The Peace Games Fact Sheet

  • A simple, one-page explanation for when someone asks you, "Tell me more about Peace Games."  Download it here. 

 

Human Bingo

  • An excellent "get-to-know-you" game that can be used with anyone from second graders to adults.  Create your own Bingo Sheet or use this sample from the Peace Games Curriculum.

 

Peacemaker Projects are Back!

In the second part of the year, students have the chance to put their peacemaking skills to work by creating change in their communites through their Peacemaker Projects. Here are all the resouces that you'll need to be successful:

  • Use these talking pointsas an overview of the what and why of Peacemaker Projects and this Curriculum Guideserves as the how.
  •  The Peacemaker Project curriculum has four introductory lessons that help students identify a problem in their community and develop a solution. Once they have chosen a project, Peace Games teachers should use this planning grid to complete the project.
  • In lesson one students answer the question, "Who is a peacemaker?" One way they may answer this question is through using Peacemaker Profiles, portraits of young people who have been leaders and peacemakers such as Craig Kielburger, Louis D. Brown, MacKenzie Snyder and Mayerly Sanchez(en español).
  • Books are a great way to introduce complex concepts such as social change. Use the community changebibliography as you choose your project, while the gardening projectand homelessness projectbibliographies help to explain specific concepts once the topic has been chosen.
  • To see a completed project, check out these samples from second grade and fourth grade.  To see a list of past projects, click here.

 

Social Emotional Bibliographies

  • Brianna Jordon, an intern from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, spent this year working at the Cambridgeport (MA) School.  As part of her work, she wrote and compiled a comprehensive SEL bibliography of children's literature dealing with a range of topics - from adoption to bullying to understanding differences.  Many thanks to her for sharing it with us!
  • Check out Peace Games bibliographies, organized by theme and designed to supplement our K-8 curriculum.
  • There is a tremendous wealth of movies and documentaries that can supplement any unit on courage, taking a stand, friendship, inclusion, civic participation, or any of a host of peacemaking skills.  This list, adapted from a group at Loyola University in New Orleans, will add a new dimension to any curriculum unit.