Annotated Peace Resource List

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Simple Gifts
Raschka, Chris
1998 Ages: 4-7
ISBN: 0805068171
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Words with bright illustrations to the Shaker tune. .

Steps Along the Way: Living as Peacemakers in a Violent World
Arnow, Jan and Arch Taylor
2003 55 p. Ages: 18-Adult

This resource comes from the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program, with 8 sessions on various aspects of peacemaking: peace in the family, bullying, poverty, justice without vengeance, hate crime, war, and consumption. Each session has a one-page theological reflection, a "think piece," and suggested activities for a one-hour format. Sessions each include ample lists of other books and websites.

The Table Where Rich People Sit
Baylor, Byrd
1994 32 p. Ages: 8-Adult
ISBN: 0689820089
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Mountain Girl knows her family doesn't have enough money, so why do they think they're rich? A good family read-aloud. .

Thermostat
Mennonite Central Committee
2004 Ages: 13-18

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.

Treasury of Celebrations: Create Celebrations that Reflect Your Values and Don't Cost the Earth
Pogue, Carolyn, comp
1997 288 p. Ages: 18-Adult

Realistic ideas for bringing the soul back into family celebrations, national holidays, and other like occasions, making the necessary rites of passage more meaningful than expensive. Includes information about New Year's Day, Valentine's Day, Purim, Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving, birthdays, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, graduations, weddings and other days. The ideas in the book are useful enough to be applicable to a wider range of days than those listed.

Treasury of Celebrations: Create Celebrations that Reflect Your Values and Don’t Cost the Earth
Pogue, Carolyn
1997 288 p
ISBN: 1551450887
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Ideas for celebrating in more fulfilling, just, and joyful ways. Addresses weddings, birthdays, funerals, Christmas, Hanukkah, and many other holidays and rites of passage.

Unplug the Christmas Machine. Rev. ed.
Robinson, Jo, and Jean Coppock Staeheli.
1991 207 p. Ages: 18-Adult
ISBN: 0688109616
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This book continues to offer timely and essential help to anyone wishing to slow down and re-focus the holiday season. The authors speak to questions such as: "How can I reduce the stress of preparing for Christmas?" "How can I make our celebration more spiritual and less materialistic?" and "How can I help my children see that Christmas is more than just presents?"

Wisdom for Living: Racism/Wise or Foolish Living
Shearer, Tobin Miller
Ages: 18-Adult

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.

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