Highlighting injustice

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Block capitals spell out the message in felt pen STOP ANIMAL TESTING. The text is black except for the O, which is designed as a stop sign. A raw print and a syringe are depicted in felt pen on either side of the text.

Stop Animal Testing

Our art teacher showed us some protest art and we designed our own posters and T-shirts.

A poster created in black and red felt pen. Image: a circular sign with a red border and a diagonal black and white cross. In the centre are the words ANIMAL TESTING in capital letters.

Animal testing

Our art teacher showed us some protest art and we designed our own posters and T-shirts.

Poster created with felt pen and coloured pencil. Image: At the top, block capital letters dripping blood spell out NO ANIMAL TESTING. Below that is an image of a caged dog with tears running down its face.

No animal testing

Our art teacher showed us some protest art and we designed our own posters and T-shirts.

Poster created with pen and watercolour paint. Image: The poster is divided into three vertical sections by read and purple painted lines. In the centre panel, a plait of hair runs from top to bottom of the poster. A pair of scissors is poised to cut off the plait. In front of this is the word WRONG? in red pen. In the left hand panel is the question "HOW far SHOULD religion GO?" and in the right hand panel are the words "RIGHTS before RELIGION" and "MAKE Iran FAIR".

Wrong?

Our art teacher showed us some protest art and we designed our own posters and T-shirts.

A poster created from water colour paint and ink. To the left is the back of a head with long hair and a black bow. Radiating from this figure are purple and green lines, with the words NSTAP, SPECIAL, NO PERFECT, BE UNIQUE, KIND and BE Equal. In the corner is the message No matter how different we are all the same. Large red writing carries the main message TREAT EVERYONE SAME, with two small red hearts.

Treat everyone same

Our art teacher showed us some protest art and we designed our own posters and T-shirts.

A poster in coloured pencil and felt pen. The words STOP POLLUTION take up the top of the poster, with the O of "STOP" drawn as a stop sign. A factory chimney belching smoke is shown at the side. The lower half of the image shows water with dead fish, bottles, plastic bag and a fishing net. Text in wavy writing reads: Stop pollution, Or there is no sollution!

Stop pollution

Our art teacher showed us some protest art and we designed our own posters and T-shirts.

Poster created with pencil and felt pen. Image: the words "You can do the impossible" in bold black pen, and a blue and green picture of the earth take up most of the poster. Four boxes contain the messages "Stop climate change"; "Stop polluting", "Stop deforestation" and "Recycle".

You can do the impossible

Our art teacher showed us some protest art and we designed our own posters and T-shirts.

A poster in water colour paint and felt pen. Image: A triangular iceberg is depicted against a blue sky with the sun shining. A penguin and a polar bear are on the iceberg, with a multicoloured whale's tail off to the side. At the top of the poster is the text: "You are the voice Make your choice!" On the iceberg, text reads "Make it better not worse Otherwise no more Polar bears or Penguin birds!

You are the voice – Make your choice!

Our art teacher showed us some protest art and we designed our own posters and T-shirts.

A poster in pencil. Image: The piece is divided vertically into two halves. The left side shows trees without leaves, tree trunks and trees on fire. The right side shows trees in leaf with butterflies and other small creatures. The text reads: Which one do YOU want? It's YOUR choice

Which one do you want? It’s your choice

Our art teacher showed us some protest art and we designed our own posters and T-shirts.

Poster in felt pen. Image: In two fonts, text reads: An ICEBERG for some plastic Choose wisely. Behind the word "iceberg" is a stylised sea. Next to the words "for some plastic" are a plastic bag and a single-use plastic bottle. The words "Choose Wisely" are behind two lenses of a pair of glasses

An iceberg for some plastic

Our art teacher showed us some protest art and we designed our own posters and T-shirts.

A poster created with coloured pencil and felt pen. Image: A circle is divided into two vertically by a stark black line. The left hand side shows fish killed by plastic pollution. The right hand side shows a map of the earth. Two swords at diagonals allude to the CND sign. The words "YOU CAUSED THIS" in red and "WE FIX IT", in green, surround the circle.

You caused this – we fix it

Our art teacher showed us some protest art and we designed our own posters and T-shirts.

Poster in coloured pencil and felt pen. Image: a red radiator with 'evil eyes' and a sword hovers above an icy scene with a single polar bear. Text following the contours of the landscape reads: Every time you turn on the radiator, you kill a polar bear. Stop climate change.

Every time you turn on the radiator…

Our art teacher showed us some protest art and we designed our own posters and T-shirts.

Poster in black ink and coloured pencil. Image: The poster is divided diagonally into two halves. Text on the right hand side reads: "You CAN'T call us EQUAL until you pay us EQUALLY!" Below the text is a tall blue wall with a figure on it and banknotes flying in the air next to a shorter pink wall with a female figure. In the left hand half are images of a banknote and a stack of coins and a purse with the word EMPTY.

You can’t call us equal until you pay us equally!

Our art teacher showed us some protest art and we designed our own posters and T-shirts.

Poster in pencil. Image: The poster is divided vertically into two halves. In the centre are the words "WE CAN CHANGE OUR PROBLEMS." On the left hand side is a cartoon-style image of a frightened-looking person running in front of a landscape of flames, smoke, broken and leafless trees, and overflowing litter bins. On the right is the same person looking happy, a bird in the crook of her arm. In the background are two playful dogs, a tree and flowers, and a woman reading a newspaper on a park bench.

We can change our problems

Our art teacher showed us some protest art and we designed our own posters and T-shirts.

A poster created with felt pen and coloured pencil. Bold text reads: "Recycling a day keeps the pollution away!" Behind the text, the sun shines over the wavy surface of the sea. Below the surface can be seen bubbles and plastic litter.

Recycling a day keeps the pollution away!

Our art teacher showed us some protest art and we designed our own posters and T-shirts.

A poster created with water colour paint and black ink. Image: The poster has a blue and yellow background. Text in red at the top reads "STOP the WAR", and text at the bottom in black reads, "WE DON'T WANT MORE".

Stop the war

Our art teacher showed us some protest art and we designed our own posters and T-shirts.

Two arms hold a decorated plant pot containing a seedling. The image is labelled with text reading, "Chop down less trees"; "Plant more trees and plants"; "Start less fires to stop wild fires" and "Use less wood". The slogan at the top reads "Make our world better".

Make our world better

This is the world we’ll have to inherit. This is our future. We’re gonna have to deal with these issues at some point. Adults talk but they don’t take action. Some do but the majority don’t. They leave it to the government. And world issues get left behind.

Schoolchild

I’m not saying that my children, at eight and nine years old, are going to turn around and change the world tomorrow. But I’m hoping that my children at eight and nine years old care about their environment, and will be able to, in a few years’ time, stand up and say “Well, actually, I want my world to look like this. And this is how I’m going to do that”.

Teacher

it’s all of ours. It’s not just, it’s not just a world for grownups.

Schoolchild

It’s the first time we’ve done actual real things from the world.

Schoolchild

It’s just trying to explore those opportunities of… humanity, and reminding them that actually, this affects us all. And we all feel similarly.

Teacher