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This lesson explores the causes of conflict in
our world and looks at how some charities
work for peace and reconciliation.
WORKING FOR PEACE
Every one has times when they fall out
with others.

Can you think of an incident when you

fell out with a friend or a member of
your family; or a time when your family
fell out with another family in your
street or your village?
Under which heading would you
put the cause of the trouble?
 How did the trouble start?

What happened next?

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Did it get worse before it got

better?
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Was it sorted out? If so – how?

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The reasons why groups of people, or
countries, fall out are much the same as
the reasons why you fall out with your
friends – only on a bigger scale.

Can you think of what these reasons

might be?
6. Working together
Both sides face up to what has happened. They share
their grief. This stage needs sensitivity and courage.

5. Conflict resolution
Both sides look at underlying causes, and work
together to reach agreement.

4. Search for a way out

Both sides want to solve the problem without loss of
face.

3. Deadlock
Each side believes they have a just cause. The
violence worsens.

2. Open hostility
Each side looks for allies. Things start to get violent.

1. The trouble begins

Differences become exaggerated. People take
attitudes ‘us and them’.
There are many areas of conflict all
over the world.

Sometimes the problems are short

lived, but often people have to live with
discord over a period of many years.
Teachers - click on the image above

The World Viewer shows where there is

conflict in the world now.
The United Nations (UN) was founded in
The United Nations
1945 to keep international peace and to
encourage member countries to solve
international problems together.

Most countries of the world belong to the

UN. They send delegates to meetings at
its headquarters in New York.

The UN promotes respect for human

rights, and aims to maintain peace in the
world and to develop friendly relations
between all nations.
The UN sends peacekeeping forces
to regions of the world to prevent
conflict and to keep the peace at
the end of wars. UN forces are
provided voluntarily by member
countries.

They wear blue headgear and paint

their vehicles white so that
everyone can identify them.
‘If you want to make peace, you don’t
talk to your friends. You talk to your
enemies.’
Moshe Dayan (1915-1981)
The Encompass Trust was set up in
memory of Daniel Braden, a young man
who was killed by a bomb in Bali, to
promote understanding and tolerance
among young people of different
backgrounds, faiths and cultures by
means of challenging adventure
programs.
Encompass invites groups of young people from
different backgrounds to meet together within a
supportive environment. They are encouraged to
work together on adventurous activities.
As they
undertake
demanding tasks,
they overcome
their prejudices
and learn to
trust each other.
They gain the confidence to talk about the
issues that divide them, and think about
ways that the rifts between their people’s
can be healed in the future.
Peace Direct is another charity working for
peace.

It works by supporting local people who are

working for peace in practical ways in areas
of conflict.

Peace Direct promotes and funds their work

and hopes to learn from it.
Peace Direct know that local knowledge is
vital.

Every conflict is different.

Politicians who live and work miles away

cannot have the same knowledge of the
history and culture of the people, as those
who are living there.
Peace Direct say that anyone can be a peacebuilder.

• It could be women in a market, determined to stop violence by

holding meetings so that arguments can be resolved.

• It could be local business men, raising money to buy back

weapons, so that there are less arms in the community.

• It could be a group of young people setting up a radio station

to enable people to talk about how different communities can
successfully live together

• It could be a former military commander, using his influence to

turn people away from violence, and towards peace.

• It could be a teacher, developing a curriculum for peace.

• It could be an imam and a priest, working together to help

communities of different religions understand each other
better.
‘We look forward to a time when the
Power of Love will replace the Love of
Power. Then will our world know the
blessings of peace.’

William E Gladstone
Can you do something to make your school or
neighbourhood more peaceful?

Do you have any ideas to put to your school

council?
 Glossary
conflict – clash or disagreement

tolerant – broad-minded, understanding

resolution – an agreement

rift – a split, division

promote – to show support for something or someone

 Click here to find 100 suggestions
Of how to make a more peaceful world

Can you make your own list, suited to

children in your school, of 10 ways to
make the world a more peaceful place?
Activities to complete this lesson include:

• various trust
building activities
including the ‘Blind
Find’, ‘Control Tower’,
‘The Lava Pit’, ‘Human
Knot’, and ‘The Magic
Circle’
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If you enjoyed this lesson, why not try:

Resolving Conflict

Mediation skills. The benefits of negotiation. An

allegorical tale. Silhouette designs.

Great Soul

How Ghandi brought about change by peaceful means.

Revenge and forgiveness. Racism and the law.
Timeline.
 Useful Web Links

• http://www.peacealliance.org.uk
• http://www.encompasstrust.org/
• http://www.peacedirect.org/
• http://www.peace-kids.org – Children as peacemakers – supporting
children around the world to run their own peace projects
• http://www.focusonyourchild.com/relation/art1/A0000378.html - tips
and materials to teach children about conflict resolution and peace
• http://www.un.org/special-rep/children-armed-conflict/ - a UN body
dedicated to children and armed conflict – the site also includes a
Youth Zone – an invaluable educational resource for children
• http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/ - the UN’s official website for teachers
and children to promote learning about peace, conflict and the UN
through games and other educational resources
 More Useful Web Links

• http://www.warchild.org/links_resources/education/education.html -
a wide range of links and resources for teaching about conflict
• http://www.haguepeace.org/ - dedicated historically to promoting
peace through cresources and information on peace education
• http://www.hrw.org/ - defending human rights Worldwide
• http://www.nowarzone.org/index.aspx - a website that promotes a
network of children and young people around the World dedicated to
promoting peace through setting up War Child Clubs
• http://www.celebratingpeace.com/Peacemakers.htm - celebrating
peace, games quizzes, and how to set up a children’s peace club
• http://www.warchild.org - War Child International is a network of
independent organisations, working across the world to help
children affected by war.
 Reasons for Conflict
– To obtain resources (e.g. oil)
– To increase territory
– To achieve glory/power
– To spread religion
– To exact revenge
– To protect against invasion
– To depose an evil regime