Tamariki Peace Project

Kia ora, Firstly, thank you so much for your involvement in this project were really excited about being able to showcase the beauty and creativity our tamariki have stored within them. With term three fast approaching we thought wed launch this Peace Pack during the holidays so you can plan for a peaceful lesson in the first couple of weeks. To aid in this project weve included: the artistic brief with the overall purpose of this exhibition, background information and research that has helped us inform our decision making, an idea of the kind of class room plan that can hopefully be worked into the schedule and/or curriculum you have planned with your tamariki, a notice for parents or students to sign if they dont want work publicly displayed by us. It would be brilliant for the work to be done within week 1-2 of term three. We can then collect the work and begin to assemble the Peace Map as the exhibition opens from the 5th of August onwards. Please remember to label your drawing on the back with your name, class and school. Nku Noa, Elisapeta Heta & 021 2121 964 elisapetaheta@gmail.com Ruby Watson 021 208 2583 ruby.watson@depotartspace.co.nz

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Brief: What does Peace mean to you? During the periods of 1939-1940 and 1970s-1980s work was created by children from all around the globe for a project called Art for World Friendship. The Tamariki Peace Project aims to continue with this idea and is a facilitated, curation of drawings and poetry made by children presenting potential answers to the question What does Peace mean to you? Children now are exposed to a different kind of world from that of a European naziGermany, or a post-cold war & Vietnam war America. This does not make them any less perceptive. How, in New Zealand does PEACE manifest itself? And do our children notice it, in the glitter of stimulus surrounding them?

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Lesson suggestions: Feel free to adapt to suit your class or your curriculum requirements. This is meant to be a peaceful project whatever works for you! - Get the class to brainstorm and discuss the question What does Peace Mean to you? - Reading some of the suggested literature might stimulate discussion. - Looking through the Art for World Friendship Swathmore College Peace Collection could be interesting and give inspiration. - Silent time to reflect on the subject is also helpful, or getting the children to discover activities they find peaceful. - Run an art or writing class. It could easily work in with something you are already working on. For example, ink drawings through the window of a peaceful place or a haiku on peace. - The sky is the limit although we ask that work is kept to a standard A4 size for the exhibition. - Upon completion of the work another discussion on peace and their work would be interesting. How did they feel drawing/writing about the idea of peace. Has their idea of peace changed? What interests them most about peace? Research A few links to get you started: http://www.swarthmore.edu/library/peace/Exhibits/ChildrensArt/ChildrensArtFull.htm http://www.disarmsecure.org/Peace_Education_in_Schools.pdf http://www.peace.net.nz/index.php?pageID=144 http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/ Of course you may have a looksee at the gallery and exhibition we are working in conjunction with. This is where the work will be displayed if they (and of course their proud teachers) are interested in coming out and having a look: http://www.depotartspace.co.nz/index.php?option=com_ content&view=article&id=438%3Anz-cultural-genealogy-mappingproject&catid=38%3Aexhibitions-events&Itemid=127 Arrange with Ruby for a class visit during a week day in August. ruby.watson@depotartspace.co.nz

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Reading suggestions: (All of these books are available through National Library, Services to Schools) Non-fiction: Title: One peace: true stories of young activists Author: Janet Wilson Summary: Features profiles of young people from around the world who have worked to promote world peace and to also show the importance of peace, compassion and determination. Features the accomplishments of children from Bosnia, Japan, the United Kingdom, Cambodia, Afghanistan and the United States. Includes poetry written by children from war-torn countries. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, junior secondary. ---Title: A culture of peace Author: John Barwick Summary: Looks at organisations that work for peace, as well as individual people who have made significant contributions. Nobel Peace Prize winners are listed and the history of the prize is outlined. Also looks at systems we have in society for keeping order and limiting violence, as well as ways that readers can work to make a difference. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, junior secondary ---Title: How to turn war into peace: a childs guide to conflict resolution Author: Louise Armstrong Summary: Uses pictures of children in conflict while playing at the beach to explain terms dealing with making war and peace. ----Title: In search of peace: the winners of the Nobel peace prize Author: Edith Patterson Meyer Summary: Presents information about the individuals and organizations who have been recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize. ---Title: Keeping peace in the world Author: Adam Hibbert, Adam Summary: Discusses political and social issues around world peace. Suggested level: secondary ---Title: A little peace Author: Barbara Kerley Summary: Text and photographs from around the world show that everyone can help make our lives more peaceful. Suggested level: junior, primary.

