The Toys of Peace

This is a summary of the lesson Toys of Peace.

1. The Toys of Peace by  H. H. Munro(SAKI) Presented by  Dr Noor Nigar

2. Born in December 1870 in Burma (Myanmar) Witty British author  Used  SAKI or H.H. as his pen name Was a police officer  Wrote political satires

3. The Toys of Peace

4. Vocabulary  a unit of one of the armed forces battleship introduced in the early 20th century, equipped entirely with large- calibre guns. Impressive collection  Basic  The   way people or animals naturally react or behave easily influenced

5. Grunt  Disinterred  Poser  Skirmish  Evasively  Intrigues Muzzle  Façade  to make a short, low sound Unearth or bring out a problem or question that is difficult to solve or answer a fight between a small number of soldiers In a way that avoids something happening especially something bad a secret plan to harm someone the end of a gun barrel the front of a building

6. Dispatch Inkerman anticipation an official report on state or military affairs. Name of a city Expectation 

7. Characters

8. Cutting from London morning paper about children's toys

9. Batteries of guns Regiments of fighting men The National Peace Council Squadrons of Dreadnoughts

10. Why violent toys should not be given to boys? Boys love fighting Boys love  all the panoply of wars  (collection of war weapons/toys) It encourages the primitive instinct of the children. 

11. Exhibition of Peace Toys at Hague   Miniature civilians No toy soldiers No Guns Ploughs Industry tools 

12. Inauguration of the New Experiment 

13. Why peace toys?

14. Aunt Susan's "Siege of Andrianpole" Toy

15. Why was Harvey doubtful about the idea?

16. Hereditary Tendencies 

17. Albanian soldiery Somali camel-corps

18. Arabs on horse 

19. Toys that came out of the box

20. Toys of Peace

21. Toys of Peace 

22. John Stuart Mill 1. Municipal Dustbin Robert Raikes Municipal wash-house  loaves Robert Raikes Municipal wash-house S anitary inspecto r District Councillor

23. 1. Municipal Dustbin Eric: Palace of the Mpret of Albania Bertie: 'Fort'

24. A lead figure of a man in black clothes . John Stuart Mill An authority in Political Economy

25. A model of the Manchester branch  of the Young Women's Christian Association Eric: Are  they any lions? 

26. Robert Raikes- Founder of Sunday Schools

27. loaves Sanitary inspector District Councillor   Official of the Local Government Board

28. Tools of Industry  Wheel barrow  A hoe 

29. Model Beehive                Ventilator (for ventilating sewers)      Model of a school of art and library    

30. Mrs. Hemans (a poetess) Sir John Herschel  (eminent astrologer) Rowland Hills     (introduced the penny postage)

31. How to Play with the Toys of Peace? Free fights Rotten eggs Broken heads Bleeding noses All drunk

32. Harvey Explains the formal process of election 1. Votes are put into the ballot-box. 2. Mayor counts the votes and announces the winner. 3. The candidates thank the mayor. 4. They will say that the election was conducted in the pleasantest and most straightforward manner.  5. They part with expression of mutual esteem.  

33. Children's Holiday Task History: Learn about the "Bourbon period in France."              Bourbon- European dynasty of French origin Louis the Fourteenth (the king of France who rules for 72 yrs, he was popularly known as the Sun King)  Principal wars fought during this period

34. Harvey's account of battles 

35. Louis is now famous as a landscape gardener. He laid out Versaillies. 

36. Madame  Du Barry Eric: Was her head chopped off? Harvey: She was also a great lover of gardening. 

37. Is it possible to compile (put together) history without mention of battles, massacres(mass killing), murderous intrigues and violent deaths? Difficult to remove 30 years of war. 

38. Invention of Calico Printing  Spanish Armada Battle of Waterloo

39. Robert Raikes as Louis the Fourteenth. Mrs Hemans as  Madame de Maintenon (Louis's wife). Muncipal dustbin has been pierced with holes to accommodate the muzzles of  imaginery cannons. Mrs Hemans as one of the girls in the  YWCA  who stabs Saxe.  Soldiers take revenge and kill hundreds of girls.  Bertie empties red ink on the building. 

40. Harvey informs his sister that the experiment has failed because they had begun too late. 

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