A PROJECT CRITICAL POWER POINT PRESENTATION

The Lost Boys of Sudan

Ms. Karsten Mott Hall High School 2008-2009

AIM: What Social Problem is represented by the world’s “Refugees”?

What are the differences between a REFUGEE and an IMMIGRANT?

Refugees 2008 Immigrants 2008

Immigrants Immigration

refers to the movement of people among countries.

Immigrants

1.

A foreign-born individual who voluntarily leaves his/her country of origin 2.

Immigrants have to go through an application process or Green Card Lottery. 3.

Others get it from their US based employer, by marrying US citizen or apply for asylum if eligible.

Refugees



Refugee

, person who is forced to leave the country in which he or she lives because of a well-founded fear of

persecution

.  A refugee is NOT someone displaced in their own country, displaced by natural disasters, or people who migrate voluntarily.

Synthesis

Using the pictures and the definitions what problems do refugees face in contrast to immigrants?

Real World Social Problem THE FACTS

 UNICEF website  The Lost Boys by The Red Cross  One of the Largest Refugee supporters in the US- Church World Service

Using Evidence to find the causes of displacement

 Identify the Causes  Using the above link from the PPA, complete the attached worksheet.

 You will identify the causes of displacement (refugees) based on the following slides Evidence 1-4

What have you heard?

 Countries with highly documented cases of Refugees What

prior

knowledge do you have?

LET’S DISCUSS AND FIND OUT

  Each of the following slides show evidence of a

social problem related to the refugees A “Social Problem” is a condition that adversely affects large numbers of people



For each of the following slides, determine the “social problem”

COMPLETE THE CHART SLIDE # 1 2 3 4 SOCIAL PROBLEM

Evidence # 1

Evidence # 2

Evidence # 3

Evidence # 4

 CLUSTER HOMES OF REFUGEES

EVIDENCE # 5



Refugee Camp Statistics

Conclusion

  THE PUBLIC POLCIY ANALYST Complete Worksheet # 1: Defining the Social Problem Complete Worksheet # 2: Gathering Evidence of the Social Problem

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT Write an Essay using your worksheets with the title: African Refugees: A major Social Problem

2: EXTRA CREDIT: Complete Worksheet #5: Finding Solutions (click on link)