What do you see in the picture, who are they, what do you think they are doing and what do you think this story is about?
The picture shows a group of 19 Buddhist monks on a peace walk.
What is a Buddhist monk? Is that a job? How does a person become a monk?
What do you think a peace walk is?
Do you notice anything else on the walk with them?
An abandoned dog has joined the monks. They have named the dog Aloka and he has walked with them for hundreds of miles. First across India and now they are walking 2300 miles across America finishing at Washington DC.
What is in Washington DC, why do you think the monks are finishing there?
Their goal is...
Why do you think they are doing this? What do you think the goal is?
Their goal is to promote unity and compassion.
What is unity, what is compassion?
How can a walk promote community and compassion?
A governor in Texas said, "When I heard about this 2300 mile walk, I was amazed. It really touches the hearts and minds of people. We live in a time when the noise often drowns out understanding, where division can feel louder than unity - but this is what the community and interfaith solidarity looks like."
How can a walk touch hearts and minds, what does that mean?
What does "The noise drowns about understanding" mean? What noise?
The governor says, "Division can feel louder than unity" How can you feel division?
What do you think interfaith means?
The monks are expecting the walk to take.....
How long do you think it takes to walk 2300 miles?
They are expecting it to take 110 days.
How many miles are they expecting to walk each day? How can you work that out?
(20 miles each day)
Along the way the monks are experiencing warm welcomes from members of the public. A store in Texas gave the monks free ice cream, Doctors in Alabama gave the monks free check ups. Large crowds gathered everywhere to cheer them on and give them free meals.
How do you think people feel when they see the monks?
Why are so many people going to see them?
People also love meeting Aloka. The monks say, "Aloka is a very good boy helping to carry the message of peace and harmony, and watching over us all the while."
This week is Children's Mental Health week across the UK;
What is Mental Health?
This year the theme for Mental Health week is "This is my place".
What do you think that means?
Organisers say, "When we feel accepted and valued, we grow stronger in our minds and bodies."
How does feeling accepted affect our mental health?
Why is is this story about mental health? Who is feeling accepted in this story?
One argument is that a peace walk won't change anything - who is it for?
What do you think?
What do we say at our school about Mental Health?
Why is this story about No Outsiders?
Which British Value is this about?
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