Heritage

Contents37III. Assessment points for peace educationbased on heritageThis chapter provides additional details on how to arrange an educational encounterwith underwater cultural heritage from the First World War. This same approach canalso be used with examples from the extensive ship and aircraft wrecks from the SecondWorld War and other conflicts.For each point, there is a brief explanation of what is meant by (1) knowledge andinsight, (2) empathy and commitment and (3) reflection and action. Teaching limitationsare acknowledged, and several teaching options and teaching tips are providedfor each point. For the sake of clarity, the three parts are presented separately. In practice,however, they are never strictly separated.‘Remembrance education means working on an attitude of active respect in current societybased on the collective remembrance of human suffering which was caused by human behavioursuch as war, intolerance or exploitation and which cannot be forgotten.’Remembrance education, as described by the Special Committee for RemembranceEducation, commissioned by the Flemish Department of Education.Tyne cot cemetery © WesttoerThe Special Committee for Remembrance Education developed the ‘Touchstones forRemembrance Education’, a guideline on teaching activities concerning both WorldWars and more recent conflicts. This document inspired the government of WestFlanders not only to concretize the ‘touchstones’, but to unite all initiatives aroundthe First World War into a provincial network called ‘War and Peace in FlandersFields’. West Flanders is the westernmost province of the Flemish Region, located in