Clare

Posted on 7/17/09

More | Report Post

A brand new FREE digital education resource, recommended for
teachers of grades 6 – 12 in the US, has recently been
launched in association with Scholastic. In fact, the
organization responsible for the resource, Peace One Day,
recently toured schools in the north east and visited
Community Prep School, Providence and the event was a huge
success! The resource can be previewed at
http://content.yudu.com/A17q9f/podusaedresourceprev/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=

The free resource, created by UK non-profit organization,
Peace One Day, aims to advance active learning in the areas
of conflict resolution, global citizenship, human rights and
the link between sustainability and peace, using the UN
International Day of Peace 21 September as a focus.
The Resource provides 19 lesson plans and 26 classroom
activities for exploring issues of peace, nonviolence, and
the protection of the environment. The resources are linked
to the documentary film, The Day After Peace, directed by
POD founder, Jeremy Gilley. The film charts Jeremy’s journey
to establish the first annual day of global ceasefire and
nonviolence with a fixed calendar date; culminating with
Jude Law accompanying Jeremy Gilley to Afghanistan to
spearhead a massive vaccination against Polio on Peace Day,
thus proving that the day works, the day saves lives. In
April 8000 free copies of the film were delivered to schools
encompassing grades 6 – 12 in the six New England States.

Each lesson plan refers to National standards and fit well
within the frameworks of History/Social Studies, Civics and
Government Studies, English/Language Arts, Environmental
Science and more. To find out more about the educational
resource and show your students what young people can do to
make peace at school, in their community, and in the world
at large, please go to
http://www.scholastic.com/peaceoneday/ to view the webcast
that was held in New York. You can see some of USA
testimonials for the resource on the website
http://education.peaceoneday.org as well as register to
access the free resource.

Posts on this thread, including this one