Youth for Peace

Description:

We integrate the topic “Peace” into the teaching of all subjects. We talk about peaceful conflict resolution and dramatize situations in which we practice how to express ourselves. Last year, three refugee students from Ukraine came to our class, which encouraged additional empathy. We wrote compositions, and messages in our mother tongue, translated them into English, and then through the game “Match the rhyme” we wrote our song for peace. As a teacher, I had the role of motivator and moderator. We have previous experience in recording, but we have repeated the recordings several times. We chose music under the influence of the European anthem and our national anthem, which we learned while designing our message of peace in regular classes. We concluded that we can contribute to peace with small actions and kind words.

Hey, listen to my voice,
let peace be your choice.

Don’t be a drama queen
listen to others what do they mean.

I’m not looking for big things,
I don’t want gold rings.

What do you say about this?
Let the children grow up in peace.

I want to go around the world ,
I want to be free like a bird.

I don’t care if you are black, white or yellow,
I want to be your fellow.

Give me an embrace
and I will feel Grace.

Our concept
is respect.

Cheer for peace
and see you in Greece .

Mokykla: Youth for Peace