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Peace Education in the Geography Classroom. GA Annual Conference 15 April 2014 Anna Liddle Peace Education Officer, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Why nuclear issues are relevant to the Geography classroom. There more than 17, 000 nuclear weapons in the world today
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Peace Education in the Geography Classroom GA Annual Conference 15 April 2014 Anna Liddle Peace Education Officer, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Why nuclear issues are relevant to the Geography classroom. • There more than 17, 000 nuclear weapons in the world today • Young people are generally unaware of nuclear dangers • Young people should know that there are solutions • Nuclear issues raise discussion for human and physical geography • All opinions are valued and should be explored – important for all the Humanities!
SMSC Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural development
Geography 2014 Understand how human and physical processes interact to influence, and change landscapes, environments and the climate; and how human activity relies on effective functioning of natural systems Understand geographical similarities, differences and links between places through the study of human and physical geography of a region within Africa, and of a region within Asia
GCSE Geography AQA Geography B • Nuclear power and the issues involved in its use OCR Geography A • Energy sources are renewable and non-renewable • WJEC: GeographyA • Climate Change
CND PEACE EDUCATION • Empower young people with knowledge on peace and nuclear issues and support them in making their own decisions • Charitably funded (by Nuclear Education Trust) • Provide educational materials, school workshops and larger events • Links into National Curriculum
To make AWARENot just to scare • Scale to help them understand • Make it relevant • Photos and Images
Britain’s Nuclear Weapons • Britain has about 225 nuclear weapons • Each one has eight times the power of Hiroshima • One could kill up to a million people • The weapons are submarine based
Latest Developments • Voted in 2007 to replace the system • Delay to “main gate” decisionuntil 2016 and alternatives considered e.g. “lock in a cupboard” • HOWEVER : • £3bn will be spend before final decision made. (subs and AWE) • Scottish independence?
What would happen if… A British nuclear weapon was dropped on the GA Conference @ Surrey Uni?
If a British warhead dropped on the university…. • Within 4kmthere would be complete destruction of buildings and firestorms • The temperature on the ground would reach up to 6 000° C • Winds would rage at 1 000 mph • People close to the centre would be reduced nothing more than shadowsdue to the power of the heat rays • This would effect all of Guilford
…effects further out… • Buildings would still collapse up to 12km away • Exposed skin would burn from heat rays • Lots of radiation would be released causing radiation sickness • This would happen over Woking, Aldershot, Cranleighand Dorking
…far reaching effects. • The effects would reach far into the future with survivors getting leukaemia and cancer years later, and affecting their children and grandchildren. • Effects would be even further reaching with black radioactive rain falling throughout the region. • A bomb exploded on the ground could spread radiation for large distances and be spread by the wind even further.
OUR NUCLEAR WORLD THE WORLDWIDE EFFECTS EFFECTS ARE SO WIDESPREAD • 17,000 weapons owned by 8 countries • Nuclear war could end humanity • Indiscriminate – take no notice of borders • Chernobyl disaster shows effects of radiation • Testing and mining are so damaging
Solutions to Nuclear Dangers • Reduce the Likelihood of Their Use • Taken off alert • No First Use • Nuclear Weapon Free Zones • No New Nukes • Stop upgrading • Encourages others to get them • Against international law • A Global Ban - Like landmines etc. have been banned
THE BOMB FACTOR PACK • Written using peaceful pedagogies (including active learning). • Differentiation for age/ability • National Curriculum/ Exam board links.
The Story of Sadako • Sadako was born in 1943 • She was a good student and gifted athlete • One day she collapsed at school • She was diagnosed with leukaemia, the “A-bomb disease”
Sadako and the 1000 Paper Cranes • Her best friend brought her a paper crane and told her an old legend • She made cranes from all the paper she could find • She only managed 644
Her Legacy Lives On... • Her classmates folded the remaining 356 cranes and she was buried with them. • They published a book of her letters and spread the word of her story • They arranged for a statue to be put up in her honour
Cranes from Around the World • Thousands of cranes arrive everyday • "This is our cry, This is our prayer, Peace in the world" • People all over the world fold cranes and send over to the memorial as a display of peace
SADAKO'S CRANES • Booklet aimed at Key Stage 2 Literacy and Key Stage 2-3 Citizenship and RE. • Film clip also available • PowerPoint and downloadable images available on website • Website to be expanded further.
