2019 focus:
what can we learn from history?
With classrooms a reflection of the society in which we live, 2019 Tolerance Day was focused on history, connecting the generations, and understanding the evolution of our thinking.
2019 RESOURCES TO EXPLORE
Using lessons from history - from the rise of National Socialism, Apartheid, the Partition of India, Germany's 30-year War - we learned about the potentially devastating consequences of intolerance and bigotry and how they can be overcome, or even avoided altogether.
2019: rythyms of history
The original UN International Day for Tolerance was established on 16th November 1995 in response to the racial and religious wars in Bosnia and Rwanda. The Learn2Think Foundation runs a free programme in schools to promote the day, using lesson plans and other materials.
History has much to teach us about the role of tolerance in maintaining peace, and reconciliation post conflict. How did Nelson Mandela use the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to heal many of the wounds of Apartheid so that South Africa could rebuild? This year the University of Cambridge is exploring how learning's from the 1648 Peace of Westphalia, ending the devastating and highly complex 30 Years War, might provide a blueprint for peace in the Middle East.
Around the world – Hungary, Italy, Brazil, Austria, The Philippines and the US – politicians have been successfully elected by promising to put their country and its people first. Such a phrase can be interpreted as suits the listener - we have to ask ourselves about the resonances with the language used by National Socialists in post- WW1 Germany and the devastation that led to.
History has much to teach us about the role of tolerance in maintaining peace, and reconciliation post conflict. How did Nelson Mandela use the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to heal many of the wounds of Apartheid so that South Africa could rebuild? This year the University of Cambridge is exploring how learning's from the 1648 Peace of Westphalia, ending the devastating and highly complex 30 Years War, might provide a blueprint for peace in the Middle East.
Around the world – Hungary, Italy, Brazil, Austria, The Philippines and the US – politicians have been successfully elected by promising to put their country and its people first. Such a phrase can be interpreted as suits the listener - we have to ask ourselves about the resonances with the language used by National Socialists in post- WW1 Germany and the devastation that led to.
Human behaviour may change but not human nature. The lessons that we've learned about the dangers of ignorance and 'otherisation' are critical parts of our history. As the quote goes 'those who forget history are doomed to repeat it'. Negative behaviours and beliefs are taught and learned, which only reinforces the importance of education.