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Global Art Project for Peace
Join this inspiring global art exchange that promotes peace around the world. You will be paired with another participating individual or group from another culture and will share art works expressing world peace. The exchange occurs...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Lesson: United Nations: International Day of Peace (K 12)
This lesson plan will help students to learn about the goal of world peace and what they can do to positively impact the world.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Classroom: United Nations Peacekeeping
Extensive information for students and teachers examining the impact of the United Nations in maintaining peace around the world and fostering global cooperation and accountability. Resources include news articles, legal cases,...
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International Day of Peace
The International Day of Peace, a.k.a. "Peace Day" provides an opportunity for individuals, organizations and nations to create practical acts of peace on a shared date.
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Outside My Window
Students at Evergreeen Valley High school in San Jose, CA invite others to send them photographs taken outside their windows to promote unity and friendship around the world.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Dr. King's Vision for World Peace [Pdf]
This site has a PDF file on Martin Luther King's "Beyond Vietnam" speech and his dream of world peace, students look at the possibility of peace in the world.
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Abcteach: Earth Day Activities
[Free Registration/Login Required] How can you treat the earth with more respect? Check out this resource featuring links to elementary activities to celebrate Earth Day. You will find word searches, crossword puzzles, reading...
University of California
University of California Television: Conversations With History: Linus Pauling
A televised interview with Linus Pauling, from 1983, focusing on Pauling's efforts for world peace and the roles that scientists can play in the peace process. 59 minutes,
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World Security Network
Official website of the World Security Network which seeks to prevent wars and promote peace on many fronts. The left-hand menu provides information on current hot topics, ideas, and countries.
Planet Pals
Planet Pals: Earth Day
This PlanetPals.com site provides the "Greatest Earth Day Pages Ever!" Includes activities, teaching aides, earth science and history, and more.
Mount Holyoke College
Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch 1795
This paper, written by philosopher Immanuel Kant, sets guidelines for enacting and maintaining world peace.
BBC
Bbc Newsround: Hiroshima Marks 70 Years Since Atomic Bomb
Article reports on how the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima was commemorated in that city.
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Project Ploughshares
Website for an ecumenical peace center of the Canadian Council of Churches. Organization formed to work towards control of weapons trade, reducing reliance on military force, abolishing nuclear weapons and building peace in the world.