Celebrating Peace

www.celebratingpeace.com

For children and for teachers: online game, art gallery, traveling children's museum, peacemaker club, coloring pages, kindness campaign, books for peace, instructional resources, childrenÕs peace festival.

Children's P.E.A.C.E. (Peace Education and Community Enrichment) Center

www.childrenspeacecenter.org

"The Children's PEACE Center is a fun, interactive, hands-on museum for children in Elementary grades K-5th, but also provides an exciting learning experience for all ages.  It's a challenging place of discovery, as well as a resource center for families, parents, teachers, and anyone interested in making a positive impact on our world for peace."

www.ericwolf.org/w-peace.html

"These stories enable us to journey together and discover the principles of peace. They point to a road to be traveled, not a destination. Tales of peace remind us that seeking harmony is a life-long journey that is rich in the rewards of the heart. I have facilitated over twenty-five workshops for the Alternative to Violence Program in maximum-security prisons around New York State. I have a rich history of experience to draw from in leading workshops on peace and nonviolence. I have many years experience teaching peace to children."

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Head Start Bibliography on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution

http://www.headstartinfo.org/infocenter/cm_tkit.htm

See Annotated Bibliography of Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution in the Classroom (includes items appropriate for families) as well as links to conflict management resources for adults.

The Lion and the Lamb Project

www.lionlamb.org/

Aim - to stop merchandising of violence, especially to children. See "Parent Action Kit," which provides parents with information to help them better understand the effects of "entertainment" violence on children's behavior. "We offer workshops for parents and educators and a workshop leader's seminar in order to train people interested in offering these workshops in their communities. We also sponsor Violent Toy Trade-Ins throughout the country. We have written a simple how-to manual, Toys for Peace, to help groups organize such events.  We testify before Congress about the need to stop the marketing of violence to children. We hold an annual press conference every November highlighting the year's Dirty Dozen violent toys and the Top Twenty creative nonviolent toys."

Media Awareness Network

http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/index.cfm

Canadian organization dedicated to media and information literacy for young people Ðincludes resources for parents and for schools.

http://www.mediafamily.org/

National Institute on Media and the Family. They help families and educators to maximize the benefits and minimize the harm of mass media on children through research, education and advocacy.

http://www.safeyouth.org/scripts/index.asp

Resources for professionals, parents and youth working to prevent violence committed by and against young people. Get information about youth violence prevention materials tailored to a variety of audiences. Formats include fact sheets, reports, bulletins, brochures, pamphlets, manuals, training guides, webcasts, PowerPoint slides, and video clips. Links to technical assistance organizations, curricula, best practices research, and skill-building toolkits for communities.

http://www.iyp.oxfam.org/

The Oxfam International Youth Parliament (Oxfam IYP) supports a network of young leaders in 150 countries to work for positive and lasting change in their communities.
"Youth building an equitable, sustainable and peaceful world"

http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/parentsguide.html

Peace Corps - Kids World

http://www.peacecorps.gov/kids/

Resources to teach children about other cultures and inspire them to make a difference.

Program for Young Negotiators

http://www.sera.com/index.php?section=programs&option=programs&page=pyn_index

"Program for Young Negotiators (PYN) founded in 1993, is one of the most promising and comprehensive efforts in the nation, to reduce the use of violence among students. PYN is a school-based, skill building, youth empowerment program created to teach essential skills needed by all students and to address the growing problem of violence in schools. The curriculum, Young Negotiators, based on Roger Fisher's international bestseller "Getting to YES: Negotiating Agreements Without Giving In", teaches effective conflict resolution skills to middle-school-aged children."