I am currently pursuing this question in my Masters program.

It stems from living in a time and place where I feel our generation can be best described as

"Doing less (quality work) with more (resources than ever before)."

Thoughts?

Calling all 2011 NCSS annual conference-goers: Leon and Amy Kass, editors ofWSPWH, will be leading a seminar on the use of imaginative literature for civic education.

The seminar, “Making Citizens Through Literature: A New Approach to Civic Education,” will take place at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on December 3, 2011from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Amy and Leon Kass will introduce NCSS…

Get your students to reflect on their year and their content with a neat activity that uses smart phones, QR codes, and movement!

The use of primary sources exposes students to important historical concepts. First, students become aware that all written history reflects an author's interpretation of past events. Therefore, as students read a historical account, they can recognize its subjective nature. Second, through primary sources the students directly touch the lives of people in the past. Further, as students use primary sources, they develop important analytical skills.

To many students, history…

Guidelines for Using Primary Sources

1. Determine what is usable in the document

2. Decide how the document can be dropped into the curriculum.

3. Relate the document to larger issues or concepts of study.

4. Determine what personal application the document has for students.

5. Establish the context of the document.

6. Work directly with the document.

7. Use documents to raise questions for further research.

8. Use documents when longer…

This year’s Peace Day schools events have been the most successful and exciting yet! We have received hundreds of images from schools all across the world, all equally wonderful and inspiring.

To view a selection of these brilliant images please visit…

The countdown for Peace Day - 21 September has begun and we are here to help you to encourage your students to make their Peace Day commitments.

Peace Day was established in 2001 as a UN recognised day of global ceasefire and non-violence. We now aspire to institutionalise 21…

Are you looking for lessons and activities to help end bullying in your school or community?

We strongly believe that peace begins in the classroom. People are affected by many different types of conflict; bullying affects the lives of thousands of young people every day. As part…

As the nations of the world become more interdependent, it is increasingly important for students to begin learning about intercultural communication at a young age. Peace One Day’s FREE

Education Resource contains a comprehensive lesson plan, Intercultural

Cooperation, designed to promote …

I just returned from C-SPAN's Educator's Conference in DC. It was a fantastic opportunity to get an inside view of how C-SPAN works AND to learn how to access and utilize their resources online. They have a great Classroom page at http://www.c-spanclassroom.org. Also, our guest speaker at dinner was Amy Walter from The Hotline sharing the latest on the 2010 Midterm Elections. See it at:…

Our updated 2010 FREE digital Education Resource, recommended for teachers of grades 6 – 12 in the US, is available online! The Resource provides 21 lesson plans and 28 classroom

activities for exploring issues such as: ending bullying, conflict

resolution, intercultural cooperation, the United Nations, and the link between

sustainability and peace. Using September 21, Peace Day, as the

focus, the resource works in…