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Peace and Justice Network Resources for Educators
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Conflict Management
and Violence Prevention
AntiRacism and
Multiculturalism
Organizing for Change
Economics, Poverty and Hunger
Environmental Issues
Family and Personal Peacemaking
International Issues
and Other Cultures
Militarism and the Arms Race
Current Social Issues
Arts, Drama and Games: Creative Ways of Learning
Biographies
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Conflict
Management and Violence Prevention
Anatomy of Conflict
Riddle, Robin and Beernink, Margaret
This
four-day unit is for social studies classes but includes psychology, sociology
and literature elements. It includes lessons on defining and analyzing
personal, interpersonal and international conflicts and conflict resolution and
management. Includes a set of slides depicting conflict situations.
Being Bullied
Perry, Kate and Firmin,
A
children' picture story about how Rita dealt with a bully in her school.
Best Self-Esteem Activities
for the Elementary Grades, The
Akin, Teri
Activities
focus on self concept, expressing feelings, developing responsibility, building
trusting relationships and conflict management skills.
Better Alternatives Exist
The
A study
of corporal punishment, alternatives and a guide for forming action groups to
eliminate corporal punishment from the schools.
Caring and Capable Kids
Pettepiece, Thomas
A
curriculum focusing on reducing violence by developing self-esteem and
pro-social behavior in children, using stories, songs and" magic
circle" sharing groups.
Creating a Peace Experience,
Peace
Park, Mary Joan
Plans for
organizing and lesson plans for a Peace Day Camp for Children
Creative Conflict Solving
for Kids: Grades 4-9
Schmidt, Fran and Friedman,
A
resource book to enable teachers to challenge students to deal creatively with
conflict by involving them in brainstorming, role playing, problem solving,
learning skills of communication, and critical thinking. It contains 40
reproducible worksheets which can be in corporation into social studies and
language arts.
Loescher, Elizabeth
An
excellent curriculum and activities for teaching conflict resolution skills to
middle school and junior high youth.
Conflict Management: A
Curriculum for Peacemaking
Loescher, Elizabeth
17
lessons for students in K-12 on effective communication skills for resolving
conflicts.
Creative Conflict Solving
for Kids - Grade 3 and 4
Schmidt, Fran and Friedman,
Activity
oriented curriculum for teaching children skills for dealing with conflict
creatively.
Creative Conflict
Resolution: More than 200 Activities for Keeping Peace in the Classroom, K-6
Kreidler, William
A
resource book for teaching children skills for conflict resolution and for
creating a more peaceful classroom, offering 14 reproducible worksheets and
over 200 activities and cooperative games.
Discovery Sessions
Pirtle, Sarah
A manual
for building cooperation and teaching conflict resolution skills in the
classroom.
Don'tPop Your
Moser, Adolph
An entertaining
picture book for children that describes the causes and effects of stress and
offers practical ways that children can deal with it.
Educatingfor Character
Lickona, Thomas
A guide
with numerous examples for teaching respect and responsibility in the
classroom.
Every Kid's Guide to
Handling Disagreements
Berry, Joy
A picture
book in cartoon form.
Fighting Fair Curriculum
Guide
Grace Cantrino Abrams Peace Education Foundation
A
curriculum and guide for setting up a peace school for children.
He Hit Me Back First!:
Creative Visualization Activities for Parenting and Teaching
Fugitt, Eva
A
handbook of activities to help children become self-motivated,self disciplined
and to build self-esteem.
HelpingKids Care
Condon, Camyand McGinnis, James
Twenty-five
harmony building activities for children relating to enemies, racial
differences, handicapped and the aged.
HelpingTeens Care
McGinnis, James
Stories
of families from diverse religious, ethnic and economic backgrounds suggestion
ways to help teenagers become compassionate, cooperative and concerned
individuals.
Hurt,The
Doleski, Teddi
When a
small boy is called a name he harbors the hurt and it grows. Finally when he
faces the problem the hurt shrinks away until it leaves.
I Want to Play
Crary, Elizabeth
A
children's problem-solving book about a child wanting to play with another
child, presenting many alternative ways of responding and the consequences of
each.
I Can't Wait
Crary, Elizabeth
A children's
problem-solving book, focused on the problem of waiting, presenting many
alternative ways of responding and the consequences of each.
