Response to attack in Nice

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/france-donate-blood-nice-attack_us_5788e4c2e4b03fc3ee506b1c?utm_hp_ref=power-of-humanity

Hundreds of people in Nice waited in a a 7 hour line on Friday morning to donate blood after the terrible tragedy the previous night. Blood donor services have been overwhelmed with support from people wanting to help and on Friday morning, France's blood donor organisation released a statement saying they had all the blood they needed. However, people still insisted on leaving their names and numbers in case any more was needed.

This photo, of people waiting in line to give blood, was taken after the attacks in Paris last year. Similar photos were taken after the attack in Orlando earlier this year.

What's happening in this photo?

Explain the story

What do you notice about the people in the line?
Are the people the same ethnicity, age, gender? Do you think they are all the same sexuality, same faith, may some have disabilities?
Do the people in this photo care who ends up using their blood? Do the people in this line choose the faith of people who receive their blood, or the skin colour? Will they say, "I don't want a gay person using my blood!"?
What is important to the people in this line?

We know that not everyone in the world agrees with us about No Outsiders. Some people want one kind of person, one faith or one skin colour. We want to live with different kids of people, different faiths and different skin. We want there to be No Outsiders; we want different people to live together.

What does this photo and similar photos taken in Nice and in Orlando, tell us about people around the world and the no outsiders message?

How do we stop attacks like the ones in Nice, Paris, Turkey, Orlando? What message do we need people to hear?

Spend  a moment of silence thinking about the families affected all over the world by violence, and how we can spread our No Outsiders message to help.



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Football fans

credit: RTV

http://www.itv.com/news/2016-07-11/young-portuguese-boy-consoles-distraught-french-fan/

This photo was taken after the final between Portugal and France. The young man in the French football top is crying as a younger boy from Portugal approaches him and speaks to him, reassuring him. The fans then hug before walking away.

What's happening in the picture?

Where do you think they are?

Explain the story

Why did the young Portuguese fan approach the French fan?

Why didn't the Portuguese fan point and laugh, saying, "You lost!"

What does empathy mean?

How do you think the French fan felt when the Portuguese fan approached him?

How do you think the Portuguese fan felt as he approached the French fan?

What does this show us about football fans around the world?

What can we learn from this photo?

How does this relate to our No Outsiders message?

PSHE / Literacy lesson extension: LI To recognise empathy

Watch the short video on the link to the original article. Make a list of emotional vocabulary for the scene. Watch how many times the two fans speak and embrace; write dialogue for the scene. Note: the young boy could wave his flag in front of the older fan but he waits till the older fan leaves; why does he do this?

No Outsiders in our school: Teaching the equality act in Primary schools by Andrew Moffat

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Dad Scar Tattoo : solidarity with difference

photo: JOSH J-MASH MARSHALL

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/josh-marshall-tattoo-cancer_us_576997d7e4b09926ce5cd9a6

This photo shows a Josh Marshall cuddling his son, Gabriel. Gabriel has a scar on his head left by an operation to remove a brain tumor.

Gabriel's Mum says the scar made her son feel self conscious so Dad got a tattoo made to match it. Dad says, "I told Gabriel if people wanted to stare, they could stare at both of us."

Josh won the "2016 Best bald dad" competition as a result of the photo. The competition raises awareness of cancer in children where Dads, Uncles and Grandfathers shave their heads in solidarity with children who have cancer.

What do you see in the photo?

Why do you think the people in the photo have scars?

Explain the story

Why did this Dad get a scar tattoo?

What does solidarity mean?

How do you think Gabriel felt when people stared at him?

How do you think Gabriel felt when Dad got a tattoo?

What effect has Dad had on Gabriel's life by getting this tattoo?

Gabriel felt self conscious about his scar. How can we make sure people who look a bit different do not feel self conscious?

In what ways are we different?

What do we say in our school about people looking different? How is this story about No Outsiders? 

What message would you give to Gabriel?

What would you like to say to Gabriel's Dad?

No Outsiders in our school: Teaching the equality act in primary schools by Andrew Moffat

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"It doesn't matter your background"

photo: Bo Graf

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/photo-of-grocery-store-worker-helping-elderly-woman-goes-viral_us_5762c01ee4b05e4be8610520?cps=gravity_7499_-5153121228380021478

Brandon Rollins works at a grocery store, Ingles in North Carolina. This photo of him helping an elderly woman across the car park went viral after a customer, Bo Graf posted it on-line saying, "This is what America should be and hopefully this is the America of tomorrow!"

Bo approached Brandon to thank him and said Brandon, "acted like it was no big deal". 

Later, after Brandon became famous because of the photo, he said, "It doesn't matter what ethnicity, religious belief - we're all the same. We're all one and we can help each other out. That's what people in the world need to see. We can come together as one. It doesn't mater your background."

What's happening in the photo?

Where are they? What are they doing?

explain the story

Why did Brandon help the elderly woman?

What do you notice about the differences between Brandon and the person he is helping?

How do you think the woman felt as Brandon helped her?

How do you think Brandon felt as he helped her?

Why did Bo say, "This is what America should be"?

Is Brandon right to say "We're all the same"? What does he mean? (actually we are not all the same, but we have respect for one another. In school we celebrate our differences and live and work along side each other despite those differences)

Why does Brandon say, "That's what people in the world need to see... it doesn't matter your background"?

What can we learn from Brandon?

What can we learn from this photo?

How does this fit into what we say about 'No Outsiders"?

"No outsiders in our school: teaching the equality act in Primary schools" by Andrew Moffat

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Remembering the Somme

Photograph: Nitya Kanoria/PA

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/01/somme-centenary-commemorations-silence-fitting-memorial-uk-france

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/30/the-guardian-view-on-the-somme-centenary-rest-in-peace

Men dressed as First World War soldiers handed out cards on the 100th anniversary of the Somme on July 1st. Each card had the name of a soldier that died. 

What's happening in the picture?

Why are the people dressed in those clothes?

explain the story

At 7:30 on 1st July 1916, British soldiers began an assault on German lines in Northern France. Within an hour there were 30,000 British casualties and by the end of the day the total had risen to 57,470 with 19,240 dead. The battle, along a 20 mile stretch of the river Somme in France, lasted for four months. At the end there were 420,000 British casualties, 200,000 French casualties and 500,000 German casualties.

The Somme is today remembered as a symbol of the human cost of war.

- Why are we remembering the battle of the Somme 100 years later?

- why are people handing out cards with names on?

- look at the picture; what do you notice about the soldiers? Is everyone of the same ethnicity? (More than 4 million men and women volunteered from British colonies in WW1    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/10/first-world-war-colonial-soldiers-racism)

- Who fought in World War 1? Did different countries fight together as allies?

- What did Europe learn from two world wars?

The following is an extract from The Guardian editorial 30/06/16:

"The peace in Europe, which was appallingly hard won in the years through to 1945, is our shared inheritance. We were part of Europe then. We are still part of Europe now. We shall always be part of Europe. Its peace and ours are one and the same."

- what does this writer mean by "It's peace and ours are one and the same"? 

- There are people in living in different countries around Europe today with different ethnicities, speaking different languages, following different faiths, and with different customs and cultures. Can we get along with people who are different? 

- What do we say in our school about being different? How does our belief in No Outsiders make sure peace continues.