Conflict and Peace

Pupils guide
 Summary
Pupils consider the process of creating and
maintaining peaceful environments through fair
rules and practices. They collaborate to produce
a set of rules that would promote and develop
intercultural understanding, and take action to
apply learning to their own educational setting.
Instructions to pupils
1. Imagine some of the children from your
partner school are coming to your class.
What are the unwritten rules (the things
that everyone does without anyone telling
you to), e.g. sitting in a specific place, putting
your hand up to talk? Tell your partner class
exactly what to do and how to fit in. Role play
and, if possible, video your actions, and
explain what you are doing.
2. Exchange videos. When you receive the
video from your partner school, watch it and
discuss which rules are familiar. Which are
new or strange to you? Ask your partner
class about the rules and reasons for rules if
you do not understand.
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3. What are rules for? Are the rules useful? If so,
why? If not, why not? Why do we need rules?
Discuss these questions with your
classmates.
4. Imagine you are setting up an international
school. What rules (written and unwritten)
would you create for the classroom? With
your partner class, write a joint set of rules
for your international school classroom.
5. Imagine someone breaks one of the rules.
How will you sort it out? Why is that the best
way? Role play and video different scenarios
and send to your partner class. Do both
schools have similar or different solutions?
Why?
6. If someone from a different country joined
your imaginary international school class,
how would you find out what they think is
normal? What would you do? How would you
adapt so that everyone is included?
7. Are your joint rules for the international
school relevant to your own school? Are you
going to use these rules (or some of them) in
your school? Why/why not?