Wars that did not happen

When have wars been predicted but then did not happen? Why were they avoided?

OUTREACH & EMPOWERMENT

I want to develop outreach and empowerment strategies to support and accompany other educators.

Patriotism or Propaganda?

Most media work well at my school, especially film/video/online clips. I will use Chaplin's "Great Dictator", Kurasawa's Rashamon", and "Run Lola Run"
-Marsha

Making peace pragmatic to skeptics

Communicating the fierce power of love in order to make peace feel pragmatic to skeptics

Integrating peace, non-violence, communication, & Quaker process into school life

Civil Rights for 5th and 6th graders

Authentic Social Change Project

Looking for ideas on how to assess and evaluate a social change project (possibly working in groups) and on types of projects that will leave an impression (long term benefits) and is authentic.

White people working on racism

Focus: teens and adults learning to understand, counter, analyze, and work against racism

Service learning in English classes

I would like to develop a service learning component to my English classes.
-Barb

Nobel Peace Prize Winners: A peace walk through activism

Develop a unit in which students "walk" across continents, following Nobel Peace Prize winners, studying the history behind the conflicts and the peace work accomplished. I want to integrate core subjects (I teach humanities, science, and math, as well as physical fitness), "moving" from one peacemaker to the next by walking for a certain period of time...??

Mentor students to "know thyself"

Help students develop knowledge of self and inner peace.

How to infuse peace aspects in most subjects

How can peace be fun, colorful, and energizing?

Discipline without punishments or rewards

Read Alfie Kohn