This page contains details of resources and links to help support teaching and learning on issues related to peace and security.

Global Dimension
Search the Global Dimension database under the themes ‘conflict’ or ‘conflict resolution’ for an extensive list of resources.

Who Rules the World
A secondary multimedia resource from the International Broadcasting Trust. Explores issues relating to the world as a global community and provides insight into how international institutions work and behave. The resource includes a website, two videos, accompanying booklet, teachers notes and classroom activities. Part I raises questions about power and how the international community should respond to global issues. Part 2 takes a probing look at the United Nations and the dilemmas the UN has faced in carrying out its humanitarian, peacekeeping and development roles, focusing on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and civil war in Angola.

Making Sense of World Conflicts
Web pages from Oxfam exploring the changing nature of conflict and the connections between conflict and poverty. This resource draws an case studies of different conflicts, poetry, photographs, media reports, personal testimonies, country information and statistics. Two classroom activities are provided offering ideas for role-play, debate, and examining evidence.

War and Peace
This resource pack from Christian Aid has been designed for youth groups but could be suitable for a class discussing the theme of war. The booklet includes four case studies from Iraq, Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories, Sierra Leone and Brazil, with follow on activities. The activities are short (between 5 and 20 minutes each) and include discussion and writing tasks.

Young People's Commission for Africa website - the outcome of a project which linked 25 UK schools with 25 schools in Africa between January and June 2005. The teacher resources section contains fact sheets and lesson plans/ideas.

Publications
The following publications may be available for teachers to borrow or purchase from a local Development Education Centre (DEC). Click here to find your nearest DEC. Unless otherwise stated, all the publications are also available through the Oxfam catalogue where resources can be found quickly by title or ISBN and ordered online.

Secondary

Title: Refugees – We left because we had to
Description: This book includes background information, case studies and activities on:
• Refugees in history
• Refugees in Britain
• Refugees in today’s world
• How we receive refugees
Publication Date: 2004
Publisher: Oxfam
ISBN: 0946787042
Price: £21.00

Title: Living on the Line
Description: A video pack featuring extracts from Channel 4's "On The Line" series, supported by a range of teachers' notes and classroom activities. "On the Line" was a Millennium project linking the diverse countries that lie along the meridian line. The resource builds on the broadcast material developed for this project and features 10 short films focusing on key issues including trade (illustrated with an example from Ghana), conflict (Algeria), migration (Spain) and globalisation and change (Mali). Available from Action Aid
Publication Date: Oct 2001
Publisher: Action Aid
ISBN: 1872502717
Price: £28.20

Title: Global Lines: A Citizenship Teaching Resource for Secondary Schools
Description: A citizenship teaching resource for secondary schools
which aims to help young people understand the world around them and, in particular, to understand conflict situations. It features:
• case study material from Rwanda, Bosnia and Northern Ireland
• extensive resource material, including role cards, signs, posters, information cards and maps
• a wide range of photographs
• activities to analyse media coverage and understand the way photos are used by the press
• details on the role of humanitarian agencies in conflict situations
Global Lines gives students the chance to look critically and closely at situations and locations not usually covered by the school curriculum.
Publication Date: Sep 2004
Publisher: British Red Cross Society
Price: £32.00

Title: Why Do They Have to Fight?: Refugee Children's Stories from Bosnia, Kurdistan, Somalia and Sri Lanka
Description: The testimonies here are intended to raise issues for young people about the difficulty facing refugees. There is information about each of the countries featured and at the end of each section there are discussion points.
Publication Date: Dec 1998
Publisher: Refugee Council
ISBN: 0946787182
Price: £5.00

Title: Who Decides?: Citizenship through Geography
Description: This global citizenship resource pack focuses on conflict and peace-building in Burundi and HIV/AIDS work in Uganda. The wide range of activities encourage students to explore issues in their own lives and make links with the experiences of young people around the world. Available from Action Aid
Publication Date: Dec 2001
Publisher: Action Aid
Price: £20.63

Primary

Title: Refugees: a Resource Book for 5 to 11 Year Olds
Description: This text examines the causes of conflict which force families to flee and explains why they arrive in Britain as refugees. The testimonies of young refugees is included to help children empathise with the difficulties of being uprooted and trying to make a new life in a strange place.
Publication Date: 1998
Publisher: Refugee Council
ISBN: 0946787778
Price: £5.00

Title: One Day We Had to Run!
Description: The children's stories and paintings in this book give a striking picture of the experiences of refugee children through their own eyes. These are set against background information about Somalia, Sudan and Ethiopia, which helps to explain why refugees have been forced to flee from these countries.
Publication Date: 1994
Publisher: Save the Children/ UNHCR
ISBN: 0237520958
Price: £8.95