PVE resources
Supporting the Learning Together To Be Safe Toolkit
Draft v1, June 2009
Material in development
Please make any comments on this draft document to Steven Suckling
(steves@faithassociates.co.uk) by Tuesday 30 June 2009.
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Introduction
This document provides an introduction to a selection of resources available to support
teaching and learning in educational settings. DCSF has published a wide ranging list of
possible resources on teachernet that is reproduced at the end of this document (see:
(http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/violentextremism/)
Some considerations when selecting resources
When reviewing and selecting resources to support your teaching and learning you may
wish to consider the following questions.
Does the resource…
 fit your school’s local context?
 have a clearly defined purpose(s)?
 identify the age groups it is intended for use with?
 have straightforward guidance for teachers?
 provide lesson plans and teaching resources to support it’s use?
 fit with your school’s scheme of work?
 provide differentiated activity to support a range of pupil abilities?
 identify aspects of the National Curriculum that is supports whether subjects, cross
curricular dimensions of personal, learning and thinking skills?
 provide day-to-day assessment opportunities appropriate to your school’s assessment
policy and practice?
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Outline of a selection of resources to support PVE work in educational settings
Resource
Publisher
Synopsis
Watch Over
Me
Kids Task
force
Things Do
Change and
Calderdale
LA and South
Asian
Development
Partnership
This is a series of broadcast quality soap dramas for secondary schools that stimulate class discussion
and help teachers introduce challenging topics such as terrorism, internet paedophiles and domestic
violence.
The films were made following extensive research across the UK with groups of young people who
themselves suggested the topics and shaped the storylines. The first Watch Over Me film was funded by
the Home Office and DfES and made in memory of murdered Surrey teenager Milly Dowler. They cover
many issues including gun crime, domestic violence, drugs, forced marriage, the journey to school, being
home alone, knives and internet safety. Two further films have been added to explore weapons and
domestic violence (Fix Up, Look Sharp) and community cohesion (Living Together).
The Living Together film explores the subject of community cohesion and encourages young people to
question the world around them and the information they are given. It looks at four themes and contains
two short films on each subject:
• What is extreme behaviour?
• Who’s in control?
• Identity
• What makes a safe community?
To see clips of Watch Over Me see www.thekidstaskforce.com
Things Do Change
This resource pack consists of 10 modules, each addressing an element of Calderdale LA’s strategy to
prevent violent extremism. The modules include teacher's notes, lesson plan and supporting materials
including group-based exercises etc. and are provided with the following headings: The Golden Rule;
Peace; Citizenship; Earning a living; Becoming a Good Parent; Issues of Community Cohesion;
Questions of Religion; Is multiculturalism dead?; Freedom of speech vs. respect?; What kind of Britain do
we want?
Friends,
Strangers,
Citizens?
Life in
Britain
post 7/7
Hearts and
Minds
Friends, Strangers, Citizens? Life in Britain post 7/7
In this DVD discussion resource community leaders, young people and people on the street give their
views on issues such as the threat of terror, the role of religion, multiculturalism and freedom of speech.
The DVD is split into 5 short sections (approx 6 minutes each) covering the following topics: What
happened on 7/7?; Is religion the problem or the solution?; Is multi-culturalism dead?; Freedom of
speech vs respect?; and What kind of Britain do we want? Worksheets with further material and
discussion questions are included on the disc. View a sample from the Friends, Strangers, Citizens? Life
in Britain post 7/7 DVD at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebXqOJrlaGo&feature=channel_page
Khayaal
Theatre
Company
A 55 minute theatre-in-education play exploring conflicting disclosures, loyalties and identities and some
of what it means to be young British and Muslim today. The play is based on extensive conversations
with young Muslims and is inspired by actual events and reference points. The performance
How to access the
resource
Contact your LA school
prevent coordinator or
your local police
community liaison officer
for more information
Things Do Change is
available to order for £200
(includes the £10 DVD
see below) from the
following web site:
http://www.thingsdochang
e.org/
Friends, Strangers,
Citizens? Life in Britain
post 7/7 is available to
order for £10 plus P&P
from the following web
site:
http://www.southasian.org.
uk/
Contact your LA school
prevent coordinator or
your local police
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Resource
Publisher
One
extreme to
the other
GW Theatre
Company
Act Now
and Not in
my name
Lancashire
Police
Synopsis
encapsulates some of the dilemmas and discourses occupying the hearts and minds of some young
Muslims while proposing creative avenues for reconciliation and resolution.
