Making a New Life: The Courage of a Refugee

About the Virtual Field Trip

In this Virtual Field Trip students will walk along with Mona Golabek as they hear from three different individuals on the refugee experience. Taking on a lens starting with the historical refugee experience to the modern-day experience, students learn how refugees adjust to their new homes and cultures and celebrate the courage people can have in times of great change.

Suitable for upper elementary and middle school students, they will learn how people gather crucial strength and support from fellow refugees and community resources. And hear from real students on how they support and learn about refugee stories and their experiences.

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A special thank you to the amazing partnerships that helped this Virtual Field Trip come to life. The Wiener Holocaust Library Association of Jewish Refugees The Willesden Project Hold Onto Your Music Foundation Koret Foundation

Educator Guide

Download educator guide designed to prepare students for themes introduced in the VFT as well as extend the learning after watching with a class discussion about the power of story.

Educator Guide

The Willesden Project

Explore The Willesden Project resources to engage in the power of story and the message that we hold within ourselves the power to overcome hatred.

Explore The Willesden Project

Ready-To-Use Activity

Making a New Life: Student Investigation

Explore the refugee experience through personal stories and historical context, fostering empathy, understanding, and a sense of social responsibility.

About The Partners

The USC Shoah Foundation preserves and amplifies the voices of the past to build a future that remembers. The Archive is home to more than 59,000 testimonies of survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust, contemporary antisemitism, the Armenian Genocide, and other historical events of genocide. It is the largest such collection in the world. Established in 1994, the USC Shoah Foundation found a permanent home at the University of Southern California in 2006. With survivor testimony at the center, the USC Shoah Foundation's innovative programming, global-impact strategies, and forward-looking research initiatives help foster insights and practical solutions to preserve Holocaust memory and history, confront antisemitism and strengthen democratic values.

Discovery Education is the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place. Through its award-winning multimedia content, instructional supports, and innovative classroom tools, Discovery Education helps educators deliver equitable learning experiences engaging all students and supporting higher academic achievement on a global scale. Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5 million educators and 45 million students worldwide, and its resources are accessed in nearly 100 countries and territories.