global Geopolitics. It was really a nice experience to see how students were interested to know what was really happening .

Lia from Italy

lia_molini — 2016-11-07 14:45:27 UTC

Last year I dealt with the terrorism attack in Paris. I had an eTwinning project with a French school, from Marsiglia, and my young students were in contact with their French mates. We created a padlet where each pupil wrote something about the event

Nils, Germany

2016-11-07 14:54:01 UTC

I haven't talked about terrorist attacks with my students because they are too young.
Nora's ideas are absolutely great.

Cinzia,Italy

2016-11-07 15:01:47 UTC

I have never tried the topic of terrorism with my students as they are very young

Simona, Italy

2016-11-07 15:05:23 UTC

I had very few occasions to talk about terrorism with my students as it is not my topic. But we had a discussion when terrorist attacks took place in Paris. I realised their ideas and opinions about them, ISIS and terrorist positions were very confused. So I asked the History/Geography teacher to face this topic and we made a CLIL class about ISIS together. It is only possible in the third classes at Middle School because in the other classes students are too young to understand and can be shocking fot them.

Simona

2016-11-07 15:17:55 UTC

Simona, Italy

2016-11-07 15:17:57 UTC

It's very difficult to talk about terrorism, specially in a class of pre-adolescent or adolescents. Last year we've discussed about terrorism in France, and they were so confused. My students thought that muslims and terrorists were the same thing. So we've talked about religions and cultural differences.

antonio

2016-11-07 15:36:38 UTC

sometimes i tried to face the content on terrorism with my class in particular on the occasion of terroristic attacks, apart from five minutes my headmaster asked us not to waste our time on this topic! fiv e minutes have been sufficient to nderstand the great confusion media in general create in our youth mind.

Pietra,Italy

2016-11-07 15:45:04 UTC

I never talk ti my studente about terrorismo, because they are so young

I sometimes talk about terrorism with my students and I try to explain that migrants aren't all terrorists

raffaellapiccolo26 — 2016-11-07 15:55:32 UTC

Rossella, Italy

2016-11-07 16:15:38 UTC

I with my students I have had few opportunities to address issues such as terrorist attacks. On the occasion of the acts of violence that have taken place in recent years in Paris and in other countries of Europe with my colleagues we started to treat temma but quite simply because our students are very small, but it appeared that there much confusion about. Many of our students are Muslim, and at home the theme of ISIS is rather felt that it was appropriate to clarify that extremist Muslims are a minority, and that ought not to discriminate in general people are Muslim accumunandoli to these few.

Clara Abegão, Portugal

acjesus — 2016-11-07 16:30:40 UTC

My students are in secondary education and they already have preconceived ideas about the terrorist attacks, and these ideas, however, mostly do not correspond to the truth. Normally, they generalize: a terrorist attack carried out by a Muslim, in their heads, still means that Muslims are all terrorists. I think mostly "have the same ideas that have their families”: they hear their parents talk and repeat at school, and that is precisely the intention. Many claim that one day Europe will be converted to Islam, with the growing number of refugees

It is very difficult to fight against a prejudice that is already rooted and we have a long way!

Simona, Ital

2016-11-07 16:40:29 UTC

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Cristina, Italy

cristinamalinverni — 2016-11-07 16:53:01 UTC

No arguments easy to treat in the classroom, I noticed how often the colleagues prefer not to elaborate certain issues in the world when these things happen. The children often come to school and seek confrontation with us on these issues, ask why they happen, but often many of us prefer not to deal with the problem, probably for fear of saying something rash that can then be reported by the boys parents and become a bone of contention between teachers and families. I believe it is important to address the record in the classroom. Certainly it should be done in a planned manner to avoid arousing resentment. If a guy comes with a burning question, there is no need to ignore it, but if you are not prepared, should rather be postponed to another time, so that the teacher himself has the opportunity to inform themselves and prepare to deal with the subject with the class, in a proper and appropriate.

Despoina Amarantidou, Greece

damarant — 2016-11-07 17:44:17 UTC

As far as activities are concerned, we usually do tasks during which children share information, and interests. They write, speak or draw about their family, hobbies and goals. Terrorism is a topic that we have discussed with older students

Simona

2016-11-07 17:50:55 UTC

Simona Italy

2016-11-07 17:50:55 UTC

I talk to my students about terrorism and terrorist attacks because I think it's really important to afford this type of topic during the lessons. Moreover, special debates can be organised about these topics and can be created a class or school project .

Mariana Ciltaru, Romania It is difficult to talk about terrorism. My students are small, have more than 10 years, but are curious to know more about the Muslim population, about their religion and culture.

ciltarumariana — 2016-11-07 18:08:15 UTC

Roberta, Italy

r_gramenzi — 2016-11-07 18:18:04 UTC

I usually deal with terrorism and terrorist attacks with my students because they come to school full of questions and willing to discover more about those issues. When we start discussing the latest events, they show often to have preconceived ideas, reflecting the common thoughts and views. Anyway they are open to confrontation and to new perspectives. They are often very scared and this is something that it's really hard to cope with.

Federica, Italy

2016-11-07 18:29:00 UTC

I remember very well that my students have been scared by this traumatic events of terrorism. They needed to be reassured and I found so difficult to explain that, despite everything, young people can live normally as before. I said them that police we protect our home, our work locations and especially our shools.
The topic of my lesson was: Despite everything, we must be confident.

Vicky Archondi, Greece

vicky_archondi — 2016-11-07 19:10:21 UTC

On the event of a terrorist attack somewhere in the world,the issue of xenophobia inevitably pops out to my classes , too. Although my students (just like anybody else) come to school with predetermined views on the subject pretty difficult to reverted, they usually address it with a certain degree of maturity and objectiveness. I believe that this is primarily owed to the fact that I remain calm and stick to the real facts avoiding the expression of views which will ignite the discussion further.

MIHAELA MINCĂ, ROMANIA

coman_mihaela — 2016-11-07 19:10:50 UTC

In Romania are not special cases. We talked with students still in class and seemed worried because many parents have left to work abroad. It is a problem that affects us all, so we have to take a stand.

FRANCESCA,Rome Italy

pacenca — 2016-11-07 19:22:07 UTC

I think it is important to learn to understand the others and to consider their point of view.

Margherita Italy

2016-11-07 20:19:14 UTC

I think it is an importan opportunity to organize a special debate. I did it, but only with my students since fifteen years old. When their are pupils they can't understand the real problem

Alina Popa -Romania

2016-11-07 20:29:57 UTC

As I have toldthis situation is not quite easy to explain to students. They understand the situation as they heard more that it is presented on social-mass-media. the important probleme is to understand why is this thing happenning, what are the causes that determines all this wars, fears and where all this migrants are coming from . A very hard problem !

Nuria, Madrid, SPAIN

nuria125 — 2016-11-08 09:57:41 UTC

My city: Madrid Spain, on the morning of 11 March 2004

The Madrid train bombings were coordinated bombings by an al-Qaeda-inspired terrorist cell against the commuter train system of Madrid. The explosions killed 192 people and injured around 2,000.

How do we answer questions that we may not have the answers to? In my opinion, a teacher shouldn’t avoid the subject. It’s important to take time to understand what happened and to be authentic about our own feelings.

Then, a good activity is to share personal stories and feelings but always avoiding inflammatory language.

Gaia, Italy

gaialombardi69 — 2016-11-08 10:36:12 UTC

Last year we had to face the terroristic events in Paris. They had an enormous echo on media, so it was compulsory for us as teachers to discuss the topic in the class. We started the day with a short reading from Anna Frank's Diary, about hope and peace. Then, in each class, the teachers summarized the facts, collecting ideas and impressions from the children. Finally, the pupils prepared posters, drawings, or short texts about peace. The topic was the importance and the need of peace in the world and amongst the individuals. During the English lessons, we also prepared a work connected to the USA celebration of Thanksgiving, recalling all the things we could be grateful for.

Erato, Greece

eratocar1 — 2016-11-08 10:48:00 UTC

I think students rely a lot
on what they read and see on media or what they hear from their parents and friends. Most of them develop xenophobic and prejudiced opinions about refugees and migrants and highly associate them with crime and terrorism. Students (and parents, and teachers)should be informed and taught to look at the facts first and then form opinions. Things are not always as they seem to be.
I liked the strategies introduced in both videos and i will try to use them in class.

Evangelia Moula, Rhodes

moulaevang — 2016-11-08 11:07:04 UTC

Since Rhodes is a cosmopolitan island, we did not have to deal with any terrorist attack. There is also a big muslim community who live in peace with the orthodox. On the other hand, newly arrived migrants urge both communities to advance xenophobic feelings. We, as teachers have to urge our students investigate the reasons of migration and help them realise that being a migrant is not an homogeneous identity. Migrants are not terrorists. They are people like us.

Silvia, Italy

silvia_tucci1981 — 2016-11-08 11:13:11 UTC

Last year, when the terrorists attacked Paris, I worked in a primary school so I couldn't start out a debate about that. Anyway, I got a lot of useful tips from this video.

Angelamaria Galderisi, Italy

soleemare_a — 2016-11-08 11:55:12 UTC

After the terrorist attacks in France (Charlie Hebdo and Bataclan) and in Belgium (Brussels attacks), I discussed these eventi in my classrooms. The students themselves want to discuss and learned more about the situation.I noticed the misinformation amongst mano students together with Ferrari, hatred and prejudices. I fond the videos really useful because the right way to approach this topic is a good information and giving the students the opportunity to develop a correct knowledge and understanding of the question.

Aristea, Greece

afpigiaki — 2016-11-08 13:16:07 UTC

It is true that the majority of us (teachers, parents, students) get (mis-)informed by media. I agree that it is more enlightening to see refugees as individuals so as to be in their place. Last year I was involved in a project about being different. It happened to show to my students the video with Malak, the 7 year old Syrian refugee. I was really impressed by the students' reaction and I felt that in a way it touched their soul realizing that this girl's life is not as different as theirs.

Violeta, Lithuania

2016-11-08 13:26:02 UTC

thanks God our country hasn't experienced a terrorist attack yet, but as we are in Europe, my students are acquainted with terrorism and refugees' problem. we have some discussions in classes, however, I haven't thought of any special activities yet.

Alex_PT

teacheralex_dua — 2016-11-08 14:51:33 UTC

There haven’t been any such attacks in my homeland…yet…but there have been threats to all European counterparts (and not only) that should be taken seriously.

Notwithstanding, students react in their own way when such tragedies strike as if they were here because they are well aware that we can all be the next target. The two times it happened in Paris, some of my students were deeply shocked also because they have relatives there and some testimonials and outbursts emerged in our class blog. As teachers, and according to the videos, our role is to provide facts and be as factual and objective as possible.

sonia_galderisi — 2016-11-08 15:13:27 UTC

Sonia Galderisi, Italy

sonia_galderisi — 2016-11-08 15:20:28 UTC

After the great amount of terrorist attacks in many European countries, I felt the urgency to face this awful problem with my students. As Nora suggested in this interesting video, I try to remain calm and open to my students' thinking but at the same time factual, because they need to know facts through exhaustive information about this issue. As matter of fact there could be the risk to associate the terrorism with Muslim and developing a prejudice about refugee migrants . My intent is to make them aware that behind each migrant there is a personal and suffering story and that they are forced to leave their home country. My students were very engaged and began to express their opinions through a debate about the migration. I could notice that

they began to express their opinions and thinkings in a more objective, empathic way.

Antonietta, Italy

2016-11-08 16:18:36 UTC

We often talk about terroristic attacks in Europe or about the 9 Eleven. Students are very interested: sometimes they are related to a strong fear towards the massive migration some other times they think the authors are fool. Neverthless there is a general misinformation and mistrust especially when they think that migrants come to their town in order to steal them work. So we always need to overcome prejudice through discussion but also pointing out the personal stories underlying behind each migrant or refugee. Some useful examples are always provided by past or present stories about Italian families migrated for better living conditions or other necessity. Real cases are the best way to show that leaving your own country is never an easy choice.

Stathis, Greece

slikidis — 2016-11-08 16:39:23 UTC

The recent terroristic attacks in Europe and in the world (nobody has forgotten what happened in USA at 2001) is something that everyone cares, everyone feels unsafe and frightened and especially in Greece, as my country is at the south-east edge in Europe, closer to the countries considered that are the ones which make terrorists. Although there has nothing happened yet, all of us are thinking of taking the risk of traveling aboard. Terrorism is a fact that we have to face, use to live with it, but never consider that every refugee or migrant who comes in Greece is a terrorist

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lucia_verroca — 2016-11-08 18:15:58 UTC

Patrícia, Portugal

2016-11-08 18:24:09 UTC

I've talked about the terrorist attacks with my students and I've tried to show them that it is not about religion, it is about fanaticism, power, provoking fear...
I was working on an etwinning project with students from France when the terrorist attacks against Charlie Hebdo happened and my students had the chance of talking about it with their french colleagues...It was very moving and meaningful.