I Want It
Crary, Elizabeth
A
children's problem-solving book focused on the problem of wanting what another
child has, presenting many alternative ways of responding and the consequences
of each.
I'm Mad
Crary, Elizabeth
An
interactive book to read with children to help them learn various ways to
constructively deal with their anger.
I'm Frustrated
Crary, Elizabeth
An
interactive children's book to read with children to help them learn various
ways to deal with frustration.
I'm Furious
Crary, Elizabeth
An
interactive children's book to help children explore positive ways to deal with
their anger.
It'sJust Peacemaking,
Workshop Manual for Adult Leaders of High School Youth
Stones, John; Quay, Jeff; and Stanley-Green, Della
Curriculum
for sessions on dealing with conflict, differences and militarism for High
School groups.
Keepingthe Peace, Practicing
Cooperation & Conflict with Preschoolers
Wichert, Susanne
A
collection of learning activities and a guide for planning and setting up a
classroom program for developing the child's skills in dealing with conflict.
KidsCan Cooperate, A
Practical Guide to Teaching Problem Solving
Crary, Elizabeth
A guide
for teaching children skills to solve conflicts themselves.
Let Peace Begin With Me
Kownacki, Mary Lou
Teachers
manual and students' book with six lessons for grades 4 - 8 on how to be a
peacemaker.
Living the Beatitudes: Bible
Studies for Junior High
A
curriculum guide for teaching junior high church groups about issues of justice
and peacemaking as referred to in the Beatitudes.
Living Without Violence:
Bible Studies for Junior High
Shearer, Jody Miller
A
curriculum guide for teaching junior high church youth about issues of personal
and societal violence.
Managing Conflict, A
Curriculum for Adolescents Book One
Copeland, Noreen Duffy
A
curriculum including activity suggestion for teaching teens to manage conflict
in positive ways.
Manual On Nonviolence and
Children, A
Judson, Stephanie
A
collection of activities and suggestions for building a cooperative atmosphere
and learning nonviolent conflict resolution, problem solving and decision
making.
My Nameis not Dummy
Crary, Elizabeth
Each book
focuses on a different social conflict and presents seven or eight alternatives
and the consequences of such responses.
Our Peaceful Classroom
Wolf, AlineD.
A picture
book, illustrated by children, showing activities of children in a Montessori
classroom to learn about peace and justice.
Peaceon the Playground,
Nonviolent Ways of Problem Solving
Lucas, Eileen
A picture
book summarizing concepts of nonviolent resolution of conflicts, with practical
tips and hands-on activities.
Peacemaking Skills for
Little Kids
Schmidt, Fram& Friedman, Alice
Curriculum
for learning cooperation, differences, feelings, feelings and conflict;
includes an "I-Care Rules" poster, "I-Care Cat" hand puppet
and audio tape.
Peacemaking for Little
Friends: Tips, Lessons & Resources
Park, Mary Joan
Twelve
lessons for children, plus suggestions for preventing conflict among children.
Problem Solving Workbook,
The
Zimmerman,
A guide for
teaching children a six-step problem-solving process using case examples by
putting them in the role of a detective.
Quarreling Book, The
Zolotow, Charlotte
A picture
book story about the escalation and de-escalation of conflict.
Resolving Conflict, Activities
for Children Ages 5 - 8
Copeland, Noreen Duffy &
Contains
13 activities for teaching conflict resolution as well as enhancing language
skills and social studies curricula.
Round Pegs, Square Pegs
Surface, Mary Hall
Small
Round and
Special Education and
Mediation Packet, Rationale for Starting a Program
NAME (National Association for Mediation in Education)
Publications
Articles
to assist special education teachers teach mediation and conflict management
skills
Teaching Children to Care:
management in the responsive classroom
Chamey, Ruth Sidney
Ideas and
examples of cooperative discipline and classroom management for the elementary
grades.
Teaching Conflict Resolution
Through Children's Literature
Kreidler, William J.
Activity
ideas for using children's literature in teaching conflict resolution.
They Loved Their Enemies,
True Stories of African Christians
Hostetler, Marion
A
collection of true stories of African Christians who faced conflict and
responded non-violently.
