Swadelands Football & Peace Project Team at Maidstone Library
These questions were given to the participants before they started their projects
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE FIRST WORLD WAR?
‘Pals battalion / trenches / horses / weapons / white feather campaign’
E Homes. Age 13
‘It started 100 years ago’
F Jordan. Age 14
‘I know that the Triple Alliance was also called the Central Powers, that the British used dogs and pigeons for messages and the Germans enforced their trenches with concrete’
M Underdown. Age 13
‘Conscription and the Women’s Land Army’.
L Smith. Age 14
WOULD YOU GO TO WAR FOR YOUR COUNTRY, IF SO WHY AND IF NOT, WHY NOT?
‘No because I don’t want to die’
M Wright. Age 13
‘I would because I would be serving my country and I would earn respect doing something for the country and I think the weapons are cool’
S Limbu. Age 13.
‘I wouldn’t, I couldn’t kill someone’
M Jeffrey. Age 14.
‘No because I don’t believe in war – I believe that you can have a civilized conversation and compromise. I think was is not the answer’
J Kellman. Age 14
‘No. Because I don’t believe fighting is the answer. I’d rather try and settle it calmly’
S Jones. Age 13
‘I would go to war for my country to protect it and keep it safe like it kept me safe. I also believe not to hurt any living thing’
H Body. Age 13
WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO PREVENT ANOTHER WORLD WAR EVER HAPPENING AGAIN?
‘Cooperate with other countries and try to work something out, there might be a way for both sides to get what they want without violence’
P Lye. Age 14
‘Try to build a relationship with other countries and handle disputes calmly’
Z hogg. Age 14
‘Negotiation and peace’
E Todd. Age 14
‘Negotiate with countries’
L Smith. Age 13
‘Negotiate with countries instead of getting hostile’
L Regnier. Age 14