Peace Education Resources
We develop resources which support understanding of peace and peace-related issues at different levels and support learners to acquire the confidence and skills to become active peacemakers and to make a difference locally, nationally and globally.
We already have a wealth of exciting and accessible resources which are freely available and can be found below.
We are constantly updating and creating new resources which meet the requirements of learners, schools and the Welsh Curriculum. These new resources will be made available below and on Hwb.
How to become a Peace School
Takes schools through the process of becoming a peace school, from the original expression of interest to achieving Levels 1 – 3. This document is in the process of being updated to align with the Welsh Curriculum. It is available on hwb:
We have also created a How to become a Peace School Padlet, which includes the guidance documents, resources to undertake a whole-school consultation, teacher training resources, a baseline questionnaire and some resources to get you going!
How to become a Peace School – a Toolkit for Practitioners
This toolkit was produced during an Erasmus project including partners from Wales, Slovenia, Romania and Turkey. It contains guidance on how to develop your school as a peace school, including practical examples and tools.
Two other toolkits were produced during the above project around consulting with and involving learners and evaluating activities in an engaging and interactive way and are available below:
Teach Peace
A pack of ten assemblies, follow-up activities, resources, prayers, and reflections on peace and peacemaking for Progression Steps 2 – 3.
Peace Week
The pack contains everything primary and secondary schools need to hold an off-timetable whole-school project week around peace and human rights. Full of ideas and activities. Available on Hwb:
Making a Change for Peace- a toolkit for young peacemakers
This toolkit supports young people (Progression Steps 4 – 5) in thinking about what peace means to them, and how they can help to make their school, local community and the world a more peaceful place. The pack also contains a handbook for staff with activities aimed at supporting young people in making a change.
What is Peace?
Workshop materials to support learners in exploring what we mean by peace, what are the characteristics of a hero, and what young people can do to create a more peaceful world. Suitable for Progression Steps 4 – 5.
Alternatives to Violence
A manual of interactive exercises and resources to support the development of positive interpersonal skills and conflict resolution in primary and secondary settings. This resource is currently being adapted to better align with the Welsh Curriculum.
Welsh Women’s Peace Petition
A pack telling the amazing story of the Welsh Women’s Peace Petition and supporting learners to develop their own research and resources is available on Hwb. Suitable for Progression Steps 3 – 4.
Learning Pack on the Urdd’s Message of Peace and Goodwill
The pack below (available on Hwb) contains an overview of the inspiration behind and the history of the Message, cross-curricular activities based on the Message; and a Toolkit for Action for young people and schools – ideas for engaging with the Message and acting on it. (Progression Steps 3 – 5)
Remembering for Peace
This pack (on Hwb) supports learners in understanding the impact of WWI and subsequent wars on ordinary people in Wales and beyond, including the impact on women and children, refugees and asylum seekers, and those who have resisted war – yesterday and today. Progression Steps 3 – 5.
Standing up for your beliefs
This resource enables older primary school learners to explore the choices which faced people during WWI, and the consequences of decisions for individuals and their families. Through looking at case studies, learners reflect on the role of conscience and conviction in making decisions, and relate this back to their own lives. Follow up activities include opportunities for creative writing, art, circle time and research.
Conscience and Choice
This pack supports learners in looking critically at the difficult choices people, including those with a conscientious objection to war, had to make in WWI. Activities include consideration of case studies and role play, as well as looking at modern parallels. (Progression steps 4 – 5)
Objection Then and Now
This pack (on Hwb) looks at what happened to those who resisted war yesterday and today. It supports critical thinking and questioning around issues of conflict, resistance and expressing views, and includes a toolkit for young people to help them develop projects on issues of concern to them today. Suitable for Progression Steps 4 – 5
Walk the Global Walk: pack to support teaching about Sustainable Development Goal 16
This resource pack for teachers contains lesson plans, guidance and a variety of interactive resources to support learners aged 9 to 14 years old to explore and take action on Sustainable Development Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions. It is cross-curricular in approach, supporting learners to become ethical, informed citizens of Wales and the world.
Walk the Global Walk: supporting SDG 16
Non-violent Action: a Force for Change
An inspiring cross-curricular pack for Progression Steps 3 – 4 looking at non-violent movements that have brought about social and political change, with examples from Wales, the UK and beyond, including the Civil Rights Movement in the USA and Indian independence.
The pack supports learning to:
- Explore what we mean by non-violence;
- Look at inspiring examples from Wales, the UK and internationally; and
- Plan and take action as ethical, informed citizens of Wales and the world.
Currently available here: Padlet: Non-violent Action
Teach Peace Secondary
Teach Peace Secondary offers over 50 cross-curricular activities from a range of organisations including Pax Christi, Amnesty International, Values Based Education, Scientists for Global Responsibility, Facing History & Ourselves, Corrymeela, War Child and the Welsh Centre for International Affairs (now Cymru Global).
Categorised by inner, interpersonal and global peace, activities cover challenging themes including war and peacebuilding, antisemitism and Islamophobia, nonviolence, conflict resolution, identity and inclusion and much more.
The whole pack can be downloaded here:
Quaker Teach Peace Secondary Pack
A bilingual pack with 5 of the activities can be downloaded here:
Stories of Sanctuary in Wales
A classroom resource exploring asylum and refuge in Wales which aims to develop learners’ understanding of and empathy with those seeking sanctuary. Suitable for Progression Steps 4 & 5, it includes a PowerPoint quiz , a refugee role play and five case studies about asylum and refugees in Wales, each with suggested learning activities that can be used on their own or in combination plus links to additional resources.
Fly Kites not Drones
This pack brings together a range of learning materials about peace and human rights. It also offers guidance for making and flying your own kite for peace. The learning resource was made in Britain, but the inspiration comes from Afghanistan, a country that has known over three decades of constant war including armed drone strikes. Suitable for Progression steps 3 – 4
Available to download for free here:
