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- Peacemakers
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Don't miss the companion page to this main
webpage for our 'peacemakers' project. At
Biographies
of Peacemakers, you will find lots
more websites providing information about the work and
accomplishments of a select group of
'Peacemakers.'
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- Easier - Peace is an
absence or freedom from fighting, war, or dispute. It
can also be a condition of calm, order, and good
feelings among people. A peacemaker is one who helps
to make peace or settle a dispute.
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- Harder - Peace is a
state of calm and quiet; it is a period of time that
is free of disturbance. In military and political
terms, peace means freedom from wars and riots. Peace
does not mean total harmony among people or the
absence of disagreements. Even in peacetime, people
take part in debates, lawsuits, sports contests, and
election campaigns.
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- Beginning in the Twentieth Century, there have
been attempts by groups of nations to assure lasting
peace. These peace efforts have involved diplomacy,
international organizations, arms control, collective
security, and improvement of international
communication and trade.
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- M.K.
Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence
- http://www.gandhiinstitute.org/
- The Institute's mission is to promote and apply
the principles of nonviolence locally, nationally, and
globally, to prevent violence and resolve personal and
public conflicts through research, education, and
programming.
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- Sadako Peace
Project from the World Peace Project for
Children
- http://www.sadako.org/
- This website promotes world peace by educating
children about global matters and helping to build
positive connections with children in other
cultures.
- Related Websites:
- 2) Cranes for Peace http://www.he.net/~sparker/cranes.html
- 3) PeaceJam http://peacejam.org:8001/
- 4) Sadako http://burn.ucsd.edu/sadako.htm
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- Seeds of
Peace
- http://www.seedsofpeace.org/
- This is is a nonprofit, nonpolitical organization
that helps teenagers from regions of conflict learn
the skills of making peace.
- Other Youth Peace Organizations:
- 2) Peace Corps Kids World http://www.peacecorps.gov/kids/difference/
- 3) Peacemaker Corps developed by U.S. Dept. of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and supported
by Simon Youth Foundation and Friends of the
United Nations
- http://www.fotun.org/peacemaker1.htm
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- Waging
Peace from Nuclear Age Peace
Foundation
- http://www.napf.org/
- This is a mega-site from an organization aimed at
eliminating nuclear weapons and teaching peaceful
conflict resolution.
- Related Websites:
- 2) Nonviolent Peaceforce http://www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org/
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- After visiting several of the
websites, continue your exploration by
completing one or more of the following
projects or activities:
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- Complete A Peacemaker WebQuest.
Follow or adapt the procedures found at
one of the following webQuest sites:
- 1) Cooperation and Conflict by B.
Jones http://bibralps.edwa.net.au/classes/2000/room13/peacequest.html
- 2) Middle East Peace WebQuest (Grade
7) http://www.kmsd.edu/ms/mewebqst.htm
- 3) Peace: Walk a Mile in His Shoes
(Grades 6-8) by E. Lindquist http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/staff/elindqui/webquests/
- 4) Peace and Understanding (Grades
9-12) by P. Hodges and E. Marion
- http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/esmarion/PeaceWQnf/webhome.html
- 5) Searching For Common Ground
WebQuest - The Middle East Peace Process:
Israel- Palestinians (Grades 8 and Above)
by by M. Greenberg
- http://www.jecc.org/edres/medtech/webquests/unquestintro.htm
- 6) Peace in the Middle East? http://www.sd81.k12.wa.us/Social/Webquests/religiousconflict/
- 7) Quest for Peace and Diplomacy
(Grades 6-12) by F. Sheikh
- http://www.angelfire.com/wy/peacequest/
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- Create A Picture of Peace.
Create a drawing that represents your
vision for peace. Afterwards, visit the
United Nations Exhibit: Pictures
of Peace.
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- Fold A Paper Peace Crane. You
can follow the directions and pictures
that you find at How
to Get the Paper Crane and Folding
Paper Cranes.
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- Write A Poem About Peace. You
can find lots of information about poetry
and writing poetry at another eduScapes
42eXplore project: Poetry
for Kids. Share your completed
poem(s).
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- Complete A Peace Poster.
Display a message of peace. Design and
create a peace poster. Exhibit your
finished poster sending out your own
personal message for peace.
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- What Are the Characteristics of a
Peacemaker? Examine several of the
websites found at Biographies
of Peacemakers. Also consider any
other persons that you view as being a
peacemaker. Identify their most important
characteristics.
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- Identify Your 'Top-ten'
Peacemakers. Many of the websites
identify persons that someone has judged
to be a peacemaker. You will probably find
some people that for one reason or
another, you do not personally agree.
Therefore, you should identify your own
top-ten peacemakers and explain why they
deserve such a title.
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- What are the Strategies for
Peacemaking? Identify the techniques
that can be used to settle a dispute. Put
together a multimedia presentation that
explains each process and provide some
examples of how they can be used in
everyday life.
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- Debate World Peace. Consider,
'Is World Peace Possible?' What factors
are involved? What needs to occur, and
what must be changed? Do you think that it
will ever happen?
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- Websites By Kids For Kids
- Peacemakers
of the World (1999 ThinkQuest Junior
Project)
- http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5886/
- This site is devoted to four historical
peacemakers: Abraham Lincoln, Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr., Princess Diana Spencer, and Mother Teresa.
- Related Websites:
- 2) A Wish For the World (2001 ThinkQuest
Junior Project)
- http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112242/
- 3) Peace (2001 ThinkQuest Junior Project)
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0111123/
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- Peace
Process 2001 (1997 ThinkQuest Internet
Challenge)
- http://library.thinkquest.org/11688/
- This site shows how lessons from the past affect
today's peace efforts, and what we can do to make the
future more peaceful. Included are biographies about
notable peacemakers, a list of 'hot spots' of modern
conflict, information about current peace
organizations, and many drawings, essays, quotations,
interviews, songs, and poems from today's and
tomorrow's peacemakers.
- Related Website:
- 2) Peace Process 2001-Rise to the Occasion (1996
ThinkQuest Internet Challenge)
- http://library.thinkquest.org/3078/
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- More Websites for Peacemakers
- Amnesty
International
- http://www.amnesty.org/
- This is the website of the worldwide campaigning
movement that works to promote all the human rights
enshrined in the 'Universal Declaration of Human
Rights' and other international standards.
- Related Websites:
- 2) Amnesty International Canada http://www.amnesty.ca/
- 3) Amnesty International USA http://www.amnesty-usa.org/
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- Global
Peace Service USA
- http://www.globalpeaceservices.org/
- Learn about a movement to create a professional
peace service by promoting education and
skills-training for men and women based on a
philosophy of active nonviolence.
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- Hague
Appeal for Peace
- http://www.haguepeace.org/
- The agenda of this organization centers on four
major strands of the Hague Appeal: (1) Root Causes of
War/Culture of Peace, (2) International Humanitarian
and Human Rights Law and Institutions, (3) Prevention,
Resolution and Transformation of Violent Conflict, and
(4) Disarmament and Human Security.
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- International
Decade for a Culture of Peace and
Nonviolence
- http://209.238.73.41/eng/index.htm
- The United Nations has declared 2001-10 the Decade
for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for Children of
the World. As part of the Decade, an Appeal for the
Children of the World has been signed by all the Nobel
Peace Prize Laureates.
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- National
Peace Corps
- http://www.peacecorps.gov/
- When John F. Kennedy became president in 1961, he
issued a call to service to Americans with these
words: "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask
what you can do for your country." He manifested this
vision by establishing the Peace Corps to promote
world peace and friendship.
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- National
Peace Corps Association
- http://www.rpcv.org/index.cfm
- This is and organization of returned Peace Corps
volunteers, staff, and friends who continue to work
for world peace, understanding, and well-being.
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- Peacewomen
from the Women's International League for Peace and
Freedom
- http://www.peacewomen.org/
- This site provides information and resources for
and about women activists working for peace at the
local, national, regional, sub-regional and
international levels.
- Related Website:
- 2) Women & Peace (Links Site) http://www.bessereweltlinks.de/english/book41i.htm
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- Psychology
for Peace Activists (Advanced level
materials) by D. Adams
- http://www.culture-of-peace.info/ppa/title-page.html
- This online text (2nd edition) outlines the global
movement to replace the culture of war with a culture
of peace.
- Related Websites:
- 2) Global Movement for a Culture of Peace and
Nonviolence from UNESCO
- http://www3.unesco.org/iycp/uk/uk_act.htm
- 3) Myth That War Is Intrinsic to Human Nature
Discourages Action for Peace by Young People by D.
Adams and S. Bosch http://www.culture-of-peace.info/myth/title-page.html
- 4) Respond to Terrorism by Being a Peacemaker by
S. Quick
- http://www.ca.uky.edu/fcs/terrorism/6.htm
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- United States
Institute of Peace
- http://www.usip.org/
- This is the website of an independent, nonpartisan
federal institution created and funded by Congress to
strengthen the nation's capacity to promote the
peaceful resolution of international conflict.
