• skip to Main Navigation
  • skip to Main Content
  • skip to Footer
CommonLit CommonLit
  • Login
  • |
  • Sign up
  • Library
    • Featured Content
    • View All Texts
    • Units
    • Search Library
      • Search by text title, author, topic, keyword, etc.
    • Browse By
    • Book
      • Book Pairings View All
      • 1984
      • The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian
      • The Alchemist
      • Animal Farm
      • The Autobiography of Malcolm X
      • The Bell Jar
      • Beloved
      • Beowulf
      • Black Boy
      • The Book Thief
      • The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
      • Brave New World
      • Bridge to Terabithia
      • Brown Girl Dreaming
      • Bud, Not Buddy
      • Catch 22
      • The Catcher in the Rye
      • The Chocolate War
      • The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child
      • Code Talker
      • The Color Purple
      • The Count of Monte Cristo
      • The Crossover
      • The Crucible
      • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
      • Death of a Salesman
      • The Diary of a Young Girl
      • Dragonwings
      • Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
      • Eight Days: A Story of Haiti
      • Esperanza Rising
      • Fahrenheit 451
      • Farewell to Manzanar
      • The Fault in Our Stars
      • Fences
      • Flush
      • Frankenstein
      • Frightful’s Mountain
      • The Giver
      • The Grapes of Wrath
      • The Great Gatsby
      • Grendel
      • Hamlet
      • The Handmaid's Tale
      • Heart of Darkness
      • The Hobbit
      • Holes
      • The House on Mango Street
      • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
      • Incantation
      • Inside Out & Back Again
      • In the Time of the Butterflies
      • Island of the Blue Dolphins
      • Jacob Have I Loved
      • Jane Eyre
      • The Joy Luck Club
      • Just Mercy
      • The Lightning Thief
      • A Long Walk to Water
      • Lord of the Flies
      • Lyddie
      • Macbeth
      • A Midsummer Night’s Dream
      • Moby Dick
      • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
      • Night
      • Number the Stars
      • The Odyssey
      • Of Mice and Men
      • The Old Man and the Sea
      • Othello
      • The Outsiders
      • Persepolis
      • The Poisonwood Bible
      • Pride and Prejudice
      • Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America
      • A Raisin in the Sun
      • The Remains of the Day
      • Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
      • Sahara Special
      • The Scarlet Letter
      • The Secret Life of Bees
      • A Streetcar Named Desire
      • The Sun Also Rises
      • Things Fall Apart
      • To Kill A Mockingbird
      • The Watsons Go to Birmingham — 1963
      • The Wave
      • When I was Puerto Rican
      • Wide Sargasso Sea
      • Wonder
      • World Without Fish
    • Genre
      • Genres
      • Allegory
      • Autobiography
      • Biography
      • Drama
      • Essay
      • Fable
      • Fantasy
      • Fiction
      • Folktale
      • Historical Document
      • Historical Fiction
      • Informational Text
      • Interview
      • Legal Document
      • Letter
      • Literary Theory
      • Magical Realism
      • Memoir
      • Myth
      • News
      • Non-Fiction
      • Opinion
      • Parable
      • Philosophy
      • Poem
      • Political Theory
