IOM Southeast Asia: Overseas Toolkit Lesson Plans

These lesson plans were contributed by the IOM Southeast Asia CO program. They may be useful to other overseas CO programs looking for some fresh activities, to domestic resettlement staff who would like to strengthen their CO delivery by using ready-made materials prepared by CO specialists, or to those who are interested in the type of training refugees received from IOM Southeast Asia.

Calculating Your IOM Loan Repayment
(5-10 minutes)

In the Plane (20-30 minutes)

Role of the Resettlement Agency: Role Play
(Intro: 15-30 minutes; Role play: 1.5 -2.5 hours)

Resettlement Reality of Housing:
Introduction
Nuts and Bolts
Housing Situations
Housing Safety and Upkeep
Apartment Features
(Multi-part lesson, approx. 1.5-2.5 hours in total)

Children's Problems in School (20-30 minutes)

Healthy Eating (30-40 minutes)

Shopping for Food (20-40 mins.)

Rights and Responsibilities Discussion and Charting Exercise
Your Rights
Your Responsibilities
(two complementary handouts; 25-45 minutes)

Who is an American? (10 minutes)

Encouraging Refugees to Check for Understanding: The Telephone Game

 

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