The concept of conflict resolution can be explored with children at the end of the WW2 topic. Support children to think about all the people that WW2 affected. (If possible, visitors with first-hand experiences could be invited into school to talk to the children about this.) How did it also affect places and environments? Is it still having an impact? Discuss the fact that it was a 'world' war; how did it affect other countries? Do some research and allow the children time to discuss their ideas in relation to these questions.
Values and Perceptions is another key concept of global citizenship. It includes children understanding that people have different values, attitudes and perceptions and developing the ability to critically evaluate images of the world. Read on to find out how to include this concept in your teaching about WW2.
"Before you finish eating breakfast this morning, you’ve depended on more than half the world." The museum trip! As I've mentioned, this project was inspired by a placement in The Oxfordshire Museum and therefore my ideas relate to my knowledge of what the Oxfordshire Museum offers. However, the ideas for activities whilst visiting the museum can be easily transferred to other contexts.
Ask the children to consider the questions: What is an historian? What do they do? How do they do it? Share these ideas as a class. Explain that historians are people who investigate the past, history. They work like detectives piecing together clues in order to find out what happened in the past. Ask the children to come up with some evidence that historians might use (ie. photographs, written documents, artefacts etc.)
‘Historical Interpretation’ is given its own strand in the programme of study for History in the National Curriculum. Children ‘should be taught to recognise that the past is represented and interpreted in different ways, and to give reasons for this’ (DfEE 1999:105). There are many opportunities to develop this skill in both history and global citizenship lessons but it can also be beneficial to make the notion of interpretation explicit to children through activities specifically designed to
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