Making Your Way is for resettlement agency trainers who provide Cultural Orientation domestically. Each of the eleven content chapters starts with a short lesson called The Basics that addresses particularly pressing information for that topic. The chapters contain two to six additional lesson plans, along with supplemental images, posters, and handouts. While the complete curriculum is 761 pages, we offer The Complete Basics, individual chapters, and supplemental materials as separate downloads.
This unit focuses on the following key points:
- The United States has laws regarding alcohol, tobacco, drugs, firearms, domestic violence, and child supervision and neglect, among many others. Refugees are responsible for knowing the laws and understanding what will happen to them if they break them.
- In the United States, refugees have rights and responsibilities. After refugees have lived in the United States for 1 year, they must apply to change their status from refugee to Lawful Permanent Resident.
- Refugees are responsible for their own safety and should know common safety procedures.
