AUGUST 31 – WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS
What we will discuss:
- 7 Pillars of Peace Education
- Our goals and motivations
- Community agreements
- Edutopia.org – Howard Gardner on Multiple Intelligence Theory. (Video)
- Edutopia.org – Multiple Intelligences Leave No Child Behind. (Video)
What we will do:
- Multiple Intelligence Quiz
- Quiz option 1 (literacyworks.org)
- Quiz option 2 (Birmingham Grid for Learning)
- Quiz option 3 (Edutopia.org)
- Quiz option 4 (printable)
- Multiple Intelligence Community Learning Graph
- Classmate interviews and introductions
- Circle process
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SEPTEMBER 7 – PEACE EDUCATION HISTORY AND CORE PRINCIPLES
What we will discuss:
- Reardon, Betty. Peace Education: A Review and Projection.
- Harris, Ian & Morrison, Mary Lee. Peace Education (Chapter 1).
What we will do:
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SEPTEMBER 14 – PEACE EDUCATION AND RIGHT RELATIONSHIPS
What we will discuss:
- National Peace Academy’s Framework.
- The Earth Charter.
- Eisler, Riane. Education for a Culture of Peace (pp. 11-41).
- Freire, Paulo. Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Chapter 2).
What we will do:
- Individual journaling / Free write
- Group poetry creation
- Buddy check-ins
- Circle process
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SEPTEMBER 21 – REFLECTIVE LISTENING
What we will discuss:
- Katz, Neil. Reflective Listening.
- Rosenberg, Marshall. Nonviolent Communication.
- Treasure, Julian. 5 Ways to Listen Better. (Video)
What we will do:
- Listening Styles (survivor)
- Inside/outside circle (elicitive questions)
- Personal journaling
- Circle process
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SEPTEMBER 28 – EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
What we will discuss:
- Dalai Lama. The Art of Happiness.
- Goleman, Daniel. Emotional Intelligence (Chapter 16).
- Goleman, Daniel. What Are Emotions For?
- Seligman, Martin. Positive Psychology. (Video)
What we will do:
- Big wind blows – stories of conflict + emotional vocabulary
- Check-ins
- Script writing
- Circle process
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OCTOBER 5 – CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND PEER MEDIATION
What we will discuss:
- Lantieri, Linda & Patti, Janet. Waging Peace in Our Schools (Chapter 3).
- Rosenberg, Marshall. Nonviolent Communication.
What we will do:
- Buddy check-ins
- Peer mediation role play
- Circle process
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OCTOBER 12 – ANTI-BULLYING
What we will discuss:
- It Gets Better Campaign.
- Huffington Post. Bullying Victims See Lower GPAs, Particularly High Achieving Blacks And Latinos, Study Shows.
What we will do:
- Monica Shah’s exercises
- Bullying, teasing, etc.
- Circle process
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OCTOBER 19 – HISTORY CONSTRUCTION AND NONVIOLENCE
What we will discuss:
- Dalai Lama. Nonviolence in the New Century: The Way Forward. (video)
- McCarthy, Colman. All of One Peace (Chapter 1).
- Schock, Kurt. Unarmed Insurrections.
- Semelin, Jacques. Nonviolence Explained to My Children.
- Michael True. American Tradition of Nonviolence. (video)
- Small Acts of Resistance (Chapter xx).
What we will do:
- Conflict Taboo
- History Timeline Creation
- Pillars of support + methods of nonviolent action
- Circle process
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OCTOBER 26 – ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
What we will discuss:
- Carbon footprint calculator. (website)
- The Story of Stuff. (video)
- Bajaj, Monisha & Chiu, Belinda. Education for Sustainable Development as Peace Education.
What we will do:
- Outdoor environmental games
- Circle process
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NOVEMBER 2 – HUMAN RIGHTS
What we will discuss:
- Boal, Augusto. Games for Actors and Non Actors.
- Augusto Boal in Belfast. (video)
- The Story of Human Rights. (video)
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
What we will do:
- PTO exercises
- Human sculpture
- Power chairs
- Circle process
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NOVEMBER 9 – Lesson Planning Intro + Film Screening
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NOVEMBER 16 – Lesson Plan Presentations
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NOVEMBER 23 – No Class / Thanksgiving Break
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NOVEMBER 30 – Lesson Plan Presentations
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DECEMBER 7 – END OF CLASS CELEBRATION
What we will do:
- Potluck for Peace
- Mix CD Reveal
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