July in Review & International Day of Peace !

 

International Day of Peace

https://www.un.org/

Each year the International Day of Peace is celebrated around the world on 21 September. The UN General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, through observing 24 hours of non-violence and cease-fire.

But achieving true peace entails much more than laying down arms.  It requires the building of societies where all members feel that they can flourish. It involves creating a world in which people are treated equally, regardless of their race.

UN

International Day of Peace

https://www.un.org/

• Theme 2022:

"End Racism. Build Peace."

https://www.peacefoundation.org.nz/

We all have a role to play in fostering peace. And tackling racism is a crucial way to contribute.

Life is better in a world where peace exists and, today, we look to those who have been peacemakers and peacekeepers to learn what we can each do individually to make the world a more peaceful place.

via Davia/ Google Images

• Education:

Schools and educational institutes must take the lead, arranging lessons for students to discuss how different cultures celebrate peace and to learn about conflict and wars in history so that mistakes are not repeated. 

Teach your students key concepts that promote peace such as conflict-resolution, peaceful dialogue, consensus-building, and the choice of non-violence.

Students are invited to organize art exhibitions at school, and develop some activities to promote peace and end racism, among classmates.

via Davia/ Google Images

On an individual level, people take part in activities like planting trees or setting caged animals free, as every little act helps in spreading the message of peace and love.

Other activities:

• Observe a “Minute of Silence” 

• Host a peace feast between schools

• Foster peace through education

And now here the posts of July 2022: 

Schools : Wow ! Let's talk science ! James Webb Telescope & the distant galaxies

Back to school : Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio animated musical fantasy !

Schools : Concours Créatif Petit Prince Day 2022 : And the winners are...

Doodle games : Celebrating la Pétanque !

Teachers, I hope you will enjoy my suggestions of July. There are some interesting news as Pinocchio, an animated musical fantasy or James Webb Telescope among other two.

However, don't forget to share some good ideas to celebrate Peace Day! Oh! Teach your students to be human rights champions!

See you soon!

G-Souto

21.09.2022

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Schools : Peace Day : #CyberNonviolence & #ClimateAction4Peace !

20 Years of Peace One Day

http://www.peaceoneday.org/

"The time of universal peace is near.

Prove this a prosperous day, the three nooked world shall bear the olive freely"

William Shakespeare, from Antony & Cleopatra

This Peace Day, Saturday 21 September 2019, marks 20 years since the launch of Peace Day.

"Peace One Day’s objective is to institutionalize Peace Day 21 September. Throughout 20 years, millions of people have been active on Peace Day in every country of the world, and hundreds of organizations have carried out life-saving activities in areas of conflict."

Peace One Day is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1999. In 2001 due to our efforts the member states of the United Nations unanimously adopted the first ever annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence on 21 September – Peace Day.

Theme 2019:

2019 sees the launch of Peace One Day’s new campaign “Cyber Non-violence”, seeking to decrease online hate speech, racism, bullying and ridicule, and hoping to see an increase in peaceful communication online.

#PeaceDay #goal16 #CybernonViolence
https://www.facebook.com/peaceoneday

Education:

#PeaceDay
https://www.peaceoneday.org/education

Peace Day invite students, teachers, schools and youth organization all over the world to participate in this year’s focus youth project: ​#PeaceDay193​.

• Aim:

The ambition is - for the first time ever - to record young people committing to Peace Day across all ​193 UN Member States​. 

On Peace Day, 21 September, we will compile ​193 photos​ of young people (1 selected from each country) as an artistic installation at the flagship Peace Day celebration, in London. It will look incredible!

#PeaceDay193

https://docs.google.com/forms/

To get involved, simply ​SIGN-UP​ and ​Send a Photo​ displaying your national flag and #PeaceDay193’. Simple, isn't it?

This photo is an opportunity for any young person (under 25), school or youth organization to be the face of peace advocacy for all of your country. 

Through the photo, you can express your creativity, send a powerful message, showcase any branding, honour national identity or simply share a smile and a peace sign! For more information download the project

https://www.peaceoneday.org/education

In a questionnaire among the Peace One Day Global Schools’ Network, more than two-thirds (68%) of responding schools stated that pupils act more peacefully on Peace Day (in comparison to any other school day).

Individual behavioral change is the platform upon which young people play an essential role in a much bigger story of positive progress. Through creative contribution, achievement through teamwork, and community development, young people understand - experientially - what it means to ‘make a difference’.

https://www.peaceoneday.org/

Peace Day presents schools, young people, teachers, parents and anti-bullying groups with a valuable focal point for their efforts in combating cyber-bullying worldwide. 

