Frontloading the historical context for the novel Refugee by Alan Gratz can be difficult. Here is a google slides presentation that covers the general basic accounts of the different refugee situations that take place in the novel. The notes cover information on:The definition of a refugee, what a refugee is, ect. It covers The Holocaust, Kristalnacht, and Hitler. The notes discuss Cuba, Fidel Castro, and the Cuban Rafter crisis. Included in the notes are also the history of the Syrian civil war