Introducing the lesson: Opener
Ideally in the week leading up to Peace Day, use Jeremy’s short film to introduce Peace One Day’s theme of ‘Who will you make peace with?’ and propose that – on Peace Day - students take action based on this theme. You might want to use this film as a basis for opening the lesson with discussion about improving personal relationships by either ‘healing’ or ‘enhancing’ them. At a suitable point, inform the pupils that this lesson, or series of lessons, will in- volve making a personal plan to make peace with someone in their life, or bring people together on Peace
Day.lated throughout the school, citing a prearranged date and time.
Activity 1: Class Activity - From Anger to Action
This activity offers a structure around which pupils can reflect on personal relationships in their lives and then make a clear, personalised plan to either:
1: Identify someone with whom they have had a disagreement, and make a plan to make peace with them on Peace Day 21 September, or…
2: Identify a person or group of people that they would like to bring together on Peace Day for some kind of shared activity to mark the day.
The activity revolves around two resource sheets (differentiated for KS1 and KS2). The resource is divided into two sheets: 1) An ‘Anger to Action’ Peace Plan; 2) Peace Plan Guide. Every pupil will need one of each. Together, these two parts are designed to be a hands-on process for children to make a peace plan. Although it is structured, it is worth noting the value of letting children take ownership of the creation of their peace plan when and where possible.
TIP:Tomakethesheeteasiertodigest(foryoungeryearsand/orlessablepupils)considertrimmingsections1–4prior to the lesson and handing out each section one at a time.
Introduce pupils to the ‘Anger to Action’ sheet. Depending on the pupils’ age it may be necessary to recap ‘scales’ of measurement. In any case, referencing a measurement tool such as a thermometer will lead well into the introduction of the Angry-ometer and Action-ometer, which both form a basis of the pupils’ peace plans.
Begin to work through the alphabetical points on the KS1 or KS2 Peace Plan Guides alongside the KS1 and KS2 Anger to Action sheets, respectively. Ticking off each alphabetic activity as it is completed will help children work through this logically. On the next page are some considerations for various stages of the activity.
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