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Quakers in Britain develop resources to support children and young people to develop the skills and understanding we all need to be peacemakers, whether in our own lives or in the wider world. Linking to the curricula of England, Scotland and Wales these lessons and resources combine fun with critical thinking about issues of peace and justice. Produced by Quaker Peace & Social Witness

Last updated

27 February 2024

UPDATED FOR 2018
A secondary school teaching resource. Through contemporary stories, told through real sources, classes can use Conviction to reveal the dilemmas people faced 1914-18 such as conscientious objection. Accompanying lesson plans explore not only what happened, but moral questions which remain relevant today.
Features lessons on:

Emily Hobhouse- Hero or traitor who tried to make peace
Albert French, 15 ear old sodldier
Harold Stanton, “absolutist Conscientious objector”
Women and Families
Corder Catchpool, pacifist
Henry Williamson, the nature loving soldier
This is the sister pack to the primary-focused Conscience.
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