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In response to the United Nation's call for an International Year
for a Culture of Peace, the Tower Hamlet's arts charity Cultural
Co-operation devised an interactive education trail in partnership
with the Imperial War Museum which ran from June 28-July 16, 2000.
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to the summary page The aims
and objectives This trail highlights the need to reject violence, to act for peace as individuals and to respect our commonalities as well as our differences. Through role play activities, object handling and art appreciation sessions along the trail, the pupils will explore the causes and consequences of military conflict…Young people will be encouraged to take personal steps to create a culture of peace. Our aim is that through this education
work young people will gain a greater understanding of each other
and develop their abilities to contribute in a creative and meaningful
way to our increasingly complex and interdependent world." Aims
Objectives Pupils will identify at least 3 out of the 6 ingredients listed by the United Nations as essential for promoting a culture of peace:
Pupils will identify at least 2 of the causes of armed conflict e.g.
Pupils will have opportunities to:
The main
beneficiaries The initiative Activities included:
The
outcome As a result of the trails success, the Imperial War Museum's education department have now included the Hidden Histories Trail as part of their schools and families education programme. Cultural Co-operation are now extending their education programme into schools outreach collaborations with world music artists. This work is ongoing and interested schools should contact the Education Co-ordinator for further details. The next "Music Village" will take place 26 June-14 July 2002 with the theme Diaspora. This festival will explore how cultures and faiths adapt through migration and how new cultural forms emerge. It will look at the themes of tradition, cross-fertilisation and identity and encourage positive perspectives on Britain's increasing cultural pluralism. Evaluation
and assessment opportunities "Using the photos of children affected by the war and asking the children to compose a letter from the children in the picture was brilliant. I'd love to come again." "Couldn't do the whole trail because of lack of time. But idea is excellent." "Focus on more recent conflicts of relevance to the children". Pupil's Comments " When we went on the History Trail I understood about wars and how many of them can start because of people's religions. " "The exhibit with the paintings was the most meaningful because now I know what children do in war." "I remember having to do the pose [still picture] and saying what we were thinking if we were going off to war." Trail Leaders' Comments "The most powerful story I have to tell came from a quiet girl talking about someone in her class from Kosovo after we saw/passed by a picture of WW1 battlefield/No Man's Land." "Looking at the two paintings of trench warfare, one student imagined the green fields, birds that had existed before war- very moving. There wasn't one exhibit/activity that did not produce a profound response, comment and 101 questions!" Challenges
encountered Cross curricular
links Links
with other schools, community groups and organisations, local
and national. The festival gave voice to 24 groups of UK artists from diverse faith communities including; The London Jewish Male Choir, Igbo Voices, Byzantine Choir, Al-Achwaq Group and Sri Saddhatissa. Cultural Co-operation are currently engaged in the research and network-building project, Transnational City, a cultural audit of London's diverse non-western communities. Links
with any schools, community groups and organisations in the wider
world Supporting
resources For more information contact the Education Co-ordinator, Cultural Co-operation. Project
contacts Elena Yuan. Education
Co-ordinator Key Stage 2 Citizenship Pupils should be taught:
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