Heritage

Contentspeace and heritage education: where to start?29Understanding what happenedA team of British divers was overjoyed after discovering a British First World Warsubmarine, J6, which had lain hidden on the sea bed off the northern coast of theUK for 93 years. However, the find was tinged with sadness, when they uncoveredthe tragic secrets that lay within the wreck. J6 was sunk by another British ship in afriendly fire incident on 15 October 1918, only a month before the end of the war.The sub had left Blyth, when it was spotted by an armed Q ship, Cymric. MistakingJ6 for a German vessel, it opened fire and sank it, killing 15 sailors. Because the eventwas classified for 75 years, the story was only revealed recently.Diver Steven Slater said: ‘We were quite shocked at such a major discovery that historyhad forgotten about. The first thing was elation, and then it hit home what happened.Submarines are worse because you’re swimming past and thinking some of the guysare still in there’.The divers treated the submarine with the utmost respect by not going inside and nottaking anything from it.Skills: what skills should we teach?More and more schools are realizing that skills play an important role in education.Peace education involves many skills:• Communication, including the ability to listen and reflect• Collaboration• Imagination, empathy and forgiveness• Critical thinking and the ability to solve problems• Mediating, negotiating and solving conflicts• Patience and self-control• Responsibility and civic responsibility• Leadership and vision!Make sure that you incorporate enough skills in a learning process.