Annotated Peace Resource List

Designed for 6 sessions, this DVD has 24 segments that look at peace with God; in the community, nation, earth, relationships; the role of service; peace between cultures; where to draw the line on conscience; and related public policies. The website and study guide supply study questions, activities, and way to put beliefs into actions. In one segment, Calling for Peace, two women with vastly different opinions and on different sides of the Iraq war conflict begin to see each other as friends even though they don't agree. Youth are challenged to brainstorm solutions for conflicts they've experienced. Website: www.PeaceDVD.com

Peace Education Foundation, 1900 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL 33132-1025. (800) 749-8838; www.PeaceEducation.com
The Peace Education Foundation was founded in 1980 to continue the work of Grace Contrino Abrams, pioneer in peace education and conflict resolution. Offers violence prevention training institutes and on-site training. Includes bus drivers’ training and peer mediation training.

"Our mission is to empower teachers, children and families with the values and skills necessary to create a culture of peace." Includes curriculum and resources for Kindergarten through teenage years.

"The comprehensive approach nurtures peace within the self, relationships, society, and the planet. The essence of Peace Quest is the learning through discovery, encountering life as a journey with purpose. Over 100 intergenerational, experiential lessons are beautifully llustrated with this remarkable resource. It is an essential text for everyone who wants to practice the positive life skills of being a peacemaker. "

Ten engaging sessions explore topics such as peace in the Bible, family violence, racism, criminal justice and reconciliation, gender relations, conscientious objection, and more. Includes step-by-step teaching plans and reproducible student sheets. Highly recommended.

"A Place at the Table" tells the story of our nation's struggle to ensure liberty and justice for all. One element sets the video apart from most historical documentaries: It is narrated entirely by young people. The book component explores this history in greater depth, while the teachers' guide provides 13 detailed lesson plans for use in the middle and upper grades. The kit includes the video, the 144-page text, and a teacher’s guide.

Curriculum Kits available free at: www.tolerance.org/teach/expand/res/index.jsp

Ass’n for Conflict Resolution. Online power point presentation gives research findings, available on the ACR
site: www.acresolution.org/research.nsf/key/CRE-jones-research

The Guidelines outline how elementary and secondary school teachers, administrators, conflict resolution education practitioners, and policy makers can measure progress toward effective conflict resolution education programs. By addressing core goals, components, content and qualities of effective school-based conflict resolution education programs, these Guidelines are intended to also help leaders to make decisions about the resources and strategies needed to support such educational programs in their schools. Available online at the ACR site:
www.acresolution.org/research.nsf/articles/CE6B4C41BEBF14FD85256C1C00657E9B

The "Shadow of Hate" chronicles episodes of intolerance throughout U.S. history — from the plights of Quakers in colonial New England to the 1991 riots in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, N.Y. The kit includes the video “Shadow of Hate”, the text "Us and Them", and a teacher's guide.

Curriculum Kits available free at: www.tolerance.org/teach/expand/res/index.jsp

4093 Specialty Place, Longmont, CA 80504, (303) 651-2829; webmaster@sopriswest.com; www.sopriswest.com
Since 1980 has been using research to provide "best practice" resources, information on current educational issues, and resources on reaching students who are "tough to teach." Offers various training formats.

This manual provides the step-by-step methods and means for implementing a Conflict Manager program in elementary, middle or high schools. Includes implementation steps, information for training teachers and staff and outreach materials for parents. One manual recommended per school.

This workshop takes students through the conflict resolution process. Accompanying handouts and individualized and group activities provide hands-on practice in the vocabulary, skills, and steps involved.
Teaches good communication; identifying issues, feelings, and needs; brainstorming for solutions; and compromise and negotiation. After each section, handouts provide practice in the specific skill or problem presented, enabling students to grow familiar with the techniques and gain in their ability to solve conflicts.
Program's flexibility allows you to complete the workshop in a few class sessions or over an entire semester. Comes with master copies of the handouts, suggestions for using the workshop, and an extensive bibliography and resource list. Includes 19 reproducible student handouts.

Provides needed information for step-by-step designing, implementing, and operating a program. Includes worksheets, forms, and background lessons on conflict resolution.

101 Castleton Street, Pleasantville, NY 10570, (800) 321-7511 www.sunburst.com K-12 educational software and online teacher resources

Each grade (9-12) has seven 45-minute lessons to prepare students to resolve conflict through negotiation while focusing on different areas of conflict: conflict in the world, conflict in the workplace, choosing to be responsible, and staying in control of yourself. (Avail. through Mediation Network of NC. To order more than 3 copies please contact The Mediation Center, 189 College St, Asheville, NC 28801-3030, 704/251-6089.)

This DVD includes 33 sessions in 7 units: Peacemaking, Imagination, Allegiance, Security, Terrorism, Camouflage and Nonviolence. Sessions include Bible studies, role plays, personal stories, images, video clips, dramas, handouts, background reading, etc.

This complete training manual outlines a 15-hour training for preparing high school students as Conflict Managers. Agendas and training activities are provided. A 15-hour training program is recommended, as is one manual for every adult who will be training or working with the Conflict Managers. www.communityboards.org/publications_three.html

Various authors-- Duane Friesen, Helmut Harder, James Longacre, Hubert Brown and others--write on experiences relating to the Persian Gulf War. Topics addressed include: pacifism and patriotism, Anabaptist beliefs in current war Situations, wars global and economic affects, nuclear war, the role of the mass media, pacifists in the workplace, youth and children during war, dehumanization of the "enemy." Includes discussion questions for each chapter.

Regardless of the skin we are in, we are daily influenced and shaped by the forces of racism. Our Christian commitment calls us to seek justice where there is only injustice, to bring hope where there is only despair, and to speak truth where there are only lies of racism. Although thousands of years old, Ecclesiastes, Job, and Proverbs raise questions and point to answers that arerelevant to the youth of today. A comparison between biblical wisdom and contemporary wisdom of the streets will provide multiple opportunities for discussion.This teacher’s guide comes with reproducible student sheets.