GCSE: 'The Emigree' poem, Carol Rumens

In the wake of the Christchurch terrorist attack, it is important that English teachers are confronting issues of xenophobia as the appear in literature with our students. I was inspired to revamp my resources for ‘The Emigree`’, drawing off this recent issue as a springboard for discussion of the rising threat of white supremacy in our world.

This resource includes:

• 2 lessons (or more, depending on pace and ability)
• Discussions of xenophobia, otherness, normalisation and displacement
• Analysis of the poem’s themes, LF&S*, and context
• Plenty of differentiated activities
• Opportunity to weave in Language Paper 2 skills, through a study of an article.

Sharing this lesson for free as more than ever, we need to find the opportunities to have these conversations with students. Education is the starting point for change!

*Language, form and structure
Article included taken from the New Yorker.