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Title: Peace begins with you Author: Katherine Scholes Summary: Explains, in simple terms, the concept of peace, why conflicts occur, how they can be resolved in positive ways, and how to protect peace. ---Title: Peace on the playground: nonviolent ways of problem-solving Author: Eileen Lucas Summary: Introduces the concept of nonviolent resolution of conflicts. Includes practical tips, hands-on activities, and appropriate role models for guidance and inspiration. ---Title: What does peace feel like? Author: Vladimir Radunsky Summary: Simple text and illustrations portray what peace looks, sounds, tastes, feels, and smells like to children around the world. Suggested level: junior, primary. ---Title: Young peacemakers project book Author: Kathleen Fry-Miller Summary: Includes instructions for a variety of projects that promote peace and concern for the environment. ---Title: Dove on the roof: a collection of poems about peace Author: Jennifer Curry. Summary: A collection of poems celebrating peace and speaking out against war. Many of the poems are by children as well as renowned poets of the past and present. Suggested level: intermediate, secondary. ---Title: Music and drum: voices of war and peace hope and dreams Poems selected by Laura Robb Summary: A collection of more than two dozen poems written by Carl Sandburg, Lucille Clifton, Eve Merriam, and others which explores aspects of war and peace. Suggested level: primary, intermediate. ---Title: Peaceful pieces: poems and quilts about peace Author: Anna Grossnickle Hines Summary: A collection of poems about peace, with each poem accompanied by illustrations that feature homemade quilts. Includes brief biographical information of each individual peacemaker represented on the quilt for the poem Big shoes. Includes brief factual information about the quilt making process. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

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Title: Voice from afar: poems of peace Author: Tony Johnston Summary: A collection of poetry describing the horrors of war and mankinds longing for peace. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, secondary. ---Title: The Big book for peace Edited by: Ann Durell and Marilyn Sachs; written by Lloyd Alexander Summary: The wisdom of peace and the absurdity of fighting are demonstrated in seventeen stories and poems by outstanding authors of today such as Jean Fritz, Milton Meltzer, and Nancy Willard, illustrated by famous illustrators such as Paul Zelinsky, the Dillons, and Maurice Sendak. ---Title: Mission to East Timor Author: Glyn Harper Summary: Outlines the events in East Timors history which lead to New Zealands involvement there. Describes the role of the New Zealand peacekeeping forces and profiles a soldier, a sailor, a helicopter pilot and a doctor, who describe what they did and what it was like to live in a country that has been at war for a long time. Suggested level: primary, intermediate. ---Title: Being a peacekeeper Author: Pam Scheunemann Summary: Describes everyday actions, such as being polite, following rules, and being fair, that can help to keep the peace. Suggested level: junior. ---Title: How to turn war into peace: a childs guide to conflict resolution Author: Louise Armstrong Summary: Uses pictures of children in conflict while playing at the beach to explain terms dealing with making war and peace. ---Title: The Truce story Author: Rachel Howard Summary: Educational resource which explains the concept of the Olympic Truce and highlights the power of sport to inspire peace and understanding. Presented as a story in comic strip format. Suggested level: intermediate, secondary. ----

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Title: Peace tales: world folktales to talk about / Compiled by: Margaret Read MacDonald Summary: A collection of folktales from cultures around the world, reflecting different aspects of war and peace. Suggested level: secondary. ---Fiction: Title: Peacekeepers Author: Alan Trussell-Cullen Summary: Peacekeeping forces (reader) ---Title: Boy soldiers Author: Cliff Green Summary: In Australia just before the First World War. Will and Ned, two fifteen year old boys avoid compulsory military training - but at Fort Queenscliff they finally meet up with the war fever. Suggested level: intermediate, secondary. ---Title: Paz Author: Cheli Durn Summary: A family living on the border of France and Spain find a solution to their divided loyalties when the countries go to war. ---Title: Lines in the sand : new writing on war and peace Edited by: Mary Hoffman and Rhiannon Lassiter Summary: A collection of short stories, extracts from novels and poems. The writers and artists were inspired by their feelings about the conflict in Iraq, but the wars covered in the collection range from the 13th Crusades to recent conflicts in Nigeria, the Falklands and Kosovo. Suggested level: intermediate, secondary. ---Title: On the other side of the Author: Joanne Oppenheim Summary: To a stranger passing through, Wynlock-on-the-River must have looked like a nice, quiet, place to live. But it definitely was not! The people who lived on the east side of the river constantly fought with the people who lived on the west, until one night a blustery storm caused the bridge connecting the two sides of Wynlock to collapse. Suggested level: junior, primary. ----

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Title: Peace story Author: Martin Auer Summary: A collection of stories from 22 countries on the theme of peace. Suggested level: primary, intermediate. ---Sophisticated Picture Books: Title: The conquerors Author: David McKee Summary: A mighty country with a powerful General and large army conquers all its neighbours one by one. But the last country has no army and offers no resistance and soon the power of peaceful influence conquers the invaders. Suggested level: primary, intermediate. ---Title: Freedom child of the sea Author: Richardo Keens-Douglas Summary: A man swimming of the shore of a Caribbean island is helped to safety by a mysterious boy who appears from the sea; a stranger tells him this is the Freedom Child, thrown from a slave ship with his mother, and unable to live on land until peace and fairness reign among all people. Suggested level: junior, primary. ---Title: Peace Crane Author: Sheila Hamanaka Summary: After learning about the Peace Crane, created by Sadako, a survivor of the bombing of Hiroshima, a young African American girl wishes it would carry her away from the violence of her own world. Suggested level: junior, primary, intermediate.

A big thank you to Katie Preston from the National Library for the extensive book list and to Room 15 from Mahurangi Montesori Primary School for your beautiful art works!

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