SNS Resources on Israel-Palestine

These free resources have been developed in-house by the SNS team to offer teachers & their students resource materials that can be used in class or by students learning remotely. They are themed and are designed to be interactive, with multimedia elements, questions, time for reflection, and scope for further reading & learning.

We would strongly advise using these resources alongside booking a full SNS Israel-Palestine workshop, as although they are designed to be used independently, students will get the most out of them if they have a better grasp of the context of the conflict in Israel-Palestine which our workshops provide. For more info and to book, click here.

These resources are free to use & download for schools, teachers & students only. If you are from a different organisation and are interested in utilising these resources in some way, please get in touch with SNS to discuss details.

Teacher Guides

Classroom Resources

https://solutionsnotsides.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-10/Avoiding%20Hate%20Speech.pdf

Avoiding Hate Speech

This document has been created to help schools and other educational bodies respond to comments and discussions on Israel-Palestine and avoid hate speech during these discussions

https://solutionsnotsides.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-10/Avoiding%20Racism%20against%20Palestinians%20and%20Israelis.pdf

Avoiding Racism against Palestinians and Israelis

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This document has been created to help schools and other educational bodies avoid racism towards Palestinians and Israeli people in discussions and learning about the topic.

https://solutionsnotsides.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-10/Building%20Resilience%20to%20Polarisation.pdf

Building Resilience to Polarisation

This document has been created to help schools’ Senior Leadership teams and other educational bodies respond to polarisation in the school setting with advice and support

https://solutionsnotsides.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-10/Dealing%20with%20Conspiracy%20Theories.pdf

Dealing with Conspiracy Theories

This document has been created to help schools and other educational bodies respond to conspiracy theories that may come into the classroom / school.

https://solutionsnotsides.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-10/How%20to%20Create%20a%20Brave%20and%20Safe%20Space.pdf

How to Create a Brave and Safe Space

This document has been created to help schools and other educational bodies be able to openly discuss the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in school and feel prepared for that conversation to take place.

https://solutionsnotsides.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-10/How%20to%20Create%20a%20Brave%20and%20Safe%20Space_0.pdf

How to Fact Check Online Sources

Fact checking sources matters! Use this guide to get equipped with the tools and knowledge needed to navigate the sea of information and discern fact from falsehood in times of violence and war.

https://solutionsnotsides.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-10/How%20to%20Respond%20to%20Student%20Questions.pdf

How to Respond to Student Questions

This document has been created to help schools and other educational bodies respond to student questions on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and topic as a wider whole

https://solutionsnotsides.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-10/Organisations%20Working%20for%20Peace%20and%20Justice.pdf

Organisations Working for Peace and Justice in the Region

This document has been created to help schools and other educational bodies be able to find organisations who are working for peace and justice in the region of Israel-Palestine

https://solutionsnotsides.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-10/Political%20Positions%20and%20Language%20Sensitivities.pdf

Political Positions and Language Sensitivities

This document has been created to help schools and other educational bodies be able to understand the various positions and language sensitivities that exist surrounding this topic, which may arise in your school.

https://solutionsnotsides.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-10/Reasons%20to%20Study%20Israel-Palestine.pdf

Reasons to Study Israel-Palestine

This document has been created to help schools and other educational bodies see the benefits in studying the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in KS4 and KS5

https://solutionsnotsides.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-10/Responding%20to%20Misinformation.pdf

Responding to Misinformation

This document has been created to help schools and other educational bodies respond to misinformation about peace and dialogue groups coming from partisan political organisations.

https://solutionsnotsides.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-10/Tackling%20Anti-Jewish%20and%20Anti-Muslim%20Bullying.pdf

Tackling Anti-Jewish and Anti-Muslim Bullying

This document has been created to help schools and other educational bodies approach Anti-Jewish and Anti-Muslim bullying in connection to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

https://solutionsnotsides.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-11/final%20x2%20UK%20and%20UN%20Positions%20on%20Israel-Palestine.pdf

UK and UN positions on Palestine-Israel

Words are important right now - everyone has the right to choose the language they want to use. It is neither the right, nor the place of a British education charity to make rulings on geo-political issues, it is the place of international governments and courts.

Therefore, rather than tell people what terminology we think they should or shouldn’t use (beyond our anti-racism guides), we will present in this guide some information about statements from the United Nations (UN), of which the UK is a member, and also British Government positions, so that people can come to an informed decision for themselves.

This information may also change over time as events develop, and we are committed to update our curriculum and resources regularly.

https://solutionsnotsides.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-10/Understanding%20how%20Students%20can%20be%20Affected.pdf

Understanding how Students can be Affected

This document has been created to help schools and other educational bodies how and why students may be affected by the conflict in Palestine-Israel, as well as support those who are directly affected by the issue.

https://solutionsnotsides.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-10/UPDATED%20ISRAEL-PALESTINE%20VOCAB%20GUIDE%20July%2024.pdf

Vocabulary Guide

This document has been created to help schools and other educational bodies be able to openly discuss the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in school and understand the vocabulary they are using surrounding the conflict.

https://solutionsnotsides.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-10/Working%20with%20Partisan%20Groups%20%281%29.pdf

Working with Partisan Groups

This document has been created to help schools and other educational bodies who wish to maintain their impartiality on the subject of Israel-Palestine.

https://solutionsnotsides.co.uk/sites/default/files/2023-04/Journalism%20in%20Conflict%20Student-Led%20Learning%20Resource.pdf

Activity Pack: Journalism In Conflict

In this resource, you will learn about why conflict journalism is important, the risk of conflict journalism, the importance of thinking critically about headlines coming from conflict zones, and the legal protection of journalists in conflict zones.