Maria, Greece

mmagga — 2016-11-08 18:40:24 UTC

Every time a terrorist attack takes place I try to discuss it with my students. They all feel scared after such events! But I always stress them that it is a huge mistake to draw conclusions and generalise based on the little information we might have from a single event!

Alina Popa -Romania

2016-11-08 18:51:01 UTC

Everytime when something wrong is in the world , when I come at school there are rumors and lot of discuss about the world problem. Of course they are panic and have fear. Also, quickley they had a conclussion about the ""bad guys"" and what they would do. Also, the girls are more sensitive and judge more real, about the causes of migration, about why the attack was on that event. But , for me as a teacher is not simple at all to try to make the situation normal and to explain the real facts.

Ioannis Velonakis

2016-11-08 18:53:31 UTC

Well, I rarely have the chance to discuss topis like the ones referred or discussed in the previous videos within my lessons since I teach science... Only by chance or when a really serious event happens, like the recent terrorist attacks in western Europe last year, the students may ask for more information or simply express their consiousness. From such discussions we simply realize how much they are misinformed about the real situation of migrants and refugees. There is a significant number of them who considers all migrants are possible criminals or they cannot realize that most people leave their countries because it is almost impossible to continue living there.

Helen, Ireland

helen_p_english — 2016-11-08 18:57:57 UTC

I tend to use news reports in printed media to establish the facts and then use this as a launchpad for discussion. I found the strategies outlined by Nora in the video helpful. We have some Syrian students in our school, and my students do have personal contact with them. This greatly reduces the fear factor around refugees.
Another useful resource in clarifying use of vocabulary related to migration is the EMN Asylum & Migration Glossary.

Its purpose is to improve comparability between EU member States through the use and common understanding of the terms and definitions related to migration. The Glossary is also available in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Arabic.

Marialuisa Brindisi

2016-11-08 20:00:41 UTC

this issue is really delicate and runs on a knife edge, you need to use precise terms to avoid even any form of racism or distrust of some ethnic or religious

Miguel Canora, Spain

2016-11-08 20:04:02 UTC

Most of the times I have discussed with my students about the situation of migrants or more recently about refugees, I have found important prejudices. For example, Andalusia has been a traditional destination for many migrants arrived from Africa. I have found that teens use to catch the public opinion which often turns out to be a bad opinion of migrants. Currently it happens to be the same thing about Syrian refugees, for example. Students use to have problems to separate the concepts “terrorist” and “Arabian” and tend to be suspicious. Usually I end my lessons being optimistic but then they return to their homes and social contexts and listen to their relatives and friends who sometimes are narrow-minded.

Sunay Efe,Turkey

sunayefe — 2016-11-08 20:24:04 UTC

I have never tried the topic of terrorism with my students as they are very young .I am sory

Maxime Drouet, FRANCE

2016-11-08 20:30:08 UTC

As you can guess, I talked about terrorism a lot last year, first after the Charlie Hebdo killing, then, after the Bataclan one. It was really interesting to let the pupils express their feelings, and then answer to their questions. It allowed me to solve some concerns and misunderstandings. We also had the chance to do a skype session with an etwinning partner, and my pupils were asked a lot of questions regarding the terrorist attacks, which was weird, but very interesting.

We also talk about it more, as in this beginning of the year, we have a lot of new national security rules that we have to apply in each school...

Kamelia Racheva

kamiangelova — 2016-11-08 20:37:43 UTC

My students are small (in the second grade). In our city and near about him there not refugees, but I think that is time to talk on this topic. In all cases would be helpful to have information on this issue. In the movie I liked paying attention to the facts.
Therefore it is best to use a movie about refugee children where they come from and the problems they have.

Martha, Greece

2016-11-08 21:09:16 UTC

I have discussed some topics with some classes and I realised many children have been influenced by their families opinions and attitudes. For example, some pupils whose grandparents were migrants from Minor Asia years ago tend to be more friendly to recently arrived migrants in Greece.

Helen, Italy

2016-11-08 21:21:36 UTC

I think it's very important to make the students realise it's ok to be worried and even afraid of terrorism. We can't pretend it's not there or that it's going away soon. But we must also reassure the students with facts. I took a school group to London last summer and one student was withdrawn from the group by her parents before we left because of the heightened risk of a terror attack. We talked a lot about this issue and the very talking made all the others convinced to come and left them feeling safe. But it's a hard call for teachers, I admit.

Paola, Italy

paola_romoli — 2016-11-08 21:22:01 UTC

I have never dealt with this topic with my students, they are very young...but at the moment in my town there are many migrants so I think it would be interesting to discuss simply about it and, if possible, invite some of them to hear from their voice their stories, traditions, habits to know each other and to overcome prejudices and fears.

Daniela Millini

teacherman — 2016-11-08 22:47:16 UTC

In my school this kind of topics are often left to the teachers of Italian to be delat with: because they know the students better, because they have more lessons with them, because the subjects they teach ( Italian, literature, history, geography) are considered more suitable to include and 'explain' these issues. My impression is that the approch is often a bit too much on 'explaining' rather than trying to understand what students already know, don't know, wish to know - or simply feel. I really liked the above video and the Dutch teachers' solution: they didn't tell their pre-made version and opinion to the students, but help them to build their own, gradually, and working together.

Barbara Italy

dotriv — 2016-11-09 07:30:09 UTC

Being a kindergarten teacher I never talk with my pupils about refugees (we also have not in our school), my sometimes we talk about people coming from or going to/back other countries.

Maria Anna Casoria

2016-11-09 08:23:39 UTC

I have never dealt this topic with my students.
As young students, they are affected by media and social media. When I tried to talk with them, I find out that they have already their personal opinion.