Aimed at young people aged 14-25 and adult audiences, One Extreme to the Other offers a powerful
theatrical stimulus to debate and a comprehensive multi-media follow-up package including a website
(http://www.extremenews.org.uk/) to support further discussion and lead in good practice. The production
is targeted at schools, colleges, youth clubs and community venues and has been developed with
teachers, local government agencies, and people on the ground.
Ali's got mixed up with an Islamic extremist, his former friend Tony is flirting with the far racist right,
unemployment is rising, there's been another terrorist attack in London and a far right party is organising
a march through Ali's neighbourhood. Will Tony march? Will Ali fight? Can his sister Sara make him find
another way? Will journalist Jessica, who once went out with both Ali and Tony, use their joint past to get
a scoop on the threatened riots, or will she put principles before her career and try to stop the threatened
clash?
No difficult issues are dodged but in the end One Extreme to the Other stresses above all what unites
rather than what divides us, and asks the audience at the end: we have a future in common, what do we
do about it?
ACT Now (All Communities Together)
This a classroom exercise hosted by local police officers that allows community groups to play the role of
police officers, to make carefully thought out decisions based on information from police sources and
members of the public about a pretend terrorist incident. This exercise generates debate about issues
such as when police should take action in a lively and fast moving situation and deal with community
issues that result from the incident. The aim is to help youngsters to share their frustrations around
terrorism.
Not in my name
This theatre production (also available on DVD) enables people from all backgrounds to speak about
terrorism and extremism, and ask questions in a structured and safe environment. The action of the play
revolves around the aftermath of a fictional terror attack in the centre of a small northern town, told from
the perspective of 12 young people. The audience are encouraged to discuss the issues that have
arisen, during which they 'meet' the man who launched the terror attack prior to the events being played
out in the play. His journey to the conclusion of his extreme actions is tracked and the audience are
invited to debate where he may have taken an alternative course of action and who exactly may have
been able to help him before arriving at his decision to set off a bomb.
The play is ultimately providing young people and their community with a way to articulate their thoughts
on these challenging and difficult issues and for them to debate what barriers they face in being able to
discuss the issues at a personal, local and national level. This play is available in DVD format or live
theatre performances.
How to access the
resource
community liaison officer
for more information
Contact your LA school
prevent coordinator or
your local police
community liaison officer
for more information
Contact your LA school
prevent coordinator or
your local police
community liaison officer
for more information
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List of DCSF recommended resources on teachernet
Teaching, learning and the curriculum links
1001 Inventions
www.1001inventions.com
Adapting the curriculum
http://curriculum.qca.org.uk
Defeating Organised Racial Hatred
www.equalityhumanrights.com/Documents/Race/Emplo
yment/Defeating_organised_racial_hatred.pdf
Diversity and Dialogue
www.diversityanddialogue.org.uk
Global Citizenship Guides: Teaching
www.oxfam.org.uk/education/teachersupport/cpd/contro
Controversial Issues
versial
Global Dimension
www.globaldimension.org.uk
The Holocaust Centre and Holocaust
www.holocaustcentre.net and
Educational Trust
www.het.org.uk/content.php
Racism, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia
www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/behaviour/tackling
bullying/racistbullying/developing/racismantisemitism
Radical Middle Way
www.radicalmiddleway.co.uk
Respect For All
www.qca.org.uk/qca_6753.aspx
Schools Linking Network
www.schoolslinkingnetwork.org.uk
Teaching about controversial issues
www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/behaviour/tackling
bullying/racistbullying/preventing/controversialissues
Watch Over Me
www.missdorothy.com
DCSF leadership and management advice and guidance
Anti-bullying
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/behaviour/tac
klingbullying
Community cohesion
http://www.communitycohesion/
Troublemakers
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/docbank/index.cfm?id=92
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Emergency planning
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/localauthorities/index.cfm?action