Thumbs Up! Teaching
Interdependence to Grades 3 and 4
Bessom, Linda
A
curriculum for helping children understand global inter dependence by
imaginative activities using their thumbs.
Understanding Me, Activity Sheets
for Building Life Skills and Self-Esteem in Secondary Students
Schilling, Dianne; and Dunne, Gerry
Activities
focusing on issues of communication, feelings, leadership, decision making,
goal setting, conflict management and justice.
Warning! Violence May be
Hazardous to your Health
An
activity guide for teaching violence prevention with children.
What to do with the Kid Who
Burke, Kay
A guide
for developing cooperation, self-discipline and responsibility in the
classroom.
What are My Alternatives to
Corporal Punishment?
Wayson, William
Contains
practical guidelines for developing and maintaining classroom discipline.
Why Noah Chose the Dove
Singer, Isaac Bashevis
A picture
book version of the Noah's
Young Peacemakers Project
Book
Fry-Miller, Kathleen and Myers-Walls, Judith
Imaginative
learning activities for pre-school and elementary grades on the themes of
caring for the environment, understanding people and making peace.
Anti-Racism and Multiculturalism
Being Fair and Being Free, A Human Relations Program for
the Secondary School
20 activity sheets for teaching about differences and
prejudice.
Book of Black Heroes, Vol. 2: Great Women in the Struggle
Igus, Toyomi
A collection of biographical sketches of African American
women who have overcome great challenges to make significant contributions.
Carla and Annie
Smith, Susan K.
Carla is
black; Annie is white. Prejudiced statements to Carla leads her mother to tell
her about African American heritage. This picture book story includes writing
exercises.
Celebrating Racial Diversity
McGinnis, Kathleen
A
curriculum for educating children about racial diversity, including component
for religious education.
Challenging Racism: Bible
Studies for Junior High
Shearer, Jody Miller
A
curriculum guide for teaching
Color Me Brown, Story
Coloring Book
Holmes, Lucille and Louis
Pictures
to color and short descriptions of the contributions to world history of 29
African Americans.
Koning, Hans
An
account of Christopher Columbus' life, purposes and the consequences of his
"discovery" for the native peoples of America, with an after word for
teachers by Bill Bigelow
ComeWith Us: Children Speak
for Themselves
The Women's Educational Press,
A
collection of children's writings and drawings from many countries expressing
their perceptions of racism, war, education, work and poverty.
Differences
Vaillant, Janet
A curriculum
guide on teaching about the differences between the
Discover the World,
Empowering Children to Value Themselves, Others and the Earth
A
handbook of ideas, activities and resources for empowering children to care
about themselves, others and the world.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.:
Seeds of Freedom
Folks, John M., editor
Two
curriculums for teaching about MLK Jr. using a variety of classroom activities in
language, arts, math, social studies, science and music.
Dreaming God's Dream: Family
Activities Guide
McGinnis, Kathleen
Contains
learning-based activities for celebrating the life and legacy of Martin Luther
King Jr., for the whole family.
Dreaming God's Dream: Study
Materials for Church, Home and School
Sehested, Ken, Ed.
Contains
learning-based activities and lesson plans for church groups, adaptable also to
secular classrooms.
Ending Racism in Public
Education
Lee, Charles, Ed.
A packet
of information and a study on the problem of racism in public education.
Filtering People,
Understanding and Confronting our Prejudices
Cole, Jim
Using
graphics and few words. Explores how our prejudices protect, isolate and
disrupt our relationships and offers ways to break through them.
Free at Last
The Southern Civil Rights Education Project
A history
of the Civil Rights Movement and those who died in the struggle. Many pictures.
Friendship, The
Mildred, Taylor D.
A
children's story set in the deep south in the 1930s that portrays how severely
the bonds of friendship can be tested against a backdrop of racism, peer
pressure and individual rights.
If You Lived at the Time of
Martin Luther King
Levine, Ellen
An
illustrated book answering the many questions children have about the civil
rights movement of the 50s and 60s.
Ku Klux Klan, A History of
Racism and Violence, The 4thedition
Bullard, Sara
A
pictorial history of the Klan and information about modern day white
supremacist organizations.
