http://www.unrwa.org/myvoicemyschool - Really great video clips that help demonstrate how these refugees are just like us!
http://www.unicef.ca/en/our-work/article/humanitarian-emergencies - This teacher toolkit for elementary and secondary schools includes country-specific supplements, including one on the war in Syria.
http://nolostgeneration.org/voice - A collaboration between several key organizations. A few great resource pages here that educators could build from
http://blogs.unicef.org.uk/category/countries/syria/ - UNICEF UK has great little blogs that help explain the reality of the situation including this one “How to talk to your children about the refugee crisis” http://blogs.unicef.org.uk/2015/09/11/talk-children-refugee-crisis/
http://s3.amazonaws.com/inee-assets/resources/150311_MENA_OOSCI_Syria_factsheet-2_1.pdf - Unicef’s 6 page fact sheet on the crisis
https://www.savethechildren.net/sites/default/files/libraries/FailingSyria_Report_March2015.pdf - Save the Children’s report card on the global response to the crisis which will help people understand how the heck we got into this mess where people are desperate enough to put their family onto a dinghy…
http://acaps.org/img/documents/s-acaps-report-syria-4-years-on_13_march_2015.pdf - Another great report which explains the situation in context of the larger region.
http://www.ineesite.org/en/research/academic-space - the INEE (International Network for Education in Emergencies) website has great resources for teachers who are trying to learn more…not so much resources to help teach – more for academicially oriented people who want to better understand the role of Education in emergency situations. But their Syria page at http://www.ineesite.org/en/crisis-spotlights/syria has links to a lot of the resources above.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/2013/09/5-top-classroom-resources-teaching-syria/ - PBS offers classroom resources for teaching Syria.
http://www.playagainstallodds.ca/teachersupervision/us/index_ca.html - UNHCR.ca’s webpage for teacher resources on refugee-awareness
http://www.etfo.ca/Resources/ForTeachers/Documents/The%20Suitcase.pdf - A resource sheet with a play, and a related assignment. Students have to interview someone who recently immigrated to Canada and learn about their experience and the system this way.
http://www.etfo.ca/Resources/ForTeachers/Documents/The%20Power%20of%20Story%20Volume%202%20-%20A%20Kindergarten%20to%20Grade%20Eight%20Resource.pdf - Story on page 132 with accompanying activity, for middle and high school students
http://www.etfo.ca/Resources/ForTeachers/Documents/Helping%20Children%20Feel%20Safe%20in%20Uncertain%20Times.aspx - General resources for refugee-awareness
http://www.etfo.ca/Resources/ForTeachers/Documents/Teaching%20for%20Deep%20Understanding%20-%20An%20ETFO%20Curriculum%20Learning%20Resource%20Compilation.pdf - A social justice book list for K-12, we can pick out refugee related books starting page 175
http://www.msf.ca/en/forced-to-leave-learning-about-refugees - Five lesson plans for Grades 6-8 on refugee issues.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/education/2015/10/8-educational-resources-to-better-understand-the-refugee-crisis/ - Eight educational resources to better understand the refugee crisis.
https://www.facebook.com/HumansOfTheRefuge?fref=nf - Humans of the Refuge Facebook page, for stories about refugees