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Cross-curricular resources from the Peace Education Network

Cross-curricular resources from the Peace Education Network
Jabiluka: What happened? Mining and human rights
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Jabiluka: What happened? Mining and human rights

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In this lesson from the London Mining Network, learners will find out about a situation in which nonviolent direct action succeeded. This is the story of the successful nonviolent direct action taken by the Mirrar people and their allies against the Jabiluka uranium mine which was to be built on their ancestral land dangerously close to the Kakadu National Park in Northern Territory, Australia. Learners will carry out a guided group research project on the topic. Citizenship and action | Geography
Nonviolent action: a force for change
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Nonviolent action: a force for change

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A Teach Peace lesson from the Development Education Centre, South Yorkshire (DECSY). Nonviolence has been a force for change around the world, proving effective in unlikely struggles for peace and justice. The aim of this lesson is to enable learners to explore some disagreements around the definition of nonviolence. Learners will also explore their own views about nonviolence. Citizenship and action | History & Society
Positive Peace
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Positive Peace

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In this Teach Peace lesson from World Beyond War , Learners will be introduced to the concept of Positive Peace and its importance for promoting optimum environments for human potential to flourish. They will consider the practical application of the Positive Peace model in different contexts. Religion and ethics | Citizenship and action
Understanding violence
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Understanding violence

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In this Teach Peace lesson from World Beyond War, Learners will be introduced to the concepts of direct, structural, and cultural violence. They will think critically and reflect on the different types of violence present in different contexts. Citizenship and action | Talking and listening
Responding to unseen poetry  from Potent Whisper
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Responding to unseen poetry from Potent Whisper

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This Teach Peace lesson from Child Rights International Network (CRIN) invites learners to explore poetry on a citizenship theme. Potent Whisper is a London based Spoken Word artist. The lesson introduces his piece, The Rhyming Guide to Joining the Army!, and gives students the opportunity to respond to it as unseen poetry. The poem also raises important questions about under-18s recruitment to the armed forces and the way it is promoted to young people. Creative expression | Citizenship and action
What is your relationship with nature?
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What is your relationship with nature?

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Teach Peace is about relationships at every level, and one is our personal relationship with nature and the earth. This lesson asks learners what relationship they want with nature. They will visit a natural space and prepare a display to celebrate nature on their doorstep. Learn about being an Eco School at eco-schools.org.uk STEM | Religion and ethics | Creative expression
Taking Action for Climate Justice
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Taking Action for Climate Justice

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Taking action for climate justice is a Teach Peace lesson from Quakers in Britain. People all around the world are taking action for climate justice. This lesson takes a close look at different challenges and approaches from the Amazon’s indigenous defenders to divestment campaigners in Glasgow. Leaners will become expert in one case study present it to their peers, evaluating diverse actions. Citizenship and action | Geography | History & Society | Talking and listening
The human impact of climate change
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The human impact of climate change

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A Teach Peace lesson from Oxfam. Learners will find out about two key elements of climate justice: inequality and interconnectedness. They will think in greater detail about how the lifestyles of people in the world’s high-income countries impact on the rest of the world. STEM | Citizenship and action
Armed drones
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Armed drones

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A Teach Peace lesson from the Afghanistan Peace Project. Drones or ‘Unmanned Aerial Vehicles’ (UAVs) are increasingly used by countries in war, including the UK, Russia and the USA, but are they a good idea? Young people will learn about how drones are used, and their effects on civilians. STEM | Religion and ethics | Talking and listening | Citizenship and action
Youth refusing violence
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Youth refusing violence

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A Teach Pece lesson from St Etherlburga’s. Learners will understand what it means to ‘refuse violence’ and choose active nonviolence. They will explore different forms of violence in order to become equipped to deal with it and make the right choices. Talking and listening | Wellbeing | Religion and ethics
Exploring our roots and migration
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Exploring our roots and migration

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A Teach Peace lesson from Inscape animations. Follow the roots of our family trees down, down into the past, and eventually they join.” Using the animation from Inscape, explore how we are all connected across time, land and sea. Learners will explore terms like genealogy, refugee and migration and what it means to be connected today. Creative expression | Citizenship and action | STEM
Reading pictures from war
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Reading pictures from war

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A Teach Peace lesson from Legacy of War. Images of war can lack respect for the subjects and leave viewers feeling alienated. Giles Duley’s photographs and texts document survivors of war, telling individual stories of love and fortitude that inspire hope. Learners will see the human side of war. Through discussion, they will consider the power of sensitive images and their role in highlighting the human cost of conflict. Creative expression | Citizenship and action
Challenging Islamophobia and  identity-based violence
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Challenging Islamophobia and identity-based violence

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A Teach Peace lesson from Protection Approaches and Circles of Salam. During this lesson, learners will consider how anti-Muslim hate, Islamophobia, and other forms of identity-based violence occur in society through the exploration of a personal story. Learners will then consider how we strengthen our schools and communities by making them a more open, inclusive and welcoming place for everyone.
Military spending – does it make us  more secure?
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Military spending – does it make us more secure?