Many Thousand Gone, African
Americans from Slavery to Freedom
A history
of slavery in
Maria Teresa
Atkinson, Mary
A Latin-American
girl encounters discrimination in school and finds a creative way of handling
it.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Superintendent of Public Instruction,
A
resource guide for studying the life and work of MLK Jr. Includes songs and two
dramas, "What is a Friend?" and "The Decision: Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr."
McDonald's Salute to Black
Inventors
McDonald's Corp.,
Six
activity booklets about black inventors, in comic book style, for children.
Included are a teachers guide and a colorful poster.
OPQRS, Etc.
Miller, Madge
Drama of
a fable based on the fallacy that one color is superior to another. Involves
six or more characters.
Our Umbrella of Friendship
Klonsky, Ruth and Gelston, Elane
An
activity book for young children to celebrate diversity and prevent prejudice.
People Shall Continue, The
Ortiz, Simon
An
overview from the creation to the present day for younger children written in
the traditional oral narrative style.
Plays of Black Americans
Sylvia E. Kamerman
Ten dramatic
presentations for young people highlighting struggles and triumphs of black
American heroes.
Prejudice Book, The:
Activities for the Classroom
Shiman, David A.
37
interdisciplinary activities on specific issues such as perception and feelings
self and others, generalization and stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination.
Quincentennial Education
Packet, (K - 6 and 7 - 12)
The
Two curriculum
packets designed for teaching about issues surrounding the coming of
Rethinking Our Classrooms:
Teaching for Equity and Justice
Bigelow, Bill
A collection
of teachings, ideas and examples of ways teachers can promote values of
community, justice and equity.
Roots and Wings, Affirming
Cultures in Early Childhood Programs
York, Stacey
Over 60
hands-on activities and ideas for integrating cultural awareness among younger
children.
Seeds of Freedom
King, Dr, Martin Luther
Two
curriculums for teaching about MLKJr. using a variety of classroom activities.
Some how Tenderness Survives
Rochman, Hazel
Ten true
stories portraying what it feels like to grow up in al and where racism is the
law.
Songs from the Civil Rights
Movement
Compiled by Helen Horn
A packet
of song sheets.
Spinning Tales, Weaving
Hope, Stories of Peace, Justice and Environment
Brody, Ed,
A
collection of stories from around the world with accompanying exercises and a
chapter for education.
Story of the
Stein, R. Conrad
A
children's book telling the story of Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and
other workers who took part in the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Wagon Wheels
Brenner, Barbara
An
"I Can Read" book for children about an African American family
traveling west after the Civil War.
White Feather
Eitzen, Ruth
A true
story of a Quaker family living in
Wingman
Pinkwater, Donald
An
easy-reading story for children about a Chinese-American boy who responds to
discrimination by creating a fantasy character, Wingman, who leads him to
adventure.
Wonderful Worlds of
Difference
Anti-Defamation League of B'nai Brith
20
activity sheets for teaching about accepting differences in people.
Words Can Hurt You
Thompson, Barbara
49
activities for preschool - gr. 3 for anti-bias awareness education.
Citizenship Decision Making
LaRaus, Roger and Remy, Richard C.
A manual
with 25 lessons to help children develop decision-making skills.
Don'tBelieve Everything You
Read
Dahlstrohm, Harry
A
curriculum for developing critical thinking when reading the news and
advertisements.
Educating for Peace and
Justice, Vol. III, Religious Dimensions
McGinnis, James and Kathleen
A guide
for children about peace and justice from a religious perspective.
Election Game, The
Produced by the Elections Division Office of the
Massachusetts Secretary of State
A
classroom exercise for learning about the election process and voting.
Kids Guide to Social Action,
The
Lewis, Barbara A.
Accounts
of young people who take social action, fight crime, work to save the
environment and perform heroic acts.
Make a World of Difference,
Creative Activities for Global Learning
Friendship Press
A
collection of learning activities for all ages on Global interdependence,
hunger, peace and development issues using the arts, drama, cooking,
simulations and group learning activities. Also included are instructions for
setting up global education events and factual background information.
One World, One Earth,
Educating Children for Social Responsibility
Hammond, Merryland Collins, Rob
A book of
activities, ice breakers, songs and simulation games to help children explore
peace, environmental and social justice issues.