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- Quiet
Peacemakers
- http://www.softpower.org/peacemaker/
- Visit teachers from around the world who are
working with conflict.
- Related Website:
- 2) 1999 Global Youth Peace and Tolerance Awards
http://www.y2kyouth.org/Global/award02.html
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- Websites For Teachers
- Help
For 'They Won't Let Me Play With Them!' by W.
Kridler at Scholastic
- http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/classmgmt/playhelp.htm
- While there's no magic cure for the persistent
problems related to exclusion, there are ways to
address them with your students.
- Related Lesson Plans from Scholastic:
- 2) How to Teach Children About Living in a World
With Violence
- http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/todayschild/worldwithviolence.htm
- 3) Solving Sharing Issues
- http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/childdev/sharingissues.htm
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- International
Peace Day from The Learning Network
Inc.
- http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-4295.html
- Students use an online resource to learn about
International Peace Day, celebrated in Hiroshima every
August 6 to memorialize the children who died from the
bombing of Hiroshima on 8/6/45 and to promote world
peace. Then students write their own views about peace
and participate in the spirit of the annual event by
making paper cranes.
- Another Lesson Plan from The Learning Network,
Inc.:
- 2) What is a Peaceable Classroom?
- http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-2240.html
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- International
Peace Poster
- http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:SGHnCflpFHIC:www.amity.org/events/lesson.P
- DF+peace+lesson+plan&hl=en
- This lesson examines individuals, communities and
governments, who helped promote peace during difficult
times. Students create a poster about what they will
do to promote peace in our world.
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- One
World Mural Writing Ideas (Grades 4-8)
- http://www.tolerance.org/teach_tol/lessons/one_world_05.jsp
- The 'One World Mural' seeks to create an online
treasury of images and words, created by children of
all ages, that celebrates the themes of common
humanity, unity, peace, justice and equality.
- Related Lesson Plans:
- 2) Grades K-3 http://www.tolerance.org/teach_tol/lessons/one_world_04.jsp
- 3) Grades 9-12 http://www.tolerance.org/teach_tol/lessons/one_world_06.jsp
- One World Mural Project Art Ideas:
- 4) Grades K-3 http://www.tolerance.org/teach_tol/lessons/one_world_01.jsp
- 5) Grades 4-8 http://www.tolerance.org/teach_tol/lessons/one_world_02.jsp
- 6) Grades 9-12 http://www.tolerance.org/teach_tol/lessons/one_world_03.jsp
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- Peace
Begins With You (Grades 2-5) by G. Brown, L.L.
Reynolds, & L. Taylor from AskEric
- http://www.askeric.org/Virtual/Lessons/Interdisciplinary/INT0053.html
- Learners look at peace at home and compare it to
peace throughout the world.
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- Peace
Poem (Ages 3-adult) by R. Takemoto
- http://www.peacepoem.com/lesson.html
- Students write a poem inspired by their thoughts
on peace.
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- Peace
Talk by W. Day
- http://www.mecca.org/~graham/day/peacetalk/lesson.html
- Use this lesson to commemorate all those touched
by the tragedy of 11 September 2001 and to share a
vision for world peace.
- Related Website:
- Peace Talk http://www.mecca.org/~graham/day/peacetalk/
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- Peace
Tools for Teachers
- http://www.salsa.net/peace/teach/teachers.html
- This page provides some great resources for
teachers on the topic of peace.
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- Sadako
and The Thousand Cranes (Grade 7) by D. Gaulin
from SCORE
- http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/crane/cranetg.html
- Students will read the story Sadako and the
Thousand Cranes, and search for information about the
development and use of nuclear energy and the atom
bomb.
- Related Lesson Plans:
- 2) Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor
Coerr (Grade 4) by N.R. Knasiak
- http://www.eduplace.com/tview/tviews/s/sadakoandthethousandpaper.html
- 3) Sadako and the Thousand Cranes from
Connecting Students
- http://www.connectingstudents.com/literacy/sadako.htm#Lesson%20Plans
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- Rigoberta
Menchú Tum
- http://peacejam.org:8001/peacejam/tum/tum.html
- This site includes the curriculum plans from the
PeaceJam with Rigoberta Menchú Tum, held
in September 1996, at Regis University in
Denver, Colorado.
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- World
At Peace (Grades 2-6) from PBS America
Responds
- http://www.pbs.org/americaresponds/worldatpeace.html
- This is the site of a multimedia creative writing
assignment imagining a world at peace.
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