Peace building

Year level: Lower secondary Learning outcomes Students explore and evaluate factors in building sustainable peace. Investigate a country which is rebuilding itself after a time of conflict using the case studies at http://www.globaleducation.edna.edu.au/globaled/page563.html Write a short description of the rebuilding and reconciliation activities. Classify the activities under the following headings: Humanitarian aid Sustainable development Rebuilding infrastructure Refugee and ex-combatant repatriation Reconciliation Discuss How have men, women and children been affected by the conflict? How have their specific needs been addressed in the peace building process? How have they been involved in the peace building process? Brainstorm the benefits of and obstructions to peace under each of the following headings: Social Political Economic Environmental Investigate What peace building activities is Australia currently undertaking? What criteria might Australia use to commit itself to peace building operations? How does development assistance help security? Assessment task Debate "The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and errors, its successes and setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned". Dag Hammarskjold, Nobel Peace Prize 1961