=subsubject&subjectID=7&subsubjectID=105
Bullying relating to race, religion and culture http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/behaviour/tac
klingbullying/racistbullying
Parental responsibility
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/publications/guidanceonthelaw/d
feepub/jun00/050600/index.htm
School behaviour policy
http://www.schooldisciplinepupilbehaviourpolicies/
Safer school partnerships
http://www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/resources-andpractice/IG00050
Extremism issues
The Anti-defamation League
http://www.adl.org/hate_symbols/Unsere.asp
The Improvement and Development Agency http://www.idea.gov.uk/idk/core/page.do?pageId=78904
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The Security Service
http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/Page19.html
Advice and resources on adapting the curriculum
Cross-curricular dimensions
http://curriculum.qca.org.uk/key-stages-3-and-4/crosscurriculum-dimensions/index.aspx
Global Dimension
http://www.lobaldimension.org.uk/
National Curriculum
http://curriculum.qca.org.uk/key-stages-3-and4/index.aspx
Thinking skills
http://curriculum.qca.org.uk/key-stages-3-and4/skills/plts/index.aspx?return=/key-stages-3-and4/skills/index.aspx
Advice and resources on addressing controversial issues through the curriculum
Amnesty International
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=30
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Learning and Skills Network
http://www.lsneducation.org.uk/pubs/pages/052275.asp
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Tide: Global Learning
http://www.tidec.org/Publications/tide%20pubs/buildnew-cit.html
The Citizenship Foundation
http://www.citizenshipfoundation.org.uk/main/page.php?
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Facing History and Ourselves
http://www.facinghistory.org/
The Historical Association
http://www.history.org.uk/resources/secondary_resource
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http://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/teachersupport/cpd/c
ontroversial/
Teachernet
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/behaviour/tac
klingbullying/racistbullying/preventing/controversialissue
s/
Things Do Change
http://thingsdochange.org/contact_us.htm
Watch Over Me
http://www.missdorothy.com/
Use of drama productions to stimulate debate on controversial issues
Khayaal Theatre Company Hearts and
http://www.khayaal.co.uk/
minds
GW Theatre Company One Extreme to the
http://www.gwtheatre.com/
Other
Advice and support on increasing cultural awareness
Campusalam
http://campusalam.org/
Every Muslim Child Matters
Maurice Irfan Coles, Trentham, 2008
Five Key Myths about Islam and Muslims in http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/content/CommunityBristol and Britain
Living/Equality-Diversity/five-key-myths-about-islam.en
http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/content/CommunityLiving/Equality-Diversity/muslims-in-bristol-andbritain.en
Lifelong Learning and Multicultural
http://www.leicester.gov.uk/your-council-Education
services/education--lifelong-learning/on-line-governorscentre/indexv3/policiesguides/equalities
http://www.leicester.gov.uk/your-council-services/education--lifelong-learning/on-line-governorscentre/indexv3/policiesguides/equalities
Muslim Youth Helpline
http://www.myh.org.uk/
The Nida Trust
http://www.nidatrust.org.uk/
Radical Middle Way
http://www.radicalmiddleway.co.uk/
Advice and resources on addressing issues of racism and prejudice
Combating Misinformation Fact Cards
http://www.ombatingmisinformationabout/
Defeating Organised Racial Hatred
http://www.defeating_organised_racial_hatred.pdf/
Guidance on the statutory Race Equality
http://www.aceequalityduty/Pages/Sectoralguidancesch
Duty
ools.aspx
The Holocaust Centre, Holocaust
http://www.holocaustcentre.net/
Educational Trust and Anne Frank Trust
http://www.het.org.uk/content.php
http://annefrank.org.uk/
Institute for Race Relations
http://www.irr.org.uk/index.html
NASUWT
http://www.nasuwt.org.uk/Templates/internal.asp?NodeI
D=68698&ParentNodeID=70235
Teachernet
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/behaviour/tac
klingbullying/racistbullying/developing/racismantisemitis
m/
Respect for all
http://www.qca.org.uk/qca_6753.aspx
School Linking and 'Interfaith' activity
Diversity and Dialogue
http://www.diversityanddialogue.org.uk/
Schools Linking Network
http://www.schoolslinkingnetwork.org.uk/
Advice and resources on addressing issues of identity and diversity
1001 Inventions
http://www.1001inventions.com/
Teachernet
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/Communityc
ohesion/communitycohesionresourcepack
Who do we think we are?
http://www.wdwtwa.org.uk/
Oxfam
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