Angelo Boezi, Italy

angelo_boezi — 2016-11-09 09:16:13 UTC

Among my students - expecially those who are experiencing economic hardships - there is resentment against the rapid increase of the economic expenses caused by migrants and refugees. One of them told me:”My father lost his job; we, my family, have no social care; we are living with the financial support of relatives; they, the migrants, live in a hotel, have free medical care, do not pay for public trasportation”.

This is a widespread feeling. I simply asked to verify facts and figures and follow the money. We searched the Net; we used the data made available by the Ministry of Interior; we interviewed informally an official of the same Ministry; we inteviewed two operators of humanitarian organizations; we interviewed the owner of a hotel that houses migrants; we interviewed two refugees.

Our findings are:

1. Italian governement spends 37€/a day/each migrant or refugee;

2. The migrant or refugee receives 2€ or 2,50 €/a day; the rest of the money is paid to the Italian operators involved;

3. According to the hotel owner, he was about to close but, thanks to God, he was assigned the 30 refugees he had requested and now he can work again;

4.According to humanitarian operators, they are receiving a monthly salary.

Our conclusion is: the presence of migrants and refugees has a high cost for the national governement but supports local economies. Much of the money ends up in Italian pockets but public spending on migrants and refugees health care, trasportation, rescue operations is very high.

Some students are reassured, some others are still concerned.

Elena FP, Italy

2016-11-09 13:50:15 UTC

Many of my students come from low-to-middle class families, who in many cases have been struck badly by the recent economic recession. We often come up with discussions about this topic, as it can be easily related to the subjects I teach (Literature and History). Unfortunately, I have realized that many students tend to have stereotyped opinions about this, showing a poorly critical view on the topic. They often accept passively what popular TV shows or the social media tell about it, but aren't aware of the concrete facts and figure. I always try to come up with realistic data on the topic, but it's difficult to persuade them that opinions are different from facts...

Peggy GREECE

2016-11-09 13:51:26 UTC

I found extremely interesting what Angelo Boezi from Italy has written...and represents the situation in Greece too!!
How to fight against xenophobia..racism...ignorance?? How to deal with economic crisis... individual interests,...bureaucracy..human rights, ....dignity...and so many different things put together in this complete paranoia we are living?

laura brazzabeni

laura_brazzabeni1 — 2016-11-09 14:19:17 UTC

I teach ss aged 14-17. There are too many stereotypes among Italian ss. And migrants are too often reluctant talking about their past and problems in their countries.

Maria, Italy

maria_sorvillo_rosaria — 2016-11-09 15:05:49 UTC

L 'argument terrorism is a bit' complicated to deal with my students because they are too small (8 years), but I think it is essential to promote an active and constructive dialogue in the comparison between our Italian culture and that of the country of origin of foreign students .

Emanuela, Italy

emanueladimambro — 2016-11-09 15:10:11 UTC

I have discussed about this topic with my 16th students and some of them have shown pro-racist attitudes: they replied me that immigrants are more fortunate than themselves, because they have shelter, food and assistance from the Italian Government.

Katerina, Greece

2016-11-09 15:48:23 UTC

In my classroom, we have discussed about the terrorist attacks and migration issues with students in the composition class. Certainly, the haven’t a clear picture of what is happening, but they feel fear for the future. They are interested about the refugees, they are ready to collect clothes or help them the way they can, but they don’t know about all aspects of the migration issue. Maybe, it’s because of the misinformation, which is a huge problem for both, teachers and students.

Lina Italy

2016-11-09 15:59:36 UTC

I have never tried the topic of terrorism with my student. As they are very young.

Angelo, Rivoli, Italy

Angelo — 2016-11-09 16:08:15 UTC

I have not yet got to face the problem of immigrants in my classes, but Nora's tips seem to me very useful and practical: I'll definitely try to realize them.
Also I have discussed with my students the bombings in Charlie Hebdo. The discussion was placed in an learning activity on the management of emotions. These discussions have definitely been a very significant moment to help students revise the emotions triggered by those dramatic events.

Yakup, Turkey, Don't fear please.

2016-11-09 16:44:13 UTC

First video is very open minded. In my opinion, she should invite to classroom real refugee or migrants. We have to teach students to not fear from refugees. Tey are weak people. Tehy are like us, They are human like us. She addressess facts. Thats tru idea.

Second video is about a learning and understanding of events. ��|;u7u�

2016-11-09 17:14:55 UTC

Raffaella, Italy
I have discussed with my students about terrorism and migrants. I tried to explain them that there are differencies between migrants and terrorists.

cristinamalinverni — 2016-11-09 18:02:14 UTC

Graziana, Italy

beinatgraziana — 2016-11-09 18:22:19 UTC

I have never tackled this issue with my pupils, but I have spoken to them about migration in Spain, to make them realize this is a worldwide problem. I loved the quizzes Nora used to open up minds and remove wrong and limiting beliefs; I also think meeting and asking questions to a refugee would be an incredible opportunity to better understand why so many people leave their motherland and all personal attachments behind.

Maria, Italy

IVA_ioborrelli — 2016-11-09 18:39:52 UTC

I have discussed with my students about this topic. I explain them that migrants are not terrorists.

Maria Panou/ Kalymnos, Greece

maria_themelis — 2016-11-09 19:13:52 UTC

We've discussed about this very serious problem at etwinning project "Knitting our common european future with the threads of our national cultures" in this page, saying about serious problems of our towns

Giuseppina Serini, Italy

prof_g_serini — 2016-11-09 20:16:00 UTC

After the terrorist attacks in France, I tried to open a debate in the classroom. I teach in a secondary school and the class in question was made up of 20 pupils, aged between 17 and 18 years, 2 of which are of Arab origin. It was not easy to mediate the various interventions, it was also really hard to deal with sensitive historical topics, political and religious. One pupil has covertly told me I could be denounced, because at school you should not make policy.

Marianthi Arvanitidou - Greece

1canislupus22 — 2016-11-09 20:27:05 UTC

Unfortunately the children of migrant agricultural workers are among the most educationally disadvantaged children The conditions associated with their migratory lifestyle, such as discontinuity in education, social and cultural isolation, strenuous work outside of school, extreme poverty, and poor health, impose multiple obstacles to educational success

Federica,

franchifederica — 2016-11-09 21:27:01 UTC

I had a class the day after the terroristic attacks in Paris. I thought I had to talk with my students, in spite of their young age, because many of them are Muslims. I tried to summarize the history of Daesh, underlining the deep difference between religion and terrorism. So that the most victims are first of all Islamic people. Despite all the information, students went on talking about "we" (European people) and "they" (migrants and terrorists).
It's interesting to notice that rich people, like football players, are thought like "us" also when they come from abroad.