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A Teach Peace lesson from Pax Christi UK (paxchristi.org.uk). This session explores military spending and security. Looking at the national budget and how much is spent on the military, students are encouraged to discuss whether this makes us more secure and explore what would make the world safer. Citizenship and action | History & Society | Numeracy England Mathematics | KS3/KS4 | Statistics: construct and interpret appropriate tables, charts, and diagrams, including frequency tables, bar charts, pie charts, and pictograms for categorical data, and vertical line (or bar) charts for ungrouped and grouped nume Citizenship | GCSE (AQA) | 1. Citizenship skills, processes and methods | Present their own and other viewpoints and represent the views of others, in relation to citizenship issues, causes, situations and concepts SMSC - Moral | | interest in investigating and offering reasoned views about moral and ethical issues and ability to understand and appreciate the viewpoints of others on these issues.’ PSHE | KS3 | Living in the wider world | L20. to explore social and moral dilemmas about the use of money, (including how the choices young people make as consumers affect others’ economies and environments) Scotland Curriculum for Excellence: Responsible citizens | Numeracy | Number, money and measure | MNU 4-07aI can choose the most appropriate form of fractions, decimal fractions and percentages to use when making calculations mentally, in written form or using technology, then use my solutions to make comparisons Social Studies | | SOC 4-01aI can evaluate conflicting sources of evidence to sustain a line of argument. Wales The four purposes | ambitious, capable learners who: are questioning and enjoy solving problems Humanities progression | Enquiry, exploration and investigation inspire curiosity about the world, its past, present and future. Humanities progression | Informed, self-aware citizens engage with the challenges and opportunities that face humanity, and are able to take considered and ethical action. Cross-curricular skill | be able to use numbers and solve problems in real-life situations
Gender, war and conflict
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Gender, war and conflict

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A Teach Peace lesson from the Women’s International League of Peace and Freedom. Building on more than a century of women’s peace activism, learners explore how war and conflict are experienced differently by men and women. They are also asked to reflect on why we need to talk about war and conflict and to consider how they are connected to our present lives. Citizenship and action | History & Society | Wellbeing
RESTORE
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RESTORE

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A Teach Peace lesson from Peacemakers. How do we recognise the challenges we’ve faced? The RESTORE project was developed by Peacemakers alongside schools and restorative organisations in response to the challenges young people in schools were facing as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. This lesson on Recognition is an introduction to a much larger journey, perhaps in regular tutor group setting. Over multiple sessions, learners can think about all the RESTORE steps as a community: Recognition, Empathy, Safety, Trauma, Opportunity, Relationships, Engagement. Each one of these topics is worthy of deep dive, and the idea is that you visit them regularly over a term. Find out more at restoreourschools.com. Wellbeing | Talking and listening*
Making a change for peace
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Making a change for peace

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A Teach Peace lesson from the Welsh Centre for International Affairs (wcia.org.uk). War, inequality and environmental degradation – the magnitude of the problems facing the world often leave us feeling powerless. Learners will look at some examples of young people taking action, consider what’s important to them and what they can do to create positive change. Citizenship and action | Talking and listening
Conscientious objectors
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Conscientious objectors

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A Teach Peace lesson from the Peace Pledge Union. Why did some people choose to be conscientious objectors in World War I and what did this mean for them? What does military conscription mean? Learners will reflect on their own principles and consider when they would be prepared to take action if confronted with military conscription. History & Society | Religion and ethics Talking and listening
Handling conflicts – what kind of  animal are you?
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Handling conflicts – what kind of animal are you?

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A Teach Peace lesson from Peace Pathways. hen in conflict with another person, we tend to behave in characteristic ways. What conflict style do you use? When do we act like turtle, fox, teddy, owl or shark? Do we tend to always react in one way? What advantages and disadvantages does each type have? Learners will become familiar with the concepts of conflict as a part of life, and of conflict handling skills. They will explore how they behave in conflicts and choices they can make. Wellbeing | Talking and listening
Empathy and compassion
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Empathy and compassion

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A Teach Peace lesson from Peace Jam UK (peacejam.org.uk). Drawing on Peace Jam’s Compassion in Action Curriculum, for Creating Inclusive Communities, learners will discover the life and work of the Dalai Lama, a world leader for peace, and practise the empathy and compassion he teaches. Wellbeing | Religion and ethics