Voices of the great war

Helen Snelson considers the benefits of teaching peace education through historical drama

by Helen Snelson 5th December 2014

The Grünheide-York Partnership exists to build greater understanding between German and British young people, both across national and across state-independent school divides. Established in 2009, the partnership is between The Mount and Millthorpe Schools in York, and Philipp-Melanchthon Gymnasium near Berlin. It provides students with a chance to meet and enjoy each other’s company while working on annual projects with a historical theme. We don’t shy away from big topics, such as ‘Why Europe?’ and ‘Pride and Prejudice: in search of national identity’. In 2014 our newly completed project has been ‘Voices of the Great War’.