Maria Concetta Catalano, Italy

cettinacatalano644 — 2016-11-09 21:47:17 UTC

Palermo, my town, and all of Sicily often see the arrival of migrants and often this sad reality is the subject of discussion in the classroom. The students are very involved also because these men and women become students of my school.

Maria M., Italy

pantalaimon82 — 2016-11-09 22:07:41 UTC

I have occasionally talked about newly arrived migrants in my classroom, but I have never addressed this topic step by step in a linear project. I want to try to do this learning project with students in my classroom during this year.

After the terroristic attaks, I talk about them with my students, specially after Paris attacks. In my classroom, islamic students were the most informed and they were the saddest and most anxious because of the facts. They told me that after Charlie Hebdo attack they were discriminated from other children in their classroom at their primary school for a while. Many students were worried and they had a lot of questions.

Maria Calà, Italy

ilacrisere — 2016-11-09 22:34:42 UTC

The media have a negative effect on public opinion and the pupils have strong prejudices against migrants, seeing them all as terrorists. As a teacher of religion I am to make my students think that it is not all white or all black and that the basis of all there is the knowledge of a culture different from mine. I try to make him understand that the fact of having to flee their home for several reasons is an act of great courage and that before issuing judgments must learn to put themselves in the shoes of those who are criticizing. Could happen to them they are lucky and do not grasp the finer things that they use and take for granted.

Danuta, PL

user_1412625417 — 2016-11-10 06:31:42 UTC

How to discuss a major terrorist action?

As we don’t have many migrants in Poland, a problem seems to be not so important. However, last year I visited Istanbul. It was Erasmus Plus project and I was obliged to take a student with me. The girl who was chosen by me was happy because she met her host – partner in Norway. Both girls from different cultures and religions became friends. A few days before our departure from Poland there was a terrorist attack in Ankara. My student’s parents withdrew their permission to take her abroad. I was in a trouble. I bought an expensive plane ticket for my student much earlier. On the other hand, I couldn’t guarantee her parents that nothing wrong would happen. When I contacted my Turkish colleague to tell her that I wouldn’t bring the student she advised me to contact both girls. They chatted on Facebook and next day parents gave me a new permission for their daughter’s travel. We spent a few days in Istanbul working on the project tasks and sightseeing the city. We have wonderful memories. Both girls strengthen their friendship which overcame all prejudices and fears. It sounds like a fairy tale. A month after our visit to Hagia Sophia and lunch at the nearby square there was a terrorist attack and German tourists were killed. I can’t stop thinking what would have happened if … That’s one of the reasons why I take part in this course even if we don’t have migrants in our country.

viki doga, greece

2016-11-10 13:13:24 UTC

i have talked about immigrants in Greece

Federica, Verona

2016-11-10 14:02:31 UTC

When islamic terrorist attacked Paris I also thought "What sould I do or what shoul I say?" I have a lot islamic students and they are quite good girls. I asked myself how could the feel in those moments. There were a lot of different feelings among my students: fear, angry, shock. They asked me "Prof (they call me in this way) have you heard what happened in Paris? what do you think about it?" They wanted that islamic girls disaprove the event , but the girls felt the same as them and i feel in that way too. I let them to talk and I invited them to look together for facts. An Islamic student of mine did a little research about islamphobia. It was quite a good work, but unfortunatly not all the teachers appreciate it.

Vasiliki Psaridou/Greece

psaridou — 2016-11-10 14:58:57 UTC

The above mentioned topics need a very serious approach to the children. I work in a Minority school in Greece where all the students are muslims. During the previous year's bomb explosions in Turkey we discuss for a while about these issues. They, as everybody in the world I believe, are afraid of the terrorist groups. However, I think that they feel rather safe in Greece.

Simona C., Italy

simoneva_2000 — 2016-11-10 15:07:48 UTC

After the Paris terrorist attacks, I discussed in class with my pupils (aged 11-12). They were shocked and asked a lot of questions, wanted to know more about what happened. Even Islamic students participated. Working in pairs, they had a look at videos, fotos and articles.

Gilca Mihaela,

myhaela_2008 — 2016-11-10 16:20:49 UTC

Romania
I can talk to my students about terrorist attacks, but they can give indications if they have any curiosity.

Laura Italy The activities with quiz is a very good idea to start from what we know and we don't know, also using numbers, data and statistics. I think it's important to talk about how you should never use a category to define a person but you should always identify it as an individual. So it's important to avoid using words such as immigrants, refugees as criminals, people with disabilities, Italians, Moroccans, Africans .... this could be an opportunity to talk about the clichés and prejudices as well. Moreover to know the reasons why people leave their country could be a starting point to talk about the privileges that some people on the planet have compared to others in terms of food, water, work, education.

laura_tosi75 — 2016-11-10 17:01:00 UTC

Popescu Cornelia Ionela, Romania

p_cornelia_ionela — 2016-11-10 17:41:04 UTC

I haven't refugees in my
class, but I explain my students refugees has its life and must incorporated. Most often the refugees are associated with terrorists, with bad people, but have to explain to children and parents, too because they are people and must treated as humans. Yes, I'm ready to receive anyway migrants and to incorporated in the form.

Angelina Alberico, Italy

2016-11-10 18:22:23 UTC

I teach in a first class of primary school, I have not seen fit to deal with such young children the topic.

Gülhanım,Turkey

2016-11-10 19:43:45 UTC

I have migrants in my class but ı am primary school teacher and I didnt deal with such a young children .

Adina Marcu,Romania

adinamarcu9 — 2016-11-10 19:47:52 UTC

I have not imigrants in my class and i am primary school teacher.My students are young so i didnt deal with such a young children.But my son(18 years old),was shocked and asked me a lot about it.Also he told me that is happy to live in our country..because is more safe then others.

Cinzia, Italy

2016-11-10 20:16:52 UTC

I have a muslim student in one on my classrooms and, altough he's only 12 years old, he is very involved in the discussions about terrorism and ISIS. He helped me to inform other stuntsmaboutnthe differnt between muslims and SIS. It was important because in a lot of places the two things seem to be the same. We talked about the events, try to explore the motivation behind them, expecially try to comprhend thatma migrant isn't a terrorist.

