British schoolchildren taught to spot terrorists

Posted By Joshua Keating Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 9:54 AM Share

More than 2,000 10 and 11-year-olds will see a short film, which urges them to tell the police, their parents or a teacher if they hear anyone expressing extremist views.
The film has been made by school liaison officers and Eastern Division’s new Preventing Violent Extremism team, based at Blackburn.
It uses cartoon animals to get across safety messages.
A lion explains that terrorists can look like anyone, while a cat tells pupils that should get help if they are being bullied and a toad tells them how to cross the road.
The terrorism message is also illustrated with a re-telling of the story of Guy Fawkes, saying that his strong views began forming when he was at school in York. It has been designed to deliver the message of fighting terrorism in accessible way for children.

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HOLLAR01

10:36 AM ET

June 10, 2009

Orwell is with us

Is this called the Spies or the Youth League?

Only when a child turns in his parents will we know that it has truly worked.

It is the 40th anniversary of 1984's publication, after all.

CURIOUS OBSERVER

12:28 PM ET

June 10, 2009

Meanwhile on the home front...

...videos aimed at American adults actually claim that someone writing in a notebook at a public park is suspicious enough that you should call the authorities.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb1gaQfWZT0

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