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Nurturing the peacemakers in our students : a guide to writing and speaking out about issues of war and of peace / Chris Weber.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weber, Chris, 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Peace--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
- Peace.
- Toleration--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
- Toleration.
- World citizenship--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
- World citizenship.
- War--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
- War.
- Peace--Study and teaching (Secondary).
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 217 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, [2006]
- Summary:
- Chris Weber, as well as a wonderful cast of contributors that includes Peter Elbow, Bill Bigelow, and Jim Burke, demonstrate that by interacting with narratives of children in war, students connect what they take in from the media with the horrible consequences of war, pushing them to greater compassion and inspiring them to take action.
- Contents:
- The art of discussing issues of war and peace with students
- The believing game
- Reflective writing
- Living, teaching, and learning empathy
- Helping our students cope
- Educating students about the scourge of landmines
- Child soldiers: living in a world of war
- Understanding young refugees
- Nuclear weapons: the greatest level of savagery
- Developing media-literate students
- Speaking out
- Who are the terrorists?
- Teaching peace: one student at a time
- Where peace lives: in our hearts
- Students' perspectives on teaching peace
- Speaking out through protest music.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-217).
- ISBN:
- 0325007497
- OCLC:
- 68624022
- Publisher Number:
- 9780325007496
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