National Curriculum Subjects and Peace

The Peace Museum has material and can design activities and workshops which tie well with the subjects in the National Curriculum.

Art and Design

• Peace banners and posters and the design of campaigning
• Exploring the concept of ‘positive peace’ and ‘negative peace’ in art

Citizenship

• Speaking out for a better world – peace campaigning
• Conflict resolution

English

• Exploring the writing and letters of peace campaigners and Nobel Peace Prize winners (Vera Brittain, Gandhi and others)
• Anti-war Poetry (i.e. Wilfred Owen)

History

• Historical figures from the peace and justice movement (Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Bertha von Suttner, etc.)
• WWI and WWII from a peace perspective – voices of dissent
• WWI and WWII and the courage of Conscientious Objectors
• History of the peace movement

Music

• Exploring the music of peace campaigns and peace campaigners
• Exploring the peaceful effect of music

PSHE

• Examining peace from a personal perspective
• Exploring peace pledges in history (Peace Pledge Union and others)
• War games and peace games

RE

• Religious perspectives on peace

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