Teachers: War and Children takes learners into the heart of children’s experiences

An open-access resource on war and peace

War and Children is an open-access resource taking learners into the heart of children's experiences of war ...and peace.

This innovative tool offers an inquiry approach to learning about war and peace around the world. Teachers now have free, easy-to-use access to an impressive collection of photographs, videos, and fact sheets about conflicts from 1914 to present.

Video introduction by Judi Wyatt

https://youtu.be/7t8K2xCXMvc

Judi Wyatt was primarily responsible for the development of the website’s educational activities. Judi was a high school teacher near Kingston, Ontario

Six units addressing history, language, arts, media and visual arts curriculum may be used individually, in any order. Lessons for group and individualized learning includes tools suggested in Making Thinking Visible and The Big Six Historical Concepts.

War and Children asks:

• How have children been used in war propaganda?

• Have children's roles in war changes over the past 100 years?

• How does war affect children and youth?

• What makes some young people want to go to war?

• What can young people do to promote peace?

The engaging activities feature compelling approaches for students to demonstrate learning including poetry, journaling, procedural and editorial writing, drama, visual arts and the creation of multimedia presentations.

War and Children

Warandchildren.com and project is a joint venture by Children/Youth as Peacebuilders and PeaceQuest. [Brochure]

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