Heritage

Contentspeace and heritage education: where to start?35lum. In this respect, we can also take into account the school’s ‘hidden curriculum’,a term that refers to the values, habits, opinions and ideologies present in the school,which have an impact on the students.In this way, teachers will be able to successfully establish policies on peace and heritageeducation within the school. Peace and heritage education then becomes a transversalor pan-curricular framework which runs throughout the different classes and interdisciplinaryorganizations. This common peace curriculum makes it possible to turnchildren into citizens who are able to participate in democratic debates and are awareof social challenges. This serves not only to build their historical knowledge, but alsoto make them better able to interpret contemporary problems and conflict areas –close to home, or even in school, or elsewhere – and place them in a human, socialand historical context.Students from theHolstebro Gymnasiumexploring a modelsubmarine duringan educationalsession. The modelwas built in 1920by Erich Schmuddeand survived thebombing of Stettin(Poland) duringthe Second WorldWar. © Tommy Bay/Strandingsmuseum StGeorgePeace means love, friendship, caring and protecting. Itis rare that people take the time to be peaceful.Catarina, Portugal, 12