lesson plan, you and your students can luxuriate—and pause—to truly understand an image, its message, and why it’s interesting (or not). Ask your students to make sense of the photograph by trusting their instincts of observation and inference. Photo Caption:Life jackets and pieces of inflatable boats—used to transport refugees across the Aegean Sea—are discarded on the shore of the Greek island of Lesbos (February 2017). Photo Facts:According to the UN Refugee Agency, refugees are persons fleeing armed conflict or persecution, crossing national borders to seek safety in nearby countries. The island of Lesbos is the birthplace of the famous Greek poet Sappho (630-570 BCE).