THE KITE RUNNER COMPANION CURRICULUM - TakePart
THE KITE RUNNER COMPANION CURRICULUM - TakePart
THE KITE RUNNER COMPANION CURRICULUM - TakePart
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LESSON 5:<br />
REFUGEES AND RESETTLEMENT<br />
CRITICAL<br />
THINKING<br />
ACTIVITY<br />
(CONTINUED)<br />
you are unsure if you will ever return. You have three minutes to gather what<br />
you can carry in a small backpack or bag, what do you bring?<br />
***NOTE: IF POSSIBLE, IT MAY BE BENEFICIAL TO MAKE <strong>THE</strong> SITUATION MORE REALISTIC BY<br />
SETTING UP DISTRACTIONS WHILE STUDENTS ARE BRAINSTORMING. TEACHERS MAY WANT TO<br />
CONSIDER CREATING A NOISY ENVIRONMENT, TURNING OFF <strong>THE</strong> LIGHTS, ETC***<br />
2. Students should be separated into small groups to discuss the items on their<br />
lists with their classmates. As a class, ask volunteers to share their lists and<br />
engage in a larger discussion.<br />
CRITICAL<br />
THINKING<br />
QUESTIONS<br />
GENERAL QUESTIONS<br />
1. How do your initial definitions of refugees and IDPs compare to the official<br />
definitions found in HANDOUT 5.1?<br />
2. What was on your list of “5 reasons why people become refugees or IDPs”?<br />
How do your reasons compare to the reasons listed on HANDOUT 5.1?<br />
What did you learn from HANDOUT 5.1 that you did not previously know?<br />
3. Why do refugees and IDPs have special rights?<br />
4. What does it mean to leave your home?<br />
5. During the activity, what did you choose to bring with you and why?<br />
6. Which item on your list do you think was the most important? Why?<br />
7. Would you really be able to survive with the items that you chose?<br />
8. You just reached the border of a neighboring country where you will be able to<br />
find safety, but a guard has demanded you show identification before being<br />
allowed to cross the border. How many of you included a form of identification<br />
on your list?<br />
9. What happens if you don’t have identification?<br />
10. Did you find it difficult to compile a list of important items in just 3 minutes?<br />
Why?<br />
11. How do you think you would feel if you were really forced to leave<br />
your own home?<br />
12. What are some of the pros and cons of fleeing?<br />
13. What happens to your human rights when you flee? Do they come with you?<br />
How?<br />
14. What happens to your culture when you flee? Does it come with you?<br />
15. Try to remember the scene in The Kite Runner where Baba and Amir had just<br />
gotten to the Russian Army checkpoint. Karim translates what the Russian<br />
soldier wants. Karim says to Baba “He wants a half hour with the lady in the<br />
back of the truck.” The young wife pulls the shawl down over her face and<br />
beings to cry. Karim cannot look the husband in the eye, and he tells the rest<br />
of them that this is the Russian soldier’s price for letting them pass the<br />
checkpoint. Baba stands up and looks directly at the Russian. He says<br />
“I want you to ask this man something. Ask him where his shame is.”<br />
The Russian responds, “this is war, there is no shame in war.” Does war<br />
negate human rights and human decency? Why or why not?<br />
50 LESSON 5
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