Noted educator to speak at Swain

John Hunter brings 'World Peace' to Swain

Thursday, April 10 - 7 p.m.
Free and open to the community

On March 20 John Hunter was featured as a "TED All-Star" at the TED2014 Conference in Vancouver, having been voted as one of the Top 100 TED speakers of all times. See his original TED Talk here.

Back in 1978, fourth grade teacher John Hunter put all the problems of the world on a 4' x 5' plywood board and let his students solve them. Over the years his "World Peace Game" has evolved to a multi-level tower of Plexiglas covered with thousands of game pieces, with the players negotiating and solving 50 inter-locking global problems.

The Swain School is proud to host a free community presentation, at which this award-winning global educator explains how his "World Peace Game" has been engaging schoolkids for over 30 years - and why the complex lessons it teaches about peace and justice go further than classroom lectures can. 

As part of Mr. Hunter's presentation, there will be a screening of the critically-acclaimed educational documentary that chronicles his work, "World Peace and Other 4th Grade Achievements", followed by an interactive discussion.

Mr. Hunter's visit is the third in a series of developing dialogs promoting the power of education to achieve local and global goals. He will be on campus the afternoon of April 10 to make a similar presentation to area middle schoolers.

The evening program is appropriate for adults and students in fourth grade and above. Those planning to attend are encouraged to register at johnhunter.eventbrite.com.