What is conflict journalism and why is it important?
Can anyone be a conflict journalist?
The risks of conflict journalism
The rights of conflict journalists in the UK and abroad
How does this apply to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

This resource talks about issues that might impact or affect you personally. The issues might have impacted your friends or family, and it might also be that reading that resource and engaging in the issues bring up some memories or feelings for you that you had not expected.

Here is some advice to make sure that you are checking in with yourself throughout this resource

If you feel uncomfortable or upset by the content, you do not need to continue reading or continue the project
Please reach out to someone; whether a friend or family member, or the mental health support system at your school
Reflecting on how you feel reading the resource is a good exercise to do, whether by writing it down or speaking with others about

This resource is designed to be student-led

https://solutionsnotsides.co.uk/sites/default/files/2023-04/Mental%20Health%20in%20Conflict%20Student-Led%20Resources.pdf

Activity Pack: Mental Health in Conflict

In this activity you will learn how living in conflict can affect the mental health of those living within the conflict, and what steps are being taken to address it, with a particular focus on Israel - Palestine. Please note that this topic is vast, and we are aware that there is so much more to cover than what we could fit here.

How does conflict impact mental health?
How does it manifest?
What do we know about it?
What does the research say?
What ways are there to address it?
What's going on in Israel - Palestine?

This resource talks about issues that might impact or affect you personally. The issues might have impacted your friends or family, and it might also be that reading that resource and engaging in the issues bring up some memories or feelings for you that you had not expected.

Here is some advice to make sure that you are checking in with yourself throughout this resource

If you feel uncomfortable or upset by the content, you do not need to continue reading or continue the project
Please reach out to someone; whether a friend or family member, or the mental health support system at your school
Reflecting on how you feel reading the resource is a good exercise to do, whether by writing it down or speaking with others about

This resource is designed to be student-led

https://solutionsnotsides.co.uk/sites/default/files/2022-06/Learning%20Resource%20-%20Media%20%26%20Critical%20Thinking.pdf

Activity Pack: Facts, Opinions & 'Fake News'

This activity pack will help you think about the news & media coverage you see every day - on Israel/Palestine and a host of other issues. Some of the interesting questions you'll explore:

What's the difference between facts & opinions?
What is 'Fake News'?
What tools can help me check facts?

This resource is designed to be student-led

https://solutionsnotsides.co.uk/sites/default/files/2022-06/SNS%20Student-Led%20Resources%20NEGOTIATIONS.pdf

Activity Pack: Negotiations in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Using your knowledge from other SNS sessions and additional research, what needs do Israelis and Palestinians have in a future solution, and what needs did the latest proposal by the US meet, and which did it not meet?

Create a presentation with up to six slides:

- Israeli needs

- Palestinian needs

- Where the needs meet

- Which needs the US proposal met

- Which needs it did not

- Your ideas for better negotiations

This resource is designed to be student-led

https://solutionsnotsides.co.uk/sites/default/files/2022-06/Student%20led%20resource%20-%20Activism.pdf

Activity Pack: Activism in The UK

This resource helps you understand the motivations for and reasons behind activism in the UK.

You will explore the following points:

- What kind of activism do people in the UK participate in?

- Why do people in the UK participate in activism to do with Israel and Palestine?

- How does activism influence our society and politics and how do people respond to it?

After reading through each page, either working alone or with a group, design a campaign which promotes a solution to the conflict in Israel-Palestine. This resource will provide you with the tools to do this.

This resource is designed to be student-led

https://solutionsnotsides.co.uk/sites/default/files/2023-04/SNS%20Student-Led%20Resources%20EMOTIONS%20IN%20CONFLICT.pdf

Activity Pack: Emotions in Conflict

This resource helps you think about the role that emotions can play in the resolution or the continuation of conflict.

You will explore questions such as:

What emotions have I experienced in conflict?
What emotions hinder the resolution of conflict?
What emotions help the resolution of conflict?
How can we manage our emotions to achieve the outcomes we seek?

This resource is designed to be student-led

https://solutionsnotsides.co.uk/sites/default/files/2023-05/Student-Led%20Resource%20-%20Nationalism.pdf

Activity Pack: Nationalism

Israeli and Palestinian Narratives and Symbols

This resource helps you think about national identity and how it is expressed.

You will explore questions such as:

What is nationalism?
Why is it important to people?
What symbols are used?
What narratives are used?

This activity can be completed on your own through reading and reflection, or working together with someone you know from home or school.

This resource is designed to be student-led

https://solutionsnotsides.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-10/Israel-Palestine%20History%20Timeline%202024-25%20update.pdf

Israel-Palestine History Timeline

This is a timeline showing some of the key dates, events and associated people of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It is a graphic visualisation of this timeline, and as such is limited in the detail it includes for each event, and there may be some events missing. If you think we’ve not included something you think we should, feel free to get in touch and recommend this to us at [email protected]

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/3/folders/1qia8qsVR0Jp9fiQOriEknU8Z__x9ZFVz

Rage, Revenge & Repair Assembly Pack

For an understanding of how the issue of Israel-Palestine may be affecting your students, please refer to our teacher resources (available for download on the ‘Classroom Learning Resources’ page of our website).

This presentation is intended for a 30/40-minute school assembly at any time when the issue of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict hits our media headlines and students come into school with strong emotional responses to what they are seeing in the news. The following slides have a script in the slide notes for you to use, please do not deviate from the script when delivering our resources.