SP：難民故事

 This lesson will introduce the term "refugee" as well as related terms such as "immigrant," "migrant" and "expatriate." After this lesson, students will understand the difference in these terms as well as some of the "Push and Pull" factors that influence people to leave their homes. 

 We will learn about the life of the famous physicist, Albert Einstein, who left his home country of Germany two different times over the course of his young adult life, and was even country-less for several years before finally becoming a United States citizen. We will learn about how he became a target of the Nazis and his role in the development of the atomic bomb that eventually helped bring an end to World War II. 

 We will learn about this tumultuous period of Irish history, the tremendous suffering caused by the famine, and about the millions of people who chose to leave their country and begin a new life in America. We will look at the challenges the new immigrants faced in tenement housing and the major impact of this period of history on American culture that continues even to this day. 

 Yusra Mardini fled her home city of Damascus, Syria with her sister in 2015. The two girls had an incredible journey first to Turkey and then an attempt to cross the Aegean Sea by boat. When the boat motor failed, Yusra and her sister, both trained champion swimmers, swam for three hours while pulling the boat and its 17 passengers behind them to safey in Greece. Yusra went on to become a member of the first-ever Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Olympics in Brazil.