Louise, Malta

chircoplouise — 2016-11-10 20:39:56 UTC

I do not have a class at the moment, but I can tell you what a friend of mine did after the terror attacks in France. Some of the students were calling the Muslim children terrorists and bullying them. During her class she discussed the issue with them. It turned out that some of the students did not really understand what had happened and were simply parroting what they heard at home. This teacher over the course of some lessons helped them to understand the situation better. Together with some Muslim parents and children she decide to prepare some Middle eastern food which was then bought by the students and the money sent to an agency that supports migrants.

AIexandra, Greece

2016-11-11 02:55:48 UTC

I have talked with my students about migrants ant terrorist attacks but it's true that they don't know much about this topic.

Olga Keramida-Greece

olkeramida — 2016-11-11 04:38:07 UTC

I have only economic migrants classroom so we talk about it when we talk about human rights or children rights. But terrorist attacks are not a topic which we address.
In kindergarten when we talking about national days we highlight that no one wanted war, but the governor ordered. And of course they all suffered from the war.

AnnaliFe, Italy

dseconda16 — 2016-11-11 09:13:45 UTC

In my class there are Muslim students, so that it isn’t always easy to deal with these problems. I'm afraid of offending their sensibilities, their feelings. So, sometimes, after giving information about what has happened, I ask them to explain if they find themselves in what is said (for example in newspapers). When there was the attack on Charlie Hebdo, one of the Italian newspapers had terrible front page picture of the killer and the title "This is Islam." So, I asked Mahmoud to explain one thing: this really is Islam? And he tried to explain what was really Islam. And then I asked all the muslim kids how they felt in front of this first page, and they explained that the prevailing feeling was feeling offended and humiliated, because they were not so.

Ida, Italy

2016-11-11 13:11:54 UTC

I have some students come from north Africa in class. We talk about the general theme of "living together". They find some interesting key words such as "alliance".

Elisa Ciontoli, Italy

2016-11-11 14:04:33 UTC

I teach in a primary school and every now and then, especially after the terrorist attacks bloody explain to children why these things happen; I also explained to them why so many people flee their country but I also told them that not all migrants are terrorists.

Patrizia, Italy

2016-11-11 14:32:26 UTC

I teach Music in a Middle Secondary School. Last year, after the terrorist attacks in Paris, I decided to sing and dance "Heal the world" in my classes. I think that it's important to give hope for a better world.

Laura,Italy

pagnozzi_laura — 2016-11-11 17:34:22 UTC

with my students I sometimes talked about the issue, and they are conditioned by the news given by television, but each of them has met a migrant in the class there is a graco two Indian ucranei.
the globlalizzazione has meant that everyone can move in the world and then to learn to live with everyone.

Athina, Greece

aginoudi — 2016-11-11 17:50:39 UTC

After the terrorist attack in Paris a organized a video conference with a partner school (within an etwinning project) in France and my students had the opportunity to ask questions to the French students about the real facts and to express their feelings.

Katerina, Greece

katkos2003 — 2016-11-11 18:05:31 UTC

I have immigrants in my classes and we discuss abour racial isses from time to time. Of course, not all students are ready to accept non racisist views. On the other hand, we did not talk explicitly about terrorist attacks. Yet, we cancelled our trip to Italy that year in fear of new attaks in Europe.

Stavroula Siatira, Greece

2016-11-11 20:00:20 UTC

Students participate in discussions about immigrants. They don't know many things about the whole immigration issue. But when our school gathered food and clothes for immigrants in Greece and mostly in our area they did their best. But that was once. We need to be more active and sensitive for people without home.

Jaime Martins, Portugal

joncmartins — 2016-11-11 20:20:46 UTC

We have not refugees in our school but some immigrants.
The students don't know much but they are aware of the situation .
The Erasmus+ Project about Refugees is away to call their attention to this world human crisis. It's also impossible not to talk to them about terrorist action, because the media talk, talk and talk about it.

Anna, Italy

materdona — 2016-11-11 21:20:22 UTC

Honestly this topic is very risky above all if you're not well informed about it. As the first suggests you need facts, numbers, personal stories to fight against prejudices

Donka Slavcheva, Bulgaria

dkirovska — 2016-11-12 06:45:12 UTC

I see, read, talk about numbers. But behind each number are thousands of lives. Every human destiny is unique in itself. Especially those migrants who have gathered horror, fear, sorrow, death. And this is somehow far ... We need to talk about it!!!

Patrizia G., Italy

patti_giorgi — 2016-11-12 10:07:56 UTC

In front of so much violence the are like to be mere spectators of the mass media. Talk about it is important but it is difficult to escape from the stereotypes. I propose as a music teacher to listen and sing along with songs of peace to help us to reflect and to feel an active part of a common world.

Alessandra Maria,Italy

alessandracostanzo_p — 2016-11-12 10:12:21 UTC

When there was a terroristic attack in Paris I showed my students the video of people singing "imagine" in a famous square. The people did this to protest against the attack. Then I explained the meaning of the song.

Amélia Vilarinho, Belgium

2016-11-12 10:23:31 UTC

After the terrorist attacks in Brussels Airport and a city metro station, in March 2016...

6 year old Anastas: - I saw there a man running with a bomb in his hand!! - pointing outside our school fence.
Me: - No, it was a sports person jogging. Look there's also a group of bikers passing by. People like to run and ride their bike in that path. It's good for their health! There are no bombs here.
Boy; Ah, ok! I was sooo scared!!

And short conversation went on... Finally he replied: - Yes, the teachers and the parents have to protect the children...

Often children watch about refugees in TV, see pictures in the press or hear conversations among adults or even their colleagues. The way they manage all this "information" may create anxiety, stress and sadness. I believe that, as teachers, we should allow students to share their feelings by asking them open questions and listen, explain the truth in a child friendly way, emphasizing that we live in a safe place, finding out that there are institutions that try to assist refugees and help the group to take a positive action.

Francesca, Italy

11effemme — 2016-11-12 12:38:23 UTC

With children from 6 to 11 years old we talk about terrorist attacks in a very simple way. When it happened in Paris, for example, children knew that from tv and families, so they wanted us to tell them what's going on. And we did. Then children felt better, anyway.

