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Books for Holiday Gift Giving
Rethinking Schools for Social Justice
Rethinking Schools provides materials for teaching social justice that all caring teachers should be familiar with.
Conflict Resolution Activity: Understanding Conflict
What is conflict? Before we can talk about resolving conflicts we need to define what we mean by conflict. Conflict Conflicts can take many forms. Sometimes only two people are involved. Other times, it may involve groups of nations and lead to war. Conflicts occur when: When people share different personal values. For example one […]
Martin Luther King’s Life & Writings
How many books by Martin Luther King, Jr. have you read? We talk about this great man and quote his words all the time, but to see deep inside him we need to read his books. The following three books are wonderful reading for high students and adults. Strength To Love by Martin Luther King, Jr. […]
The Golden Rule: Treating Our Neighbor As Well As Ourselves
Tomorrow people in the United States will be voting. The outcome of the election is unknown. But what is known is that, no matter which candidate wins whether they are are running for mayor, judgeship, senator, or president, there is one thing they need to do, and what we need to do every moment, every […]
I Got to Know – A Guthrie Song that Says It All
American songwriter, Woody Guthrie, was born in 1912 in Oklahoma. His songs documented the trials of the dust bowl years and the depression, the labor movement and the anti-war movement. His most well-known song is This Land is Your Land has been sung by millions. However, the following song I Got To Know deserve as much recognition. […]
Poems & Quotes for Peace Lesson Plan: Let’s talk peace!
Poems & Quotes for Peace Lesson Plan This lesson is based on a contribution by Christine Pescatore Objective: To develop an understanding of peace and social injustice through the reading and discussion of poems and quotes. Grade Level: Elementary, Middle School and High School Procedure: Share these selection of poems focusing on peace and justice with your students […]
Empathy & the Politics of Tenderness
It is almost impossible to grow up. Most people just get older — Maya Angelou An essay by Tim Wolcott Empathy can be crushed Rancor for the ‘other’ has long been an effective tool of the Right to mobilize supporters. In their plans, empathy is to be avoided at all costs. Many adults, harboring unresolved anger and mistrust, […]
Muhammad Ali: A Man of Peace
Designated by the United Nations in 1998 as a UN Messenger for Peace, Muhammad Ali (1942-2016) is best remembered in his passing as a man dedicated to justice. Six themes guided his life: respect, confidence, conviction, dedication, giving and spirituality. Combined they produced a man who wasn’t afraid to stand up for what he believed in […]
7 Ways to Weave Peace Education into Any Curriculum at Any Grade Level
9 Ways to Weave Peace Education into Any Curriculum at Any Grade Level 1 Reading/ELA: Select read-aloud and reading assignment books that introduce students to people who look different and live differently than they do. Find suggested books here: TPNBooks 2 Classroom Discipline: Practice conflict resolution methods and use them to solve issues that arise in the […]
Nonviolent Resistance: Twice as Effective as War
Post by Tim Wolcott I financially support and post pieces on independent media, because I believe mainstream media is part of how militarism remains entrenched in our society. So when I learned from a recent presentation by Kevin Martin, President of Peace Action National, that The Washington Post published January 18, 2016 an article by […]
Teach Peace Now Books for African American History Month: Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky
Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky by Faith Ringgold has been around a long time. It was first published in 1991 and won the Caldecott Award for its illustrations in 1992. Born a slave, Harriet Tubman escaped to freedom in 1847. That would have been heroic enough for anyone. But Harriet Tubman did not […]