Peace Trek Family Coloring
Book
Schatz, Joel and Diane
A
reflection book designed to help people imagine a positive personal role in
building a peaceful society.
Peace Book, The
Benson, Bernard
A modern
fable about how one boy who said, "I want to live," sparked the imagination
and courage of the leaders and peoples of the world to establish world peace.
Peace Dividend Teaching
Strategy
Patterson, John
A
curriculum for studying the ending of the cold war and the possibility for a
peace dividend in units for various age groups.
Peace, Just Live it: A
Challenge to Youth for the 21stCentury
Neufeld, Christine
A
curriculum guide for teaching
The Power of the People,
Active Nonviolence in the
Cooney, Robert and Michalowski,Helen
A
pictorial history of nonviolence movements in the
Propaganda Kit, The
Stevens, Larry
Contains
two skills activity games, a15-page text, and 16 exercises to introduce 26
commonly used propaganda techniques.
Quality Schools: What
Motivates the Ants
Glasser, William
An
article suggesting a new method of managing schools that focus on quality.
Star Serve Service Kit
Kayne, CathrynBerger
A packet
of resources to help motivate youth to initiate and sustain community service
projects.
Taking Part, An Elementary
Curriculum
Lessons
in citizenship, democratic participation, decision making and empowerment.
Unreliable Sources, A Guide
to Detecting Bias in News Media
Lee, Martin A. and Solomon,
Explores
specific practices of the media that distorts the news, the media's complex
relationships with business and government, the impact of bias on foreign and
domestic issues, and describes how citizens can promote fair practices.
Violent Toy Turn-In Packet
Church of the Brethren GeneralOffices,
Resources
for helping a group plan and carry out a Violent Toy Turn-In.
We Can Do It! A Peace Book
for Kids of All Ages
Morrison, Dorothy
A
picture-booklet to help children deal with their fear of war and hopes for
peace, using an action suggestion for every letter of the alphabet.
Working for Amnesty
International
Civic, Melanie Ed.
A
handbook providing information about organizing an Amnesty International high
school group.
Begin to Care, Begin to Share
Foote,
A
curriculum for studying world hunger with younger elementary children.
Benjamin Brody's Backyard
Bag
Vos Wezeman,Phyllis and Wiessner, Colleen
A picture
book about a seven-year-old boy who, after meeting a homeless woman, begins to
explore what he could do to help.
ChildrenHungering for
Justice
Van Berkum,Carla and Gray, Karen St. Armour
Three
curriculum books for helping children explore issues of hunger and human
rights. Includes stories of children in the streets of
Children at Risk: Street
Children
Office on Global Education, ChurchWorld Service
A
curriculum guide for teaching about the problems of street children around the
world.
Dealing With the Debt
Davies, Wendy and Harrison, Don
A
curriculum packet for teaching children about the implications of a
"credit society" and about the consequences of international debt.
Economic Conversion Teachers
Kit
Center for Economic Conversion,
A packet
of resources for developing a teaching unit on economic conversion.
Economics for Change, Unit
3: Class Inequality
Maxwell, Judy, ed
An
activity focused curriculum for learning about class inequality.
Ending Hunger: An Idea whose
Time Has Come
The Hunger Project
A
resource book for the Ending Hunger Curriculum produced by the Minnesota Ending
Hunger Project. Colorful pictures and charts enhance the usefulness of this
resource.
Ending Hunger
The
An
elementary school curriculum guide.
Exploding the Hunger Myths:
A High School Curriculum
Williams, Sonia
Contains
25 activities that help students understand underlying causes of hunger and possible
solutions, including ideas of actions; can be adapted for Jr. High or Adults.
Food for Beginners
George, Susan and Paige, Nigel
Looks at
facts and myths of food production and evaluates aid programs; written in
semi-comic book form.
Food First Comics
Institute for Food and Development Policy,
Describes
the world hunger problem in comic book form.
Food First Curriculum
Laurie, Rubin
A
multi-disciplinary approach for youth to study our food system: the paths of
the food they eat, the roots of hunger here and abroad, and how they can act
locally and on a global level.
Housing and Homelessness: A
Teaching Guide
Housing Now,
A
curriculum resource book for teaching children about the homeless people, who
they are and why they are homeless.
