1 Session One Creative Translation Poetry Project:

Transcript:1 Session One Creative Translation Poetry Project::
1 Session One Creative Translation Poetry Project: Ukrainian Spotlight Prize [Insert class / year group and date here] 3 Example presentation title What is a refugee? A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution or natural disaster. 4 https://youtu.be/q9n1plse2K4 Let’s listen to a story about what a child might feel and face when they are forced to leave their home Think about the questions as you listen. My Name Is Not Refugee by Kate Milner 5 Many thousands of people have become refugees looking for somewhere safe to live. Lots of people in Ukraine are having to leave their homes right now. It is over two years since their country was invaded by neighbouring Russia and it is not safe to live there anymore. Images from BBC News website 6 This animation is based on actual drawings by 11-year-old Maxym and other Ukrainian children living through the horrors of the Ukraine war. The children and families of Ukraine have now endured over a year of devastation and displacement. Children are caught in the crossfire of ongoing hostilities, while schools, hospitals and other critical infrastructure continue to be damaged or destroyed. Two out of every three Ukrainian girls and boys have been forced to flee their homes. There are over 5 million children in need of humanitarian assistance in the country. https://youtu.be/ufGa4Ml93W0 War in Ukraine It is easy to forget what is happening when we are safe ourselves. We are going to show our empathy and compassion for Ukraine by learning and sharing their language – to show we are thinking of them. 6 7 Each year, the Stephen Spender Prize for poetry in translation includes a special ‘Spotlight’ language category. In 2023, to show support for Ukraine and as part of the Stephen Spender Trust’s wider ‘Celebrating Ukrainian Culture’ project, the Spotlight language was Ukrainian. As part of our Spotlight on Ukraine, we are going to translate a poem from Ukrainian into English. [When your poems are finished, we will submit them to our own Ukrainian Spotlight competition!] 8 Before we start translating and creating, let’s find out a little about Ukraine and the Ukrainian poet whose poem we will be translating. Independence Square, Kyiv, capital city of Ukraine Geography of Ukraine Europe's second largest country, Ukraine means "Land on the edge". It is an apt name for a country on the