Peace Day wants to decrease online hate speech, racism, bullying and ridicule on Peace Day 21 September 2019.

Peace Day 2019

#CyberNonviolence

@PeaceDay

• Activities: Schools

I'm sure teachers and schools have organized activities on Cyber non-violence throughout this school year that help raise awareness of Peace Day 21 September and encourage students, parents and other to join the campaign.

Choose to mark the day, this year, one day, before or after, because 21 September is on Saturday whatever the scale of their activity, their commitment matters. 

Invite your students to create public or private activities related to peace, and cyber non-violence to help spread the word about Peace Day and/or attend an event in their city or community.

Peace Day 2019

#Cybernonviolence

@PeaceDay

• Post on social media your pledge:

On Peace day I will speak words of love, forgiveness, calm, mutual respect and civility. I pledge not to engage with others online in a way that spreads hate, racism, bullying, ridicule or revenge. #CyberNonViolence #OnlineNonViolence #PeaceDay21.

International Climate Action for Peace

https://www.un.org/en/events/peaceday/

September 21 is also UN International Day of Peace. Sustainable Development Goal 13 Climate Action is a call for immediate action by all to lower greenhouse emissions, build resilience and improve education on climate change.

Theme 2019: "Climate Action for Peace"

The theme draws attention to the importance of combating climate change as a way to protect and promote peace throughout the world.

Young people are stepping up to the challenge - close to half a million youth around the world have taken action on climate change in their homes, schools and communities. 

Global School Strike

20 September 2019

credits: Getty Images

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/

According to UNFCCC, they are key actors in raising awareness, running educational programmes, promoting sustainable lifestyles, conserving nature, supporting renewable energy, adopting environmentally-friendly practices and implementing adaptation and mitigation projects.

G-Souto

19.09.2019

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September in review & Clare Hollingworth, the pioneer war journalist !

Clare Hollingworth on the Egyptian side of the Suez in 1968 

credits:  Clare Hollingworth Collection

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-13960347

Yesterday, the 10 October, Google celebrated with a doodle the 106th birthday of the most active war journalists of the 20th century. Clare Hollingworth’s  a pioneering war journalist.

Clare Hollingworth - who died this year on January 10th aged 105 - was the first war correspondent to report the outbreak of World War II in 1939.

Google doodle Clare Hollingworth’s 106th birthday
doodler: artist Eleni Kalorkoti
https://www.google.com/doodles/

She had been working at the Telegraph for less than a week when she broke the story, described as the "scoop of the century".

Just one week after joining The Telegraph, Clare showed the world why she was called “the doyenne of war correspondents.” 

Travelling alone across the Germany-Poland border, she witnessed the outbreak of the Second World War on September 1, 1939 when, as a novice Daily Telegraph stringer, she was woken at her hotel in the Polish town of Katowice by the sound of anti-aircraft fire aimed at German bombers.

Hollingworth's press / the Daily Telegraph

credits: Richard Jones/sinopix

https://yp.scmp.com/news/

Before she landed "the scoop of the century" as a rookie reporter, Clare Hollingworth had already saved the lives of thousands of Eastern European refugees, getting them out of harm’s way as German and Russian armies advanced.

“I would never use my femininity to get a story that a man could not get,” Clare once said, a testament to her taste for danger, and her belief that better stories came from the most dangerous assignments.

Because today is the Day of the Girl, I think it's important to say girls should dream big and most of them do. They aspire to be austronauts, scientists, artists, teachers, writers and why not war journalists.
And now, it's time to the review of the most popular posts of September:





Here are the most popular posts of the last month:

Schools : Google, we love you !

Escolas : Ano lectivo 2017-2018 : O que há de novo ?

Schools : Samuel Johnson, the pioneer lexicographer : Resources

Schools : Intl Day of Peace : Together for Peace : Imagine !

Schools : International Literacy Day in a Digital World

Schools : Learning European Languages is Fun-Tastic !

Livros BD : Diário de Anne Frank : recursos & actividades

Escolas : Visitas de Estudo : Enid Blyton 75 anos de Os Cinco !

Schools : eBook : Jim Kay’s illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone 

Hope you enjoyed my pedagocical proposals published in September. I know you loved because there is a wonderful number of readers. 

Thanks all the educators from around the world that kindly read my blog every day. 

Have a nice time wherever you are! Here, Summer is back!

G-Souto

11.09.2017

update 13.10.2023

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