Pirates and Emperors or Size Does Matter

Here’s a great example of how to teach young kids about global geo-politics, war, and “terrorism” via a cartoon. Eric Henry’s flim is titled after an observation by St. Augustine in City of God, proposing that what governments coin as “terrorism” in the small simply reflects what governments utilize as “warfare” in the large. Yet, governments coerce their populations to denounce the former while embracing the latter.

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Put Pirates and Emperors in the same resource kit with:

farmerduck.jpg Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell and Helen Oxenbury

0689832133_large.jpgClick, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cornin and Betsy Lewin

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Ned Mouse Breaks Away
by Tim Wynne-Jones and Dušan Petrišcic.

and

Czar.jpegHow Does The Czar Eat Potatoes? by Anne Rose/Janosh.

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