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- Helping Children Cope
- World Peace
Lesson Plans
- Aftermath of War and World Peace (San Diego County Office of Education)
Provides a lesson based on a book, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, about the aftermath of war for a child.
- World Peace Summit (PBS)
Provides a lesson on world peace by setting up a student summit to discuss issues. 11-01
Lists
- Cultural Diversity and Early Education (National Academy of Sciences - Phillips and Crowell)
Provides "research literature that bears on the early education of culturally and linguistically diverse populations of children." 2-00
News
- 09-05-03 Small Children Die from Poverty (WashTimes.com)
"The World Health Organization (WHO) says nearly 11 million children under age 5 die each year from easily preventable and cheaply cured diseases — including pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria and complications during the first year of life."
"It costs just 2 cents for a six-month supply of vitamin A supplement, 15 cents for a five-day course of antibiotics to treat pneumonia and $15 to immunize a child against the six main childhood diseases, according to the U.S. Coalition for Child Survival."
"A bed net, treated to kill and repel malarial mosquitoes, costs less than $10."
"The United States spent $1.7 billion on global health, education and population programs in 2001, according to rough calculations based on figures from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. France was the second-biggest spender, with $1.1 billion in aid, followed by Germany at $1 billion and Japan at nearly $800 million."
" 'The child survival effort has lost its focus,' the Lancet article said, with 'levels of attention and effort directed at preventing the small proportion of child deaths due to AIDS with a new, complex and expensive intervention ... outstripping the efforts to save millions of children every year with a few cents' worth [of basic treatments]. This must change.' "
"The World Health Organization reports that AIDS causes about 3 percent of child deaths. Deaths related to complications during the first month of life — often malnutrition — account for 23 percent, respiratory diseases (largely pneumonia) for 19 percent, diarrhea 13 percent and malaria 9 percent." 9-03
- Children - State of the World's Children (Unicef)
Provides a summary of the status of children worldwide in terms of education, disease, and preventable death. The news is not good. 12-99
Papers
- Explaining War to Teens (Edu-Leadership.com)
Provides one parent's attempt to talk to his teens about war and its justification. 7-01
- Poverty for Children (UNICEF)
Summarizes the condition of 100 million children who must grow up alone, without adult support or care. 2-00
- U.N. Conventions on the Rights of the Child (UNICEF)
Provides the Conventions on the Rights of the Child.
- U.N. Conventions on the Rights of the Child - Commentary (UNICEF)
Provides a summary of the provisions of the Conventions on the Rights of the Child and comments on criticisms of the proposal.
- Young Peace Leader Against Violent Video Games for Smaller Children (WorkablePeace.org)
Describes a plan for limiting access of young children to very violent video games. 11-02
Projects
- Activities for Youth for World Peace (Peace Corps)
"Kids are changing the world every day, by getting involved in their own communities and even around the world. Here are some of their stories -- and we hope you'll share with us some of your ideas about making a difference." 2-02
- Activities for Youth for World Peace (WorldPeace.org - Peace Pals)
"The Peace Pals Program fosters understanding and respect for the diversity and oneness of the human family and the natural world through the arts, education, communication and friendship. By nurturing inner peace and global awareness in the leaders of tomorrow, Peace Pals will help create a future where peace and harmony become a way of life." 2-02
- Activities for Youth for World Peace (WorldPeace.org - Youth for Peace)
Provides ideas for youth to participate in activities to support world peace. 2-02
- Citizenship - Teaching Citizenship's Five Themes (Education World - Hopkins)
Provides suggestions for teaching children skills in honesty, compassion, respect, responsibility and courage.
- Teens - Organizations for Peace (Idealist)
Action Without Borders includes volunteer opportunities for teens from among 14,000 organizations devoted to world peace.
Purchase Resources
- Theatre - A thousand Cranes (Miller)
Provides a script and instructions for a children's play about the aftermath of war for a child. The script costs 5.50
Worksheets
- Peace Activities for Young Children (AbcTeach)
Provides worksheets to help children appreciate the need for peace. 8-01
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