Resources for Teachers
This section of the site is focused on providing practical information and resources that teachers, teachers-in-training and teachers-of-teachers will find useful. Review the sidebar to the right for the categories of content we expect to provide good coverage of.
We are still building and preparing our collection, so please be sure to stop by again soon to see what’s new.
Related Resources
Below you'll find a randomized listing of up to 20 related items (we may have more...) drawn from our Resource Catalog.
| Resource Title | Description | Links |
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| Bullying behavior chart | Pdf document in table form which outlines three types of bullying, (physical, emotional and social), as well as levels of severity, with behaviors in each section, adapted from, "New Jersey cares about bullying." | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Building effective peer mentoring programs in schools: An introductory guide | 54-page PDF guide which, "provides a framework for designing a peer mentoring program, where older youth (typically high school students) mentor younger students (elementary or middle school) in a school setting. The guide incorporates the latest research on peer mentoring, and provides solutions to the common challenges faced in implementing a...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Preparation of pre-service teachers for a culture of dignity and peace, The | 38-page PDF article which argues the necessity of peace education for future teachers. Abstract: This paper argues that since schools are considered spaces for critical transformation and teachers play a vital role in creating conditions where students can become loving, caring members of society, peace education should be made explicit in...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Pennies for peace toolkit materials | Website presented by "Pennies for Peace is a program of Central Asia Institute (CAI), founded by Greg Mortenson - author of the #1 New York Times best seller, Three Cups of Tea. The heart of the Pennies for Peace program is the penny raising campaign. The campaigns raise money to build schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan, but they also serve a...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Briefing paper for trainee teachers of citizenship education: Managing conflict between individuals | 9-page pdf paper "written specifically for trainee teachers of citizenship education, it is one of a series of papers that explores the theme of “conflict”; this one specifically addressing the issues relating to “resolving conflict between individuals,” the paper aims to help the reader learn more about conflict and to identify the...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Role of conflict/conflict resolution in anti-racism education curriculum | Essay which "examine[s] the role of conflict and conflict resolution in antiracism education curriculum in school settings, the role of explicit antiracist curriculum in facilitating questioning, talk back, rethinking, positive conflict, and re-evaluating, are important conditions in teaching for equity and social justice, the impact of how the...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Teaching conflict and conflict resolution in school: (Extra-) curricular considerations | Report that explored "the school factors that influence young people's developing understandings of war, conflict, and peace ... as children grow, they develop understandings about interpersonal and social conflict, about procedures for handling it, and about the violence and war that may emerge when conflicts are not resolved, in school, official...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Conflict resolver to conflict creator: Thoughts on writing mediation roleplays | Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 3, Number 3, (May 2003), which discusses "roleplays [which] were designed to help prepare the newly emerging student CPR (Campus Peer Resolution) Team based in WSU's [Wayne State University] Counseling and Psychological Services office, roleplays are a significant part of the...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Teaching and learning in circle | Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 3, Number 2, (February 2003), which "explores the impact of teaching using a circle format, both at the high school and college level." | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Comprehensive peer mediation evaluation project: Insights and directions for curriculum integration | Pdf document which discusses the Comprehensive Peer Mediation Evaluation Project, conducted over a three year period. Written above title on document: NCIP (National Curriculum Integration Project). | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Inter-agency P.E.P.: Skills for constructive living: Facilitators and trainers training guide | 13-page pdf manual which is "one of the components of the "Inter-agency Peace Education Programme." See overview at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001442/144251e.pdf . "The programme is designed for education managers of ministries dealing with both formal and non-formal education and for agencies which implement education activies on...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Inter-agency P.E.P.: Skills for constructive living: Manual for training of facilitators 3 | 49-page pdf manual which "is one of the components of the Inter-Agency Peace Education Programme, the programme is designed for education managers of ministries dealing with both formal and non-formal education and for agencies which implement education activities on behalf of the government ... this manual has been written for you as a trainer of...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Teacher development for conflict participation: Facilitating learning for "difficult citizenship" | 15-page pdf article which "examines the professional development-related opportunities available to teachers to support their facilitation and teaching for peacebuilding citizenship, the few teacher learning opportunities offered seem unlikely to enhance teachers' capacity to foster diverse students' development of agency for difficult...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Coaching youth initiatives: Guide for supporting youth participation | 150-page PDF guide which, "explores the concepts of coaching, youth initiatives and youth participation, including practical tools and methods, advice and information, opportunities and support for those encouraging young people’s participation in youth initiatives ... As a handbook which aims to offer practical support for people active in...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Mixitup: 2008-2009 planner | 50-page pdf document, "designed for teachers, counselors, students, administrators and others looking for activities and ideas to organize Mix It Up at Lunch Day, reduce social boundaries at school and promote an inclusive learning environment for all students. It includes lesson plans for early, middle and upper grades based on content standards...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Respecting each other: From the Tanenbaum curriculum interreligious understanding guidebook | 5-page PDF lesson plan which helps students understand and develop their own concept of respect for others. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Making friends, being friends: Cooperative conversations for grades K-6 | 26-page pdf handbook which "show[s] K-6 teachers how Mix It Up themes can be woven into classroom discussions, issues, events, holidays, routines and academic content. Mix It Up is about talking with and connecting with those around you. The lessons center on group conversations combined with cooperative learning — termed “cooperative...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Summary - The Positive impact of social & emotional learning kindergarten to eighth grade students | 12-page PDF report which, "summarizes results from three large-scale reviews of research on the impact of social and emotional learning (SEL) programs on elementary and middle-school students — that is, programs that seek to promote various aocial and emotional skills. Collectively the three reviews included 317 studies and involved 324,303...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Using WebQuests to promote integrative thinking in conflict studies | Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 1, Number 4 , (Nov/Dec 2000), introducing WebQuests which, "are online curriculum modules which engage students in learning about an authentic topic or problem, generally, WebQuests are cooperative activities where students assume different roles relative to an authentic...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Diversity | Powerpoint presentation discussing diversity. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
