Consciousshift With Julie Ann Turner

In John Hunter’s classroom, students fearlessly set about tackling global problems - and discovering surprising solutions - by playing Hunter’s groundbreaking World Peace Game. These kids — from 4th grade through high school (in schools both well-funded and under-resourced) — take on the roles of prime ministers, tribal leaders, diplomats, and military commanders. Through battles and negotiations, standoffs and summits, they strive to resolve a sequence of many-layered, interconnected scenarios, from nuclear proliferation to tribal warfare.The kids test the possibility of confrontation, only later - ultimately - to choose peace. John's class even played the World Peace Game with the Department of Defense at the Pentagon last year – and will play again there this spring - offering all of us not only a forward-thinking vision from the front lines of American education, but also a generous blueprint for a world that bends toward cooperation, rather than conflict. Now, John Hunter joins Julie Ann on ConsciousSH