Table of Contents

Special Thanks

Foreword by Yogesh K Gandhi

Preface

How This Book Came to Be

Introduction

Using this guide: notes for teachers and parents

Integrating learning the skills of peacemaking

Into other content areas (chart)

Creating a peaceful school

Creating a peer mediation program in your school

Developing and leading parent workshops

Lessons on teaching the skills of peacemaking

STAGE 1: PEACE BEGINS WITH ME

• Lesson I Creating a Peaceful Classroom
• Lesson 2 Resolving Conflicts — "The Quick Method" (K-2)
• Lesson 3 Resolving Conflicts — "The Quick Method" (3-6)
• Lesson 4 I'm a Special and Unique Person
• Lesson 5 Defining Peace
• Bulletin Board 1: Peace Means Taking Care of Ourselves,
• Each Other, and Our Earth
• Lesson 6 The Process of Affirming
• Lesson 7 Defining Conflict Resolution
• Lesson 8 What Gets in the Way of Resolving Conflicts
• Lesson 9 Using "I Messages"
• Lesson 10 Win/Win Guidelines
• Lesson II What Else Can I Do?
• Lesson 12 Reflective Listening
• Lesson 13 Cooperative Group Simulations
• Lesson 14 Creative Brainstorming
• Lesson 15 Brainstorming Solutions to Conflicts
• Lesson 16 Taking Care of Our Earth
• Lesson 17 Taking Care of People in Our Community
• Lesson 18 Taking Care of Those Who Are Hungry
• Lesson 19 The Basic Needs of People
• Lesson 20 We Are All Interconnected
• Lesson 21 What Is a Peacemaker
• Lesson 22 Things I'm Good At
• Bulletin Board 2: Things I'm Good At
• Lesson 23 Using Peacemaking Logs
• Lesson 24 Peacemaking Logs: Feeling Special
• Lesson 25 Peacemaker of the Week
• Bulletin Board 3: Peacemakers of the Week
• Lesson 26 Peacemakers in My Life
• Measuring the Understandings Learned in This Guide

STAGE II: INTEGRATING PEACEMAKING INTO OUR LIVES

• Lesson 27 Peace Starts with Me
• Lesson 28 Making Ethical Choices I
• Lesson 29 Making Ethical Choices II
• Lesson 30 Making Ethical Choices III
• Lesson 31 Making Ethical Choices IV
• Lesson 32 Connecting to the World Around Us
• Lesson 33 Our Visions Are Special
• Bulletin Board 4: Our Visions Are Special
• Lesson 34 Our Vision of a Peaceful School
• Bulletin Board 5: A Peaceful School Looks Like This
• Lesson 35 The Nicest Thing About
• Bulletin Board 6: The Nicest Thing About
• Lesson 36 Being Different is OK
• Lesson 37 Other People Are Different Too
• Bulletin Board 7: We Celebrate Our Differences 2
• Lesson 38 Our Feelings Are OK 3
• Lesson 39 My Friend Is Different and He/She Is Special
• Lesson 40 Human Differences: Being Jaime
• Lesson 41 Different Flags of Different Lands
• Lesson 42 Different Flags: Oral Reports
• Lesson 43 Taking Part In Our Communities
• Lesson 44 Sentence Writing Using Familiar Terms
• Lesson 45 Conflicts in the News
• Bulletin Board 8: Problems in the News: Kids Have the Answers!
• Lesson 46 Finding the Peacemakers
• Bulletin Board 9: Peacemakers in our World
• Lesson 47 Building a "Civilization of Love"
• Measuring the Understandings Learned in This Guide

STAGE III: EXPLORING OUR ROOTS AND INTERCONNECTEDNESS

• Lesson 48 Group Brainstorming—Global Issues
• Lesson 49 "I Messages/You Messages" in Global Issues
• Lesson 50 We Are All From Different Places
• Bulletin Board 10: Roots Feed the Tree of Life
• Lesson 51 Countries of Origin
• Lesson 52 Living in Harmony
• Lesson 53 Oral Reports: Our Countries of Origin
• Lesson 54 The Ladder of Peacemaking
• Bulletin Board II: The Ladder of Peacemaking
• Lesson 55 We Are Different, We Are the Same
• Lesson 56 Being Global Citizens
• Lesson 57 Murals: A World at Peace
• Lesson 58 Designing a World Flag
• Lesson 59 Commitments for the Future
• Measuring the Understandings Learned in This Guide

Program Evaluation

Conclusion

Bibliography

Appendix: Blackline Masters