Teaching Peace

Resources and links for teachers about resolving conflict

Mapping Balkans War and Peace - interactive

Earth Sciences Web Team Courtesy of NASA

New Horizons for Learning
Multicultural Children's Literature: Creating and Applying an Evaluation Tool in Response to the Needs of Urban Educators by Jennifer Johnson Higgins

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Albert Einstein's Legacy of Peace
Albert Einstein’s political activism began during World War I. After the war, he participated in the League of Nations (the predecessor to the United Nations) and in other disarmament groups. He soon became a leader and advocate for pacifism and non-violent conflict resolution. In December 1932, Einstein accepted an offer of a post at Princeton University and left Germany for the United States. The following month the Nazis came to power in Germany and Einstein was never to return there.

Holocaust teacher resource center
This Holocaust Teacher Resource Center (TRC) web site, is dedicated to the memory of the six million Jewish people slaughtered during the Holocaust and the millions other people slaughtered during the Nazi era. It strives to combat prejudice and bigotry by transforming the horrors of the Holocaust into positive lessons to help make this a better and safer world for everybody. This site is sponsored by the Holocaust Education Foundation, Inc.

PBS teachers .. thematic teaching - studying genocide
PBS helps you and your students examine genocides of the the last 100 years, with activity ideas and online and print resources.

US Institute of Peace reports
The United States Institute of Peace is an independent, nonpartisan, national institution established and funded by Congress. Its goals are to help prevent and resolve violent conflicts, promote post-conflict stability and development, and increase peacebuilding capacity, tools, and intellectual capital worldwide. The Institute does this by empowering others with knowledge, skills, and resources, as well as by directly engaging in peace building efforts around the globe.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; workshops, material, contests
Learning about the history of the Holocaust encourages you to reflect upon moral and ethical questions and upon your responsibilities as citizens of a democracy. Studying the history of the Holocaust can help you understand the effects of prejudice, racism, and stereotyping in any society while raising questions of fairness, justice, individual identity, peer pressure, conformity, indifference, and obedience. The Museum and its resources can enhance understanding of the Holocaust and related issues, including contemporary examples of genocide

Cezar E. Chavez Foundation resources, youth action, speakers bureau
Service-learning Resources and Tools: The Chavez service-learning resource guides are aimed at engaging K-12 youth in high-quality service-learning programs based on Cesar’s ten core values by providing a step-by-step project module while allowing for individual creativity.

M K Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence
The M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence was founded in 1991 by the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, Arun Gandhi, and his wife, Sunanda. The Gandhis provided seed money for the Institute through the sale of Gandhiji’s letters to his son and daughter-in-law (Arun’s parents), Manilal and Sushila. Sustaining funds come from contributions, publications, program fees, and grants. The Institute is hosted by Christian Brothers University, which graciously provides an office for our work on nonviolence.

Laura L Findley, How can I teach peace when the book only covers war?
OJPCR: The Online Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution is a resource for students, teachers and practitioners in fields relating to the reduction and elimination of destructive conflict. It is a free, yet valuable, source of information to aid anyone trying to work toward a less violent and more cooperative world.