      • Primary Source Document
      • Psychology
      • Quotation
      • Religious Text
      • Satire
      • Science Fiction
      • Short Story
      • Speech
    • Grade Level
      • Grade Levels
      • 3rd-4th Grade
      • 5th-6th Grade
      • 7th-8th Grade
      • 9th-10th Grade
      • 11th-12th Grade
    • Literary Device
      • Literary Devices
      • Alliteration
      • Assonance
      • Characterization
      • Consonance
      • Diction
      • Dramatic Irony
      • Ethos
      • External Conflict
      • Figurative Language
      • Flashback
      • Foreshadowing
      • Form
      • Free Verse
      • Hyperbole
      • Imagery
      • Internal Conflict
      • Irony
      • Juxtaposition
      • Logos
      • Meter
      • Mood
      • Paradox
      • Pathos
      • Point of View
      • Repetition
      • Rhetoric
      • Rhyme
      • Suspense
      • Symbolism
      • Theme
      • Tone
      • Unreliable Narrator
    • Text Set
      • Text Sets View All
      • The American Colonies
      • American Modernism
      • American Realism
      • The American Revolution
      • American Romanticism
      • Ancient Civilizations Around the World
      • Ancient Egypt
      • Ancient Greece
      • Ancient Rome
      • Argument, Bias, and Persuasion
      • Asian Authors and Cultures
      • Black Authors
      • Black Heritage
      • British Literature: 20th Century
      • British Literature: The English Renaissance
      • British Literature: The Extended 18th Century
      • British Literature: The Victorian Era
      • British Romanticism
      • The Civil Rights Movement
      • The Civil War
      • The Cold War
      • College and Career Choices
      • Dystopian Literature
      • Founding the United States
      • The Gilded Age
      • The Great Depression
      • The Harlem Renaissance
      • The Holocaust
      • Horror & Suspense
      • Immigration
      • Influential Speeches
      • International Revolutions
      • Irish Literature and Heritage
      • Jewish Authors and Heritage
      • Latinx Authors and History
      • Modern Democracy in America
      • Mythology
      • Native American History and Authors
      • Nature and Conservation
      • Political Theory
      • The Progressive Era
      • Psychology and the Mind
      • Reconstruction to Jim Crow
      • Russian Literature
      • Science of the Body
      • Slavery in America
      • Social Emotional Learning
      • Space
      • Transcendentalism
      • The Vietnam War
      • Westward Expansion
      • Women's Rights
      • Workers' Rights
      • World War I
      • World War II
    • Theme
      • Themes View All
      • America
      • Beauty & Happiness
      • Comedy & Tragedy
      • Community
      • Death
      • Education & Knowledge
      • Fate & Free Will
      • Fear & Paranoia
      • Friendship & Family
      • Growing Up
      • Honor & Courage
      • Identity
      • Justice, Freedom & Equality
      • Loneliness & Isolation
      • Love
      • Man vs. Nature
      • Men & Women
      • Morality
      • Power & Greed
      • Prejudice & Discrimination
      • Resilience & Success
      • Revenge & Betrayal
      • Social Change & Revolution
      • Social Pressure
      • Technology, Progress & Industry
      • War & Peace
    • Spanish Texts New!
  • Text
  • Paired Texts
  • Related Media
  • Teacher Guide
  • Parent Guide
  • CommonLit District Solutions

