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Year 8 RE/PSHE Lesson: Refugees – How Do Human Rights Protect Them?
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This lesson introduces pupils to the experiences of refugees and asylum seekers and explores why human rights are essential to protect their dignity and safety. Students learn key terms, examine real examples such as Albert Einstein and Freddie Mercury, and study Brian Bilston’s reversible poem “Refugees” to reflect on attitudes and prejudice. Activities include comprehension questions, poem annotation, designing a Refugee Rights Shield, and extended writing on the importance of rights in the UK today.

Learning aims:

Define refugees and asylum seekers and understand why people flee their countries

Explain how human rights, including the right to seek asylum, protect refugees

Reflect on how prejudice and discrimination impact refugees’ lives

Evaluate why human rights protection matters in modern Britain

Includes PowerPoint slides, reading worksheets, creative tasks, the poem “Refugees,” and structured writing prompts ready to teach.