Resources: document activity

5 results

Family tree

If we want to know and understand other people better, we need to start with knowing ourselves. One part of who we are is our family and our ancestors.

Woodcraft Heritage - Document Detectives

Join MY5's top-team of crack document detectives in this exciting on-line investigation into the Woodcraft Folk's peace education work over the years since 1925.

The needless waste of human life during the FIRST WORLD WAR was one of the things which caused a young man named Leslie Paul to start the Woodcraft Folk. He had been a Scout but had become worried by the way that organization was spending more time marching and less time on WOODCRAFT. He saw another generation of boys been prepared as cannon fodder for the next war.

Pioneer Peace Pack Activity 6 - Positive About Peace

Aim of the activity:
To get question the idea that war is inevitable and to think about what a peaceful world could be like.

What you will need:
Pens and paper;
Flip chart sheet and marker pens;
Blutac;
Roll of drawing paper/poster paper or back of an old roll of wall paper;
Paints, crayons, felt tips etc;
Copies of the SEVILLE STATEMENT ON VIOLENCE (download from the foot of the page)
A copy of the STORY (download from the foot of the page)

Pioneer Peace Pack Activity 4 - War Detectives

Aim of the activity:
The first exercise looks at bias in media reporting of conflict and war situations. The second is an open-ended opportunity for Pioneers to gain a deeper understanding of a particular conflict situation.