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School: both a target and a bulwark

Exhibition panel "Confronted with terrorism, a citizen's memory: "School: both a target and a bulwark"
© Benoît Pailley
Exhibition panel "Confronted with terrorism, a citizen's memory: "School: both a target and a bulwark"
Transcription and translation of the exhibit panel

Date: 16 October 2020

Event: Stabbing murder of Samuel Paty, a teacher, by a jihadist terrorist

Location: Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France

This board game was created by a class of sixth-formers who won the 2023 Samuel Paty Prize in the Sixth-Form category, an award established in 2022 by the Association of History and Geography Teachers in tribute to the murdered history teacher.

This board game, centred on the concept of democracy, demonstrates the school’s ability to mobilise and encourage younger generations to confront terrorism, particularly through creative expression.

Information about the item:

  • Donated by the Association of History and Geography Teachers (APHG), Ms Thomas’s Year 11 History, Geography, Geopolitics and Political Science (HGGSP) class (2022–2023)
  • Dimensions: length 63.9 cm; width 49.8 cm; thickness 0.3 cm
  • Photo credit: Benoît Pailley