Topic File D: New country ─ new home?

This Topic File is based on the film "New country ─ new home?". Pupils will meet young people who have migrated to Ireland and England and hear about their everyday lives in a new country. They will learn about the different reasons people have for migrating, how they settle into a new place and how they keep in touch with people back home.

 

Pupils ...

  • find out about the different reasons people have for migrating
  • compare your experience of migration with those of other young people
  • watch some Swiss students planning and acting out role plays about migration

They also ...

  • do some research into migrants in their family history
  • learn about migration in Ireland's history
  • discuss how racism can affect migrants
  • plan and act short role plays about migration

They practise and consolidate ...

  • the present simple and past simple
  • time clauses