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Peace Education from Quakers in Britain

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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

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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
Human perspectives on armed drones
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Human perspectives on armed drones

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Aim: To understand how different people think and feel about armed drones and why. Summary In this workshop participants will meet people with different experiences of drones. Through text evidence, imagery and drama, participants will explore these different perspectives and think about human rights and the emotional impacts of drone warfare. Objectives To gain an understanding of the effect of drones on different people’s lives. To practise moral reasoning based on evidence. To use drama and reflection to identify and empathise with different people’s point of view. This is Workshop 2 of Fly Kites Not Drones and can be run as one session or as two shorter sessions. See more at www.flykitesnotdrones.org
Drones in Afghanistan: Why can't Aymel fly his new kite?
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Drones in Afghanistan: Why can't Aymel fly his new kite?

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**Aim: **To gain an understanding of drones and how they affect children’s rights. This circle time lesson explores the life of Aymel, a boy from the village of Dadal in Afghanistan. Pupils will learn about human rights and the effect armed drones had on Aymel’s life. The true story behind this lesson was shared by Raz, a member of the Afghan Peace Volunteers. This is Workshop 1 of Fly Kites Not Drones and can be run as one session or as two shorter sessions. See more at flykitesnotdrones.org **Objectives ** to understand a number of rights from the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to practise spoken language skills, listening and cooperation in their group to explore empathy with people from a different culture to understand what an armed drone is and be able to explain how it can affect children’s rights to recognise that a moral choice is made when a drone is used to attack people.
Do drones have a license to kill?
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Do drones have a license to kill?

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Suitable for students aged 15-18, the lesson explores the ethics and legality of armed drone strikes following the “targeted killing” of British citizen Reeyad Khan in Syria in August 2015. This was Britain’s first use of “self-defence” as justification for a drone strike. Go to www.flykitesnotdrones.org for more information and resources about Fly Kites Not Drones. Aim: To understand and critically respond to the different moral and legal questions raised by armed drone strikes. • To give students the chance to practise their speaking and listening skills, including articulating their own views on drones and listening to the viewpoints of others • To gain an insight into how international law and human rights develop • To investigate and offer reasoned views on ethical issues surrounding drone strikes
Women of World War I
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Women of World War I

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Published on the centenary of the first International Congress of Women on 28 April 1915, this two-lesson sequence allows students to explore independently the wide range of activities women were engaged in during World War I (WWI) and ask, are women the real peacemakers? Students will become experts in the stories they discover about women who strove for peace, supported the war, worked, campaigned for suffrage or tried to help the victims of war.
Conviction, A WWI critical thinking Project
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Conviction, A WWI critical thinking Project

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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. Order hard copies from the Quaker bookshop.
Conscience A World War I critical thinking project
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Conscience A World War I critical thinking project

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UPDATED FOR 2018 A primary school-focused teachers’ resource. Through contemporary stories, told through real sources, classes can use Conscience to reveal the dilemmas people faced 1914-18. Accompanying lesson plans reveal not only what happened, but moral questions which remain relevant today. CONTENTS: 1: Conscience in WWI 2: Albert French (boy soldier) 3: Conscientious objection 4: The Friends Ambulance Unit Print copies available from the Quaker bookshop.