United StatesDealing with War in the Classroom
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Use this collection of articles, lessons, and advice to help your students understand war and peace. Find resources that will help you teach the purpose and meaning of wars, tips for talking about death, destruction, and violence, and guides to works of literature that deal with war. |
Find a variety of conflict-resolution lessons from Educators for Social Responsibility. You'll learn how to create a peaceable classroom, prevent bullying, and more. These suggestions and techniques will assist you in helping children cope with the pain of the loss of a loved one. This lesson can be divided into several activities to teach students how to deal with their own anger effectively. Develop secondary students' awareness of different points of view. Use this selection of lessons, activities, and articles to explore multiculturalism and diversity. Children of all ages will benefit from learning about each other and formulating ideas for peace. A comprehensive chart of feeling words. Lists include anger, hurt, confusion, happiness, sadness, and fear words. Use this map when teaching your students about Middle Eastern conflicts. Students will read how writers, artists, political leaders, and citizens define and image peace. Explore an activity that introduces students to the words and ideas of prominent people who have spoken and written passionately about the subject of war. A lesson exploring the ideas on security. This introductory lesson will help students develop a baseline definition and understanding of the concept of security. Students will sort provided feeling words into categories such as anger, disgust, embarrassment, happiness, loneliness, and sadness. | Educators for Social Responsibility has prepared this guide for adults who are concerned about how to communicate with young people about difficult issues in the world. Parent's Guide This series of mini-posters and accompanying lessons are intended to help students understand the events and repercussions of September 11, 2001. Students will consider the kinds of human activity we define as war, what activities we might describe as warlike, and what activities are neither. Have students celebrate America by topping off their pens and pencils with these patriotic pencil wraps. This is great way to show patriotism during Veterans Day or the Fourth of July. Build solid creative writing skills with our extensive collection of printables, graphic organizers, and lesson plans. You'll find poetry activities, short-story writing exercises, journal topics, and more! Find lessons and activities that are perfect for Flag Day—June 14th—or any other day you want to celebrate patriotism. Your students can learn facts, then complete activities to show you what they've learned. Students use creative writing activities to explore the topic of heroes. Use a list that reflects but a sampling of the available titles that explore the complex topic of war. Learn the proper etiquette for the American Flag and recite the Pledge of Allegiance. |
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