Hunger Project Packet, The
The Hunger Project,
A packet
of curricular material and information about the Youth Ending Hunger project.
Hungeron Spaceship Earth,
Ciekot, Jerald
A
simulation game to understand the interdependence and the inequities present in
the world social and economic system.
Industrial Links
Development Education Centre,
A
curriculum for teaching youth about local employment issues and their
international links.
Learning to Care, Learning
to Share
Foote,
A
curriculum for studying world hunger with older elementary children.
The Power in Our Hands, A
Curriculum on the History of Work and Workers in the
Bigelow, William and Diamond,
Uses
simulation games and other activities to help students learn about the history
of work and labor organizing in the
Our Divided World
McKisson, Mici
A
curriculum about hunger, poverty and over population, integrating science,
language arts, social studies and creative problem solving .Learning activities
culminate with a "summit" where students seek solutions to the
problem and create action plans.
What We Consume, Teacher's
Handbook
Huckle, John
A
curriculum for exploring the connection between what we consume with the
economic problems around the world.
World in a Supermarket Bag,
The
Oxfam Education,
Children's
learning activities concerning the way our food links us to the rest of the
world.
World Now, The
Reed, Andrew and Pack, Raymond
A
curriculum on international cultures examining the in equality between
developed and developing nations and the ways individual nations and
international agencies are addressing the imbalance.
Brother Eagle, Sister Sky: A Message from Chief Seattle
Jeffers, Susan
A
beautifully illustrated picture book for children with text attributed by some
to Chief Seattle describing the sacredness of the Earth and all its creatures.
Come in Spaceship Earth:
Kids as Crew members
Schmidt, Fran and Friedman,
A
curriculum for exploring the interconnectedness of all life, with a spaceship
earth simulation and a short music video "Come in Planet Earth."
EarthDay 1990 Lesson Plan and
Home Survey
Sly, Carolie
Curriculum
guides for teaching ecological issues.
Endangered Species: Their
Struggle to Survive
McKisson, Mici
A
curriculum about the importance of and future of the Earth's rain forests, integrating
science, language, arts, social studies activities and creative problem
solving. Learning activities culminate with a "summit" where students
seek solutions to the problem and create action plans.
Kid Heroes of the
Environment
Dee, Catherine ed.
A
collection of stories of real children who have taken action to help solve
environmental problems.
Lessons in a Land Ethic
Laib, Gary J., Sr.
A
teacher's guide and Activity Workbook for helping children to care for the land
and wildlife.
Ocean Crisis, The
Campbell, Linda McRae, and Bruce and Mici McKisson
A
curriculum about the ocean crisis, integrating science, language arts, social
studies and creative problem solving. Learning activities culminate with a
"summit" where the students seek solutions to problems and create
action plans.
Our Troubled Skies
McKisson, Mici
A
curriculum about air pollution ,integrating science, language arts, social
studies and creative problem solving. Learning activities culminate with a
"summit" where students seek solutions to the problem and create
action plans.
Teaching Kids to Love the
Earth
Marina LacheckiHerman, et al
A guide
to facilitating 186 outdoor activities for children which foster caring for the
earth.
Family
and Personal Peacemaking
Family Peacemaking
Park, Mary Joan, and Park, Jerry
Curriculum
and resource guide for six 2 hour sessions with a group of families, adaptable
for an individual family or for groups of children.
Fighting Fair for Families
Schmidt, Fran and Friedman, Alise
A cartoon
style book that gives families tools for handling everyday conflicts. Includes
a poster.
Helping Families Care
McGinnis, James
A
collection of games, activities, and stories to foster caring and compassion on
an interpersonal, community, and global level among families and
intergenerational groups.
Parenting for Peace and
Justice Ten Years Later
McGinnis, Kathleen and James
An update
of the same book written in1981. Help sparents deal with issues of simplicity,
stewardship, nonviolence in the family and world, social action, prayer and
sex-role stereotyping.
StartingOut Right: Nurturing
Young Children As Peacemakers
McGinnis, Kathleen and Barbara Ochlberg
Offers
ways parents can help their children deal with issues of violence, consumerism,
racism, sexism and nationalism, giving stories and examples of activities for
doing this.