Nikos,Greece

2016-11-12 14:33:42 UTC

Attacks in Europe was a chance to discuss in the class about terrorismus . The majority of students believe that violence comes from religion of refuges or migrants.

Maria Rosaria, Italy

mr_sorrentino — 2016-11-12 15:27:53 UTC

My students and I spoke and speak a lot of the attacks. They are afraid that it could happen anytime, anywhere. The problem is the way they treat those that come from those countries like Syria. These students are considered as possible terrorists and are often isolated and mistreated.

mec972 — 2016-11-12 16:14:18 UTC

I think the persoanl reflection should be stimulated. Furthermore, students need to be guided to go further their own individualism to understand different realties.

Noelia Fernandez, Italya

noeliafernandez_rull — 2016-11-12 16:25:50 UTC

When I talk about Spanish Civil war and its consequences I address the issue of exile. Millions of people was persecuted because of their political ideas and they had to go abroad. Most of them did'nt know the language, the culture, etc. We try to understand the reasons why people leave everything: home, families, culture...

Keratso, Greece

2016-11-12 18:17:47 UTC

Students get informed from TV or the Internet when terrorist attacks happen and as we live in a very quiet place these images make them feel frightened. We discuss sometimes and try to make them be brave or feel secure. They care for the refugees and they bring a lot food, toys, clothes when I ask them. they ask why all these happen and try to understand the reasons .

luciacaldesi — 2016-11-12 18:47:23 UTC

Lucia.C, Italy
I sometimes talk about terrorism and refugees during my lessons, usually starting from a newspaper article and ask for opinions, trying to give sensible remarks and make them reason about what they said, especially if prejudices come out from their discussions.

Maria V, Greece

mbasilopoulou — 2016-11-12 19:35:31 UTC

Students are aware of terrorist attacks from the media and we also discuss in class sometimes. They feel really sad about the victims and usually describe the perpetrator as lunatic.They also worry about safety in the world and feel afraid somehow to travel abroad

Rosa Calvino

antonella_demaio — 2016-11-12 21:09:39 UTC

My pupils are sad when we talk about terrorism and its victims

Lorena; Italy

tribbianilorena — 2016-11-13 06:42:00 UTC

Studens get informed from tv or social.they are aware of terrorristic attaks and need some discussion in class.
they feel sad about victims and afraid about terroristic acts.
they are worry about future, their and the world.
about refugees they are sad , worry about wars.

Jolanta, Poland

jolanta_stefanska — 2016-11-13 07:48:48 UTC

I take part in an educational project "Let's talk about the refugees". I have ready-to-use concpsects of the lesson - one devoted to the rules of a good chat, the other one mainly about facts.

The reaction of the students differs. Some of them know nothing about the problem as they don't read or watch the news, and there are not any refugees in my district - it is a theory for them. Some students sympathize with radical movements and they are xenophobic - they talk a lot, using steretypes mainly. And so called "silent majority" seems to be interested in the topic.

The students took part in an online survey before the lessons, it was very attractive for them - the topic and the form.

Ester, Italy.

2016-11-13 09:54:01 UTC

When it happens something very serious, pupils begin to discuss spontaneously about it. So it happened with terroristic attacks, migrants and refugees issues. These are chances when it's possible to listen to pupils ' point of views and try to point or the real facts. Students could also see a show which was performed in our schools which dealt about the topics of migrants and refugees trying to highlight the real facts against stereotypes and prejudice

Ionela Lazea, Romania

kameeliah16bis — 2016-11-13 10:41:33 UTC

I am a kindergarten teacher and in our kindergarten we don't have refugees so we don't have such topics in our classes. Even though I think it is an important subject to address, I find it a little difficult to adapt the discution to such young learners. They are usually very acceptant to others at this age and don't discriminate like older children or adults do.

Caterina Musmeci, Italy

2016-11-13 14:09:39 UTC

The last year ( March, 22) I was at school when the terroristick attack in Bruxelles happened. I teach in junior high school: it was not easy handle the situation in the classroom. At first some pupils thought that the images were a movie; then there was fear (a lot); the discution ended appreciating the values of democracy, tolerance and peace.

Orsola , Italia

2016-11-13 14:43:28 UTC

After the terrorist attack in Paris I open ed a debate in the classroom about this event and we discussed and made comment on the Antoine Leiris' letter "Vous n'aurez pas ma haine"

Irini, Greece

pougounia — 2016-11-13 15:20:10 UTC

We have discussed the topic a few times in class. Students express their disgrace about terrorism. However, they feel that we should not put the blame on the refugees. Terrorism can be exercised by anyone.

Anna Russo Italy

r_anna151965 — 2016-11-13 15:49:18 UTC

Often in class we discussed about the attacks in France, and I realized that the boys did not know many things, and were very surprised when I gave them new news

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2016-11-13 16:19:00 UTC

Foteini Greece

2016-11-13 16:19:01 UTC

My students are chilren with special needs. Therefore my approach to terrorist matters is rather limited.

Paulo Antunes, Portugal

2016-11-13 17:01:04 UTC

The first time i face the refugees question directly, it was in Sicily (Trapani), in April 2015. I was there under Erasmus+ KA2 partnership mobility and my hotel was near the harbour. One night, we we saw lot's of police, and people armed dressed in white taking refugees from a militar boat. Everyone gets very surprised about watching this situation live. I also addressed this topic with my students after the November 2015 Paris attacks. My students were shocked and I had to clear up the confusion between terrorists and refugees.

Wolfgang, Austria

oelzant — 2016-11-13 17:04:48 UTC

We didn't talk about the terrorist attacks. Normally if students will discuss a topic we do it.

Kristina Kaučić, Croatia

2016-11-13 17:42:05 UTC

We have discussed the topic. Students think that refugees are not to be blamed for the terrorist attacks.

Jurate, Lithuania

jurateorloviene — 2016-11-13 17:51:28 UTC

In personally talk with my students about migration, refugees, wars and terrorism, as it is included into syllabus of my subject. Usually we started with theoretical stuff, than continued with the analysis of the really invents and stories and discussions.

Mary, Ita

mrformichelli — 2016-11-13 20:11:54 UTC

I've always talked in my classes about migration and all the problems related to it.

Melahrini/Greece

mpapardeli — 2016-11-13 21:36:34 UTC

The past two years thousands of refuges came to Greece ,so we talk very often about this topic with my pupils.We have never connected terrorist attacs with refuges.

