A Teach Peace lesson from Journey to Justice (journeytojustice.org.uk). Looking at five very different stories of young people aged 6 to 18 who took action for peace and racial justice, we consider the values that drove them, the tactics they used and the reasons they succeeded. Our aim: to galvanise learners to consider the world they’d like to live in and grassroots action they can take. Citizenship and action | Talking and listening

Mary Foley’s teenage daughter was murdered at a friend’s birthday party. 18-year-old Beatriz was jailed for life for the unprovoked attack. Explore Mary’s journey of forgiveness, which took her from rage and anger towards forgiveness, including sending a personal letter of hope to Beatriz in prison. Religion and ethics | Talking and listening

A Teach Peace leeson from Facing History & Ourselves UK. How do we connect with the past? How have we memorialised war? Students will look at examples of memorials from World War I to Iraq and consider their messages, reflecting on how they think we should remember war. Facing History & Ourselves uses the lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate.

A Teach Peace lesson from Diversity Role Models. What does LGBT+ stand for? What are the different legal protections for LGBT+ people in the UK and around the world? Students will analyse how they can improve LGBT+ rights at their school. Wellbeing | History & Society | Talking and listening

Can the world be at peace when 2,000 billionaires have more wealth than the 4 billion poorest people on Earth? Learners will critically engage with real research data on the effects of inequality, articularly as it relates to the incidence of violence within society. Citizenship and action | STEM

A Teach Peace lesson from Diversity Role Models. What is the effect of bullying and discrimination against LGBT+ people? How can we stand up to bullying? Students will explore inspiring examples of upstanders and reflect on how their school can challenge discrimination. Wellbeing | Citizenship and action

How can you love an enemy? A Teach Peace lesson from Coventry Cathedral (coventrycathedral.org.uk) If your home was bombed by an unseen enemy, how would you respond? That was the reality for the people of Coventry in 1940, and thousands of other towns and cities around the world before and since. Learn about this story. History & Society | Citizenship and action | Religion and ethics

A Teach Peace lesson from CRESST (cresst.org.uk). Conflict Resolution in Sheffield Schools Training (CRESST) equips young people with the skills to be peacemakers. In this introductory lesson, designed for the PSHE curriculum in England, students will learn to identify what conflict is and why it starts. Follow-up lessons are available from cresst.org.uk. Wellbeing | Talking and listening

3. Under pressure: how do pressure groups work for change? Learn from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (cnduk.org/ peace-education), the group that gave the world the famous symbol for peace, how pressure groups operate, and create your own in the classroom! Learners will decide an issue to campaign on and design a citizenship action, taking on the same role of professional campaigners. Citizenship and action | Talking and listening

How does the arms trade work? Lesson 2 from Teach Peace comes from Amnesty Interational UK (amnesty.org.uk). Amnesty International campaigned successfully for a global Arms Trade Treaty (2014). Yet from London to Hong Kong, millions of weapons are bought and sold around the world, often to countries already fighting wars or attacking their own people. Students can investigate the roots and impact of the arms trade and how active citizens should respond. History & Society | Citizenship and action | Talking and listening

1. Using your inner wisdom A Teach Peace lesson from Values Based Education (valuesbasededucation.com). Values-based Education (VbE) is an approach to education for schools and other settings. VbE gives learners access to an ethical vocabulary based on human values, such as respect, justice, integrity, harmony, trust and honesty. During this lesson learners will explore how to activate and use their inner wisdom to find their own inner peace. This lesson focuses on inner peace. Wellbeing | Religion and ethics

In this Teach Peace lesson from Scientists for Global Responsibility, learners will combine ethics and the science to assess nuclear weapons. Using Nuclear weapons: a beginner’s guide to the threats from Scientists for Global Responsibility, learners gain an understanding of the science and the effects of nuclear weapons and use that insight to inform their moral reasoning. Using the six sections of the Beginners Guide, learners will explore 1. What is a nuclear weapon? 2. the basic science of nuclear weapons 3. How many nuclear weapons are there? 4. How much destructive power do the nuclear-armed nations have? 5. A nuclear attack: the immediate effects 6. A nuclear attack: longer-term and global impacts

In this lesson from Scientists for Global Responsibility, learners explore Physics, History and Citizenship. Bohr, Chadwick, Oppenheimer, Szilard, Fermi, Meitner, Einstein - What did the people who made possible the first atomic bomb want to happen? Scientists in the first half of the 20th Century were making strides in theory and experimentation to understand atoms: How are atoms structured? What forces hold atoms together? Can the atom be split? And what happens if we do? By the 1940s, the answers were a matter of life and death. In this lesson, learners will study the scientists, what they discovered, and what they wanted to happen with the atom bomb and what they did for peace. Covers the development of the model of the atom (common content with chemistry) The Atomic Scientists is a lesson from Teach Peace secondary, a pack of 50 lessons from the Peace Education Network.

Winner of Global Dimension Teacher’s choice Award 2022. Building on the remarkable success of the first edition, the Peace Education Network are delighted to present the second edition of Teach Peace. In Teach Peace you will find ten assemblies, follow-up activities, resources, prayers, and reflections on peace and peacemaking for 5-12 year olds. Whether we are Remembering for Peace, flying a kite for Nao Roz , or reflecting on the witness of Austrian peacemaker Franz Jägerstätter the school year is full of opportunities to use this pack. Teach Peace will help ensure peace is a key theme in our children’s education and help you to celebrate peace and peacemakers in your school.