T.V.Interactive Toys: The
New High Tech Threat to Children
Tuchscherer, Pamela
Addresses
the effects of video games and television on children. Includes practical
suggestions of how to deal with them.
War Play Dilemma, The,
Balancing the Needs and Values in the Early Childhood Classroom
Carlsson-Paige,
Looking
at the role of war play in early childhood, asking if what, if anything should
educators do to minimize its harmful effects. These problems are examined from
both developmental and socio-political perspectives and considered in the
context of teacher-child and parent-child relationships.
International Issues and Other Cultures
Catherine A.Sunshine and Deborah Menkart. eds.
Resource
and activities for learning about
Changes in the Former
Choices for the 21st Century Series
Curriculum
guide for studying the current changes and US relations with former
Coming to Terms with Power:
Choices for the 21st Century Series
A 5 day
curriculum on the choices of international power the
Sara Damon
A
curriculum for understanding the people and culture of
Frucht, Richard and Elizabeth Talliot
A
bibliography and audio visual list on
Facing a Disintegrating
Alternative for Public Debate and Policy Development
Curriculum
guide for the classroom on recent changes in
Free to Choose: A Teachers
Guide to Revolution and Reform in
Chan, Adrian
A high
school curriculum for teaching about the
Global Approach to
Strickler, James
Contains
24 worksheet activities that teach U.S. History from comparative perspectives.
In the Shadow of the Cold
War
Malkasian, Mark
A
two-week curriculum exploring
Inside the Volcano, A
Curriculum on
Bigelow, William & Jeff Edmundson, ed's
14
activity oriented lessons about
Journeyof the Sparrows
Fran LeeperBuss
A young
girl from
La Historia de Cena/ The
Story of Cena
Vasquez, Ely Patricia
A picture
story of 12 year old Salvadoran girl as a refugee in the
Of Secret War and Roses
Sandoval, Dinorah
For high
school English or social studies classes. A moving fictionalized autobiography
of one young woman who fled
Peace Porridge Two:
Milne, Teddy
A sequel
to Peace Porridge One, this book serves as a guide for children to learn about
the
Rigoberta Menchu: The Prize
that Broke the Silence
Meredith Sommers
An
activity-based educational packet on the life of people in
Samantha Smith, Journey to
the
Smith, Arthur & Samantha Smith
Samantha
Smith's account of her experience visiting the
Secrecy and Democracy
Cohen, Steven
A
curriculum that looks at the ways covert action has been used by the
Strangers in Their Own
Country: A Curriculum Guide on
Bigelow, William
A six
week unit (16 lessons) for grades 7-12,uses varied activities: simulations,
films, fact sheets, writing exercises, etc. It includes plans for adapting it
to one, two or three week unit.
Struggle for Peace in
Choices for the 21st Century Series
A
curriculum guide for studying the
Teaching About
Catherine A. Sunshine and Deborah Menkart, eds.
An
introduction to
Town-World Links
Nash, Cathy
A packet of
curriculum materials for helping children explore the links between their
neighborhood and the rest of the world.
US Immigration Policy in an
Unsettled World
Choices for the 21st Century Series
A 5 day
curriculum in
We Are Neighbors: Stories
from the Children of
Perez, J. Isrealand Barbara Stanford
Stories
from children of
Wilfredo: The Story of a Boy
from
This
story is a personal narration in English and Spanish, using large print with
pictures, of a boy's life in
Butter
Suess, Dr.
A picture
book about the Yooks and the Zooks who develop more sophisticated weaponry to
outdo each other.
In the Sky Over
Stories
for children depicting what happened on the day of the bombing and in the years
that followed in easy to read style.
Is War Okay?
Milne, Teddy
A look at
war and why it has been considered OK for thousands of years, and what we can
do if it isn't OK now. Easy to read format.
Limits of War; National
Policy and World Conscience
Fogg, Richard W. ed
Guide for
social studies lessons on World War II, the war trials, and the decision to
drop nuclear bombs on
Nobody Wants a Nuclear War
Judith Vigna
Children's story: When a mother discovers that her small daughter and son have built a shelter to protect themselves from nuclear attack, she explains that grown-ups all over the world are working hard to ma