American
The Eleventh Hour
The hour a long, terrible war finally went quiet — when the guns were ordered silent at eleven o'clock on the eleventh day, and the killing stopped.
This Week · Peace · Dec countdown
Peace: what makes peace between people possible?
For littler ones: When two people don't agree, what helps them stop fighting and get along?
This week we're wondering about peace — and the hard part, not the easy part. The word is simple to say. Making it real between people who don't agree is a much harder thing. As the year winds down and houses fill up, it's a good one to turn over in the car or at the table, because everyone will weigh it a little differently.
This week's stories
American
Penn's Treaty with the Lenape
A man named William Penn who sat down with the Lenape, on the Lenape's own land, and made a promise between two peoples — a peace that held in his own lifetime.
Talk about it
- When two people stop fighting, what do you think has to happen first?
- In one story the peace comes after a long war; in the other it's a promise made before any fighting. Does it matter whether peace comes before or after?
- Have you ever made peace with someone you were upset with? What helped — and what made it hard?
A new question every week.
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