Introduction
Recently people have been migrating from Syria enmasse.
Donald Trump made news headlines by saying that the majority of the refugees are young men, therefore they are ISIS, therefore if he becomes president he is going to send them all back to Syria as terrorists and spies.
Does he have it right? Are the majority of the Syrian refugees liars?
Task
Your task is to create an opinion news piece highlighting the plight of the refugee and stating whether you think they are liars or victims of war.
You will do this by researching the syrian war and what has caused it and what effects it has had on Syria.
You will look at several news items explaining what has been happening with Syria and the rest of the world.
You will read some first hand accounts of Syrian refugees.
And finally you will create your news report.
Process
The Past
Use the following link to read about the causes of the Syrian War.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/24/world/meast/syria-101/index.html
Write a short cause and effect table explaining what has happened in the last five years.
Why has the world gotten involved?
Obama's Opinion
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/11/world/middleeast/obama-directs-admini…
Why has Obama increased its intake of refugees?
Where are the most refugees going? Why are they going there? (Hint there is a table on the left hand side of the screen)
Trumps Opinion
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/03/politics/donald-trump-syria-refugees-military/
Trump is runnig for president, what is is trying to do with these statements about syrian refugees?
Russias Opinion
Russia has recently gotten involved in the war. What effect is their involvement having?
Julie Bishop's Opinion
What does Julie Bishop think about Russia?
The People
http://www.humansofnewyork.com/
Why has this photographer done this?
Do these people's stories reflect what the media is telling us?
Evaluation
Your task is to write a news opinion piece about the Syrian Refugees, stating whether or not you think they are victims or liars.
Use any of the websites that you have visited to prove your points.
The news report has got five sections for you to write in, here are the five topics for you to write about
1. The cause and effect of the Syrian War
2. One country's response
3. A story from the people
4. Your opinion
The news report can be found here:
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/Printing_Pre…
Choose news report and then choose news paper 3, 4 or 5.
Conclusion
Your final task is to email me your opinion piece.
I will write my email address on the board.
What do you think? Are they liars? Are they victims?