The Education Toolkit draws upon the extensive research and analysis in the World Migration Report series to deliver specialized tools and resources for use by key audiences, such as educators. The World Migration Report is the flagship publication series of the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations migration agency. The World Migration Report series presents data and information on human migration and mobility together with analysis of complex and emerging migration issues such as climate change, artificial intelligence (AI), disinformation, and gender. It has been produced by IOM for more than two decades. Because of its global focus, the Toolkit uses content from around the world to support learning on this global issue. Just like the Report itself, this Toolkit has been peer reviewed by education and migration experts to ensure it meets the highest quality standards.

Through the Toolkit students will be able to engage critically on crucial themes related to population movement, demographic change and the drivers of migration, displacement and mobility. Divided into two parts, the first part of the Education Toolkit addresses some of the foundational questions in migration studies, as follows:

What is migration?
Who migrates?
Why do people migrate?
Where do people migrate?
How do people migrate?
When do people migrate?

Part two then explores a range of thematic topics in migration across several modules. The modules are tailored to and accessible for a secondary-level human geography course. Each module provides instructors with the option to utilize the entire Toolkit, but also the flexibility to draw upon certain resources that best suit the course design and classroom of their school.

Within each module, the educator will find a set of resources which can be applied within the classroom to spur student learning on the topic. These include:

Instructions

They help educators implement the classroom activities and evaluate learning.

Resources

They offer a compilation of research, starter questions and cues to spark discussion.

Text case study

They allow the student to see how concepts are applied in specific regional contexts.

Data case study

Data case studies allow students to explore and contextualize figures and trends.

Interactive scenario

They engage students in migration concepts by role-playing real-world situations.

While the World Migration Report series is the primary source document for much of the research and analysis presented in this curriculum, educators will find that students will also be encouraged to access other primary source documents to inform their learning.

We hope that this Education Toolkit will be of great use to you and your students. For more information, you can access the World Migration Report and view the data visualization of the report. More information about work can be found here. You can contact us via research@iom.int.