Marianthi Arvanitidou - Greece

1canislupus22 — 2016-11-14 13:42:18 UTC

we have discussed this topic a lot of times

Maria - Ireland

2016-11-14 14:35:54 UTC

This link leads to a game that was developed by UNHCR and designed to teach players about the plight of refugees. It has been translated into 9 languages, including English.

https://www.unric.org/en/games/27351-against-all-odds-unhcr

Players take on the role of a refugee, and play through twelve stages - depicting his persecution and flight from his native country, through to eventual integration into a foreign country as an asylum seeker.
The game is aimed at 12 - 15 year olds, an age where people begin to develop ideas regarding refugees and similar issues.

Antonella P. Italy

2016-11-14 15:04:17 UTC

I have never had the opportunity to discuss about migrants in my classrooms. We talked sometimes about terroristic attacks and the reactions were very different: the greatest part of italian students were against muslims in general, the islamic students explained that these terrorists are not properly muslim and that they don’t follow properly the rules of Qran. If I have to talk about migrants to my students I will follow the approach of the first video. It is very interesting how Nora explains the situation of refugees to her students. First of all it is true that not all the refugees are living in Europe, second it is also true that not all the refugees are criminals and third it is true that Europeans can leave their countries easily to study abroad or to work abroad while Asiatic people cannot do it.

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Eleonora, Italy

eleonora_mauriello19 — 2016-11-14 16:20:29 UTC

Well, I try to stick to the facts, in order to see what the students really think about the events. I never try to convince them: they have to reflect and understand in a critical way.

Marinela,Romania

2016-11-14 17:15:43 UTC

When they are watching something at TV, pupils begin to discuss spontaneously about it. So it happened with migrants and refugees ,too. They were saying their point of views or that of the parents. The teachers are trying to highlight the real facts against stereotypes and prejudice.

Lorella, Italy

lorella_schettino — 2016-11-14 18:41:04 UTC

I often speak of the refugees with my students. In Italy the situation is very critical as the migrants who arrive there are many, many would like togo to northern Europe which does not receive them. Students are aware of the situations from which refugees flee but do not see effective solutions.

Carol (Italy

carol_f — 2016-11-14 23:29:44 UTC

At school my students discussed on terrorism after Bataclan attack in Paris. They read in French the touching letter written by the husband of a victim: "Vous n'aurez pas ma haine" and they made some drawings on this terrible event. These experiences helped them to face the shock.

Jaime Martins, Portugal

joncmartins — 2016-11-15 11:14:24 UTC

We have not refugees in our school but some migrants. The students don't know much but they are aware of the situation . The Erasmus+ Project about Refugees is away to call their attention to this World Human Crisis. It's also impossible not to talk to them about terrorist action, because of the media talk, talk and talk about it.

Mariella,Italy

mariella_brunaz — 2016-11-15 17:14:34 UTC

I haven’t addressed these topics with my students yet. We’ve just talked in general about the problem of refugees but we haven’t read newspapers or started a discussion. I think I should start from facts as suggested and also investigate about my pupils’ prejudices to focus on them and help students acquire a better understanding of migrants’ and refugees’ situation, background and problems. &e`b�=

Ivana, Italy

2016-11-15 18:42:44 UTC

I 've adressed this topic with my students with the help of the internet.

Daniela, Ita

gea68_dp — 2016-11-15 21:20:51 UTC

After the terrorist action in Paris, last year, I discussed with my students of the last year. They are young adults and it was simple. In my classroom there are strangers and they were embarassed. Speaking about the event, we were able to discuss and to ratiocinate.

Nikolaos

nkostis2001 — 2016-11-15 23:24:14 UTC

I work as a teacher(Elementary school) and i addressed this topic saying some stories from Egypt and particulary talking about terrorist attacks, when i used to work there four years ago.

Laskarina, Greece

laspolemi — 2016-11-16 11:20:26 UTC

I often conduct ewinning projects wiht my classs. Last year we did one on migration and I think it helped my students a lot to understand what drives some people to behave the way they do. I believe it is important have all opinions respected but make it clear that violence is never the answer.
I was really impressed by the videos posted. Thank you for the good advice!

Cristina, Italia

2016-11-16 15:29:40 UTC

I introduced this topic with my students.

Sultan ALP , Ankara - TURKEY

sultaneliz — 2016-11-16 16:07:53 UTC

I have never discussed the topic with my students. I think I can't do this; because I know some of them don't want refugees to come here and don't want to live with them. The students don't think about the situations of the refugees. However, some refugees who gets lots of help from the government live in streets, beg for money. I don't know what to do but I hope every human being may live in her/his country happily and peacefully.

isabella (Italy)

2016-11-16 17:58:29 UTC

I did not do this activity

isabella *Italy(

2016-11-16 17:58:47 UTC

Giorgia, Romania

giorgiagroza — 2016-11-16 19:06:36 UTC

Even if in my region there are not migrants, I talked at the school with my students about this problem. I think is just a problem of time till they will be spred all over the Europe so everybody has to be prepare for this situation to know how to face it.

Evi Karella Greece

spevispevi — 2016-11-16 20:10:45 UTC

I'm a kindergarten teacher, my students are 4-6 years old. I usually use books with images to talk about migration with them.

Nektaria, Greece

2016-11-16 20:47:42 UTC

Discussing such sensitive issues to my experience is more powerful when using videos and life stories!

Samanta, Italy

samac1217 — 2016-11-16 22:03:27 UTC

When a cathastrophic situation hapenned, I talk about my students of Primary school to understand the rality and to aware about our emotions.

Serena, Italy, primary school

serenagul — 2016-11-17 07:30:58 UTC

Pupils at primary school are very confused about the general situation of migrants and about what the tv tell us. Parents are always afraid of those migrants just because they've never looked at them as "people" like us. Talking about this issue is of course not easy but I'd like to try with small talks or books with pictures.

Angela P.,Italy

2016-11-17 07:52:54 UTC

I usually intoduce the topic for a thread in the hours of history or geography that offer many ideas for debates and comparisons etween past and present

Gediminas

2016-11-19 00:12:44 UTC

I did not do it.

Monica Italy

monnalisa_71 — 2016-11-20 16:57:00 UTC

Sometimes we talk about terrorism especially now that we have so many terroristic attack. At the same time we talk about war and migrants