Process
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Type http://www.morrisgleitzman.com/books/fst_bo.html into your search or into your navigation toolbar. Read the first chapter of Boy Overboard. Each person should take a turn to read a paragraph or two to the group.
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Write something in your writing draft books about two characters in the first chapter of Boy Overboard.
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Type http://www.abc.net.au/longjourney/ into your search or into your navigation toolbar.
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Watch the introduction and tutorial on the Long Journey, Young Lives website with the group.
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Choose one child from ‘Homeland Conflict’ or ‘The Journey’ and one child from ‘Detention’ or ‘On Reflection’. Read about them and listen to their stories.
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Why did the refugees that you chose leave their home?
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How did the refugees that you chose leave their country?
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Choose an Australian school kid from the website. Do you agree with what they say about refugees? Why or why not?
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What are two reasons that are given for refugees going into Detention?
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What do you think it would be like to be in a detention centre?
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How many refugees are there currently in the world?