Peace Pledge Union

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The Peace Pledge Union (PPU) is an independent organisation of individuals from all walks of life. Their shared belief is that war and violent conflict are neither necessary nor inevitable. Their shared aim is to work towards creating a just world free from war.

Our education work can be supported via the Peace Research and Education Trust.

Peace Pledge Union
1 Peace Passage,
London, N7 OBT.
020 7424 9444
www.ppu.org.uk

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PPU News

White Poppies

The White Poppy symbolises the belief that there are better ways to resolve conflicts than killing strangers. Our work, primarily educational, draws attention to many of our social values and habits which make continuing violence a likely outcome.

Click here to find out about White Poppies in Schools

Click here to order White Poppies online

Click here for more information about White Poppies for Peace

CO Resource Centre

PPU opens its doors to students, researchers and all others interested in conscientious objection. The new CO Resource Centre is a wealth of information with original archive material from both World Wars and conscientious objection to national service since WWII.

Contact PPU for more details.

Early years resources

Resources for teachers and parents of young children are available here.

Envisaging a world without organised violence is an essential step on the journey towards a more peaceful world. Find out how peace murals can assist this process peace murals.

Online resources

A wide range of online teaching and study resources are available on the PPU's websites, including:

20th Century Action for Peace is a decade by decade review of individuals and groups working for peace.

Genocide outlines the history of eight 20th century genocides (Namibia, Armenia, Ukraine, the Holocaust, Cambodia, Guatemala, Rwanda and Bosnia), and some of the issues they raise. Includes survivors stories, case histories and ‘talking points’.

Nonviolence looks at its history and development, and its significance today.

Understanding Conflict is an in depth examination of the role of conflict in our lives and the way we handle/mishandle it.

Conscientious Objection looks at the development of organised resistance to war through the excperiences of the men and women who said no to war.

Poetry and War examines the changing attitudes to war during the 20th century

Many more study and teaching resources are available on the PPU's websites.

Interactive resources

Martin Luther King multi function CD - includes audio, video and lesson plans.

Voices for Peace interactive CD - exploration of proposals and activities against war over the course of human history show that we are NOT we are an inescapably warlike species.

Printed resources

Working Together: A Handbook for Co-operation breaks new ground in providing a highly readable and accessible introduction to co-operative skills. It argues that, although co-operation isn't new, it has never been fully explored as a positive approach to forestalling, handling and resolving disputes and tensions. Co-operation is not passivity or submissiveness; it's a workable approach to identifying problems, enabling everyone concerned to reach realistic and satisfactory conclusions without aggression or violence.

Saying No to Violence - children and peace casts a critical look at the way we teach children to accept violence as natural and inevitable. It suggests alternative strategies for bringing up children not only to act nonviolently but think nonviolently. Saying no to violence has a wealth of suggestions for parents and teachers of young children including curriculum-based lesson plans.

Remembering War - Searching for Peace is a teaching resource which examines by focusing on Remembrance Day how we learn about war and how we transmit acceptance of its culture to the next generation. Idealfor KS3 groups, working across the curriculum in English, History, Sociology and Religious Studies.

Co-operative Games combines theory with many practical examples and easy ready-to-use lesson plans. The authors advocate co-operative games and activities for children not simply because they are good fun, although fun is one of their most valuable elements, but because the whole practice of co-operation is based on sound educational principles.

All of the above, plus many others, can be bought online via the PPU website.

 

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