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We have worked with West Yorkshire artist Marianne Matusz who has devised and created some education videos and activity packs for schools to use to engage pupils within the topics covered in Bombs…Away!.
The education content uses visual arts, creative writing and process drama – a technique in which Marianne transforms into characters she’s created based on The Peace Museum’s exhibition and calls on children and young people to get into role too. Your school or class will be challenged to get into character to campaign to support refugee children from the Spanish Civil War, design a peace memorial statue and present their proposal to the fictitious Peace Memorial Commission, and more! We hope these videos and accompanying activity packs will bring our Bombs…Away? exhibition to life and help children and young people to explore its challenging themes with creativity and intelligence.
Join Marianne to find out about the Spanish Civil War and how local people in West Yorkshire helped child refugees who were brought to the UK to escape the horror of war. Marianne will challenge pupils to get into character and create their own campaign to support these children.
Curriculum links: History, English, SMSC. Suitable for upper KS2 and KS3
Find out about Remembrance, memorials for victims of wars and the red, white, purple and green poppies. Be inspired to design a peace memorial and present your proposal to the fictitious Peace Memorial Commission.
Curriculum links: History, English, Art & Design, SMSC.
Topics covered: Remembrance, poppies, WWI and WWII. Suitable for KS2 and KS3.
Learn about the story of Sadako Sasaki, a Japanese girl who was a victim of the atomic bomb. Be inspired by her story and the story of her friends. Make your own origami crane with a wish for peace inside.
Curriculum links: History, English, Art & Design, SMSC. Suitable for KS2.
Marianne Matusz is a community artist and participatory theatre practitioner. She has worked with diverse communities and young people across the North of England since 2015. Marianne believes in using the arts as a lens through which she and her participants can see themselves, each other and the world differently. She has an MA in Applied Theatre and Intervention from University of Leeds.
Children's Peace Monument, Hiroshima Peace Park Image:
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Ruins of Guernica 1 Image:
© Faustino Pastor Gurrutxaga
Ruins of Guernica 2 Image:
© Faustino Pastor Gurrutxaga
Ruins of Guernica 1 Image:
© Faustino Pastor Gurrutxaga
Map of Spanish Civil War Image:
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The Tragedy of Guernica (George Steer) Image:
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National Joint Committee for Spanish Relief Flyers x 3
© via Basque Children of 37 Association
Remembrance is Not Enough Banner:
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Remembrance Poppies Image:
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The Cenotaph, London Image:
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Victoria Square War Memorial Image:
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Sir Arthur Harris Statue Image:
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Anzac Poppies Cropped Image:
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White Wreath for Peace at the Cenotaph in 2018 Image:
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British Soldier sat with Horse, 1914 Belgium Image:
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British Messenger Dogs with Handler, France, World War 1 Image:
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Messenger Pigeon released from British Tank Image:
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National Firefighters Monument Image:
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Monument to the Women of WW2 Image:
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Reconciliation Image:
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Reconciliation plaque Image:
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Coventry Bomb Damage Image:
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Centre of Stalingrad after liberation Image:
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Coventry Cathedral Image:
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Ruins of Frauenkirche, Dresden Cathedral Image
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Coventry Cathedral Interior, West Midlands, UK Image:
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Dresden Frauenkirche Image:
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Coventry Cross, Frauenkirche Dresden Image:
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