CREATE ACCOUNT

I AM AN EDUCATOR
CommonLit is 100% free for teachers and students.

Enter Class Code

Existing User? Log In
Beginning of dialog window. It begins with a heading 3 called "Create Account". It has two buttons, one for educators that takes you to the educator sign up page and one for students that takes you to another modal which allows you to enter your class code for your enrolled class. Escape will cancel and close the window. This form does not collect any actual information.
Library     The World’s Largest Refugee Camp Looks Like A Slum/Star Wars Mashup     Paired Texts

Paired Texts > The World’s Largest Refugee Camp Looks Like A Slum/Star Wars Mashup

by NPR Staff

2016

We've identified these texts as great options for text pairings based on similar themes, literary devices, topic, or writing style. Supplement your lesson with one or more of these options and challenge students to compare and contrast the texts. To assign a paired text, click on the text to go to its page and click the "Assign Text" button there.

9th Grade Informational Text 1070L
‘Chasing Memories’ In Their Refugee Camp 40 Years After Fleeing Vietnam
  • Hansi Lo Wang
  • 2015

Vietnamese American refugees who fled communist rule in their home country in the late 20th century reunite at a former processing center.

Pair “‘Chasing Memories’ in Their Refugee Camp 40 Years After Fleeing Vietnam” with “The World’s Largest Refugee Camp Looks Like A Slum/Star Wars Mashup” to provide students with another example of a refugee’s experiences in a camp. How do the experiences of Somali refugees in Dadaab compare to the experiences of refugees during the Vietnam War? To what extent has the treatment of refugees changed over time?

9th Grade Speech 960L
Elie Wiesel’s “The Perils of Indifference” Speech
  • Elie Wiesel
  • 1999

In “Elie Wiesel’s ‘The Perils of Indifference’ Speech,” the Holocaust survivor discusses the consequences of acting indifferently towards the suffering of others.

Pair “Elie Wiesel’s ‘The Perils of Indifference’ Speech” with “The World’s Largest Refugee Camp Looks Like A Slum/Star Wars Mashup” and ask students to discuss the indifference and animosity that people sometimes show to refugees seeking safety. How does the treatment of Somali refugees compare to the treatment of Jewish people seeking refuge during the Holocaust? How does Elie Wiesel’s speech serve as a warning to countries that ignore conflict and suffering abroad?

10th Grade Interview 1150L
Nearly 1 Million South Sudanese Refugees In Uganda
  • NPR
  • 2017

In the text “Nearly 1 Million South Sudanese Refugees In Uganda,” Scott Simon interviews Noah Gottschalk about the experiences of South Sudanese refugees at settlements in Uganda. 

Pair “Nearly 1 Million South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda” with “The World’s Largest Refugee Camp Looks Like A Slum/Star Wars Mashup” and ask students to compare the experiences of refugees in Kenya and Uganda. How do the expectations of refugees discussed in the two texts compare to the reality of their situations? What similar obstacles do refugees experience in their respective host countries?

10th Grade Non-Fiction 1040L
Can You Still Have Hope When Life Seems Hopeless?
  • Ashley Westerman
  • 2017

In “Can You Still Have Hope When Life Seems Hopeless?” Ashley Westerman reflects on the hopes of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

Pair “The World’s Largest Refugee Camp Looks Like A Slum/Star Wars Mashup” with “Can You Still Have Hope When Life Seems Hopeless?” and ask students to discuss how the two camps discussed in the texts compare. Why might refugees feel hopeless in refugee camps in Kenya and Bangladesh? How do both texts explore the future of the refugees in these camps?

8th Grade News 1040L
5 Surprising Facts about the Refugee Crisis
  • Jason Beaubien
  • 2017

In the informational text “5 Surprising Facts about the Refugee Crisis,” Jason Beaubien discusses refugee crises around the world and how countries are responding to them.

Pair “5 Surprising Facts about the Refugee Crisis” with “The World’s Largest Refugee Camp Looks Like A Slum/Star Wars Mashup” to provide students with additional information about the global refugee crisis. Ask students to discuss how the experiences of Syrian refugees compare to those of Somali refugees. Which countries are responding to the refugee crisis? Why do students think some other countries have been reluctant to offer assistance to refugees?

8th Grade Interview 960L
Voice of Witness: A Sudanese Refugee’s Oral History
  • Juliet Linderman for Voice of Witness
  • 2015

 In the interview “Voice of Witness: A Sudanese Refugee’s Oral History,” Juliet Linderman interviews a Sudanese refugee about his experience relocating to America.

Pair “The World’s Largest Refugee Camp Looks Like a Slum/Star Wars Mashup” with “Voice of Witness: A Sudanese Refugee’s Oral History” to provide students with additional information about one of the refugee camps Felix Lohitai and his family stayed at. How does Ben Rawlence’s discussion of Dadaab compare to Lohitai’s experiences in the refugee camp?

  • About
  • Blog
  • Careers
  • Contact
  • Donate
  • FAQ
  • Partners
  • Press
  • Research
  • Security
  • CommonLit District Solutions
  • Español
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
© 2014-2019 CommonLit. ™ | CommonLit is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.