~ Are You Anti-War? Are Your Children? ~ Today, only one percent of the news we see on television or read about in our newspapers covers the wars that are raging around the world. As a result, in the United States, we have a generation of children who rarely have their lives touched by the […]
~ How Are You Celebrating Mother’s Day? ~ Mother’s Day was never intended to be a commercial holiday with cards and flowers and candies. The original women who organized Mother’s Days or Clubs did so with a sense of purpose. Juliet Ward Howe – Mother’s Day: A Day for Peace Julia Ward Howe wanted it […]
In a world where bombs are dropping on the innocent, where armies clash for fruitless reasons, and where world leaders vie to make the world crueler, let us take a moment to consider what truly creates peace.
~ PINWHEELS FOR PEACE ~ Pinwheels for Peace was started by two retired art teachers. Today thousands of children make pinwheels and plant them in a peace sign on International Peace Day on September 21. Learn more here. Students of all ages decorate a pinwheel pattern with peaceful scenes and then work together to create the […]
~ Peacemaker Biographies ~ A Teach Peace Now Lesson Plan Grade 3 and up Objective To learn that many people have had the courage to stand up for what they believe and make change in the world. Procedure: Ask students to name people they know of who have contributed to making the world a more […]
~ The Peace Book ~ by Todd Parr A Teach Peace Now book review Looking for a book about peace for toddlers to primary age children for International Peace day? This simple, colorful book might be just what you need. Published in 2004, Parr’s boldly illustrated book has been around a long time. It is […]
~Atomic War Still Threatens ~ On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan, followed four days later by another dropped on Nagasaki. Over 100,000 people died instantly. Over the years. many, many more died of radioactive poisoning and birth defects. Witnessing this destruction and horror, one […]
*Peace Education Lesson Plan by Barbara Lake* Purpose To instill in students the concept of peace and how we can achieve it. Early Kindergarten, Special Education, and Kindergarten Introduction. Hold up your fingers in the V sign for peace and ask children if they know what it means. Clue them if they do not. Then […]
What Does Peace Feel Like to You? The United Nations has defined war as any conflict in which there are more than 1000 battlefield dead. It is estimated that currently there are eleven wars going on around the world and many, many more “conflicts.” However, as the following quote tells us, war is not limited […]
What is International Peace Day? The International Day of Peace, or as it is often titled, World Peace Day occurs on September 21st every year. This day is officially dedicated to world peace, and the elimination of war and violence. The day was established in 1981 by the United Nations as a way to bring world attention […]
How do we develop more empathy? What does it look like? by Tim Wolcott Develop Empathy through Trust Empathy is grounded in mutual trust. James Baldwin called for faith in the “evidence of things not seen”. He believed we should live life with the assumption that a sense of decency might yet live in the […]
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Teach Peace Now Hero
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