Greater Philadelphia Global Education link

Dear Educators,

I hope all is well.

I would like you have the link (below) to a website created by the National Resources Centers at UPenn.

The Greater Philadelphia Global Education website was launched last year as a collective online venue for educators to meet, collaborate, and locate global education materials.

A separate group with the website will be created for summer institute participants soon.

http://www.philaglobaled.org/

Best,

-Labaron

"How Can Students Better Understand the Impact of Violence and Peace?"

From: IEP Academic Network <educators@economicsandpeace.org>

Subject: How Can Students Better Understand the Impact of Violence and Peace?

Dear Educator,

I hope that you are having a pleasant summer.  As the fall semester approaches, I wanted to share updated curricular material and ask for a moment of your time to complete a survey around peace education resources. 

The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) has developed free education resources that allow students to explore the social and economic impact of violence and peace in their communities and the world. IEP is a non-profit research institute dedicated to better understanding the social, economic, and political factors that drive peacefulness. We produce the Global Peace Index and the United States Peace Index, which measure peacefulness at national and regional levels and provide rich data, resources, and visualizations for teaching, including interactive maps.  

Our free teaching modules, the Building Blocks of Peace, have just been updated with new peace data and maps from the 2012 Global Peace Index and I hope that you will find them useful in your classroom. 

As we continue to develop these resources, we would appreciate your feedback. Please take a few minutes to complete a short survey so that we can better understand the types of material that you are looking for and how peace education can fit into your classroom: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QHPV3CS

If you are not familiar with the Building Blocks of Peace lesson plans, please visit: http://economicsandpeace.org/education/secondary to download these free modules that cover:

• An Understanding of Peace explores the factors influencing a country's peacefulness and why peace is more than simply the absence of war
• Peace and Sustainability explains the impact of peace on global sustainability through a focus on water access and management
• Education and Peace investigates how education is important in supporting a country's peacefulness
• Peace and Economics evaluates the benefits of peace to the economy and business through an exploration of tourism retail industries

Best Regards,

Sung Cho

Institute for Economics and Peace

3 East 54th Street, 14th Floor

New York, NY 10022

www.economicsanpeace.org

Gun Violence Storytelling (sponsored by MCC)

Hi folks,

I just got this...its from the non-profit Mennonite organization my parents worked at for over 30 years.  There are multiple city locations, so I thought I'd pass it on.  Hopefully you can access the link, but if not just google search the title of my post!  (The organization's links would also probably lead you to some other cool sites about peace and justice).

http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=j4cmzvdab&v=001hTNOLeHhu4Dlw5y5Y7C46WP4LziMJ-s_QEWw5qFZWWFkYVRtsgr_5GOFs30yr7-hep2eENEOhrO5hupAg6z2vw7Pxs3UxW4pH2_uAbFVSBst0-NtJ15PGjpV6F3VejrOPTzcZhrMuXCeByokElVA_ELE39fARq8W

Sheila

Hello All!
You might find this article interesting in follow up to our discussion of Islam:  http://www.fpri.org/pubs/2012/201208.watts.radicalization.pdf It is published by the Foreign Policy Research Institute.
Char

Radicalization in the U.S. Beyond al Qaeda Treating the disease of the disconnection

Peace Education & Human Rights for High School & Post- Secondary

Hello,

It was a pleasure meeting all of you who participated in our facilitation.  Here are the images that are meant to capture our brainstorms and some photographs of your experience.

Best regards,

Red Kite Project

Day 3 - Deborah Coy

Day 3: I can't get the Beatle lyrics out of my mind: "Talk about a revolution, well, you know, we all want to change the world." I don't think I thought of this when I began teaching; only making a difference in the lives of the children I taught. Maybe I'm growing up; connecting the dots.

As the professors spoke this morning with so much historical perspective, which I lack, I found it informative, but rather like I was treading water as I tried to take it all in. What was helpful for me was the comparison of Islam being like so many different versions of Catholic, Christian, Jewish faiths (or ways to observe/practice them).

The best was when Stan came to talk to us about his project of teaching music to 110 children after school, weekends and during the summer. I met Stan while he was at Curtis Institute. He and a couple classmates came to Meredith School to be part of our 3rd grade "sound" unit on vibration, pitch and volume. It's really quite an accomplishment in social change!

The role playing was not part of my comfort zone, so I guess it was good. I  can tell you that I was quite grateful to those of you who volunteered for the acting bits!

Now, given that the most social media thing I subscribe to is texting, I'm kinda getting the hang of this blogging forum. Thanks to all of you who are sharing links and video clips. I can't do that yet!

I really am grateful for this experience and for your thoughtful sharing and questions these past three days. I'm excited to deepen the way I teach this year. Much happiness to you all, Deb

 This entry was posted by Labaron Palmer, but created by Deborah Coy

Day 2 - Deborah Coy

In our morning elementary/middle school session, Sue and Beverly (our guest speakers), provided a wealth of information and perspectives to enrich and deepen children's experience of making a difference in our world. The question, "What do compassionate people do?" spoke volumes of the importance, responsibility and modeling necessary as we teach our children. On the front cover of Susan Gelber Cannon's book "Think, Care, Act," there are four books on the ground next to a stool where a man is reading a book. The titles on the  book spines are: Justice, Love, Peace, Wisdom.

I wonder what would happen if our students had to pass tests in these areas rather (or maybe in conjunction with) the PSSAs? Maybe they do when they...stand up for someone who is being bullied, encourage someone who is having a tough day, reach out to someone who is lonely. That humanity would certainly have been helpful to many, like our four guests today, who relocated to a new country. Just learning the language alone, with all of its nuances, is a challenge; I marveled that there was more of an appreciation of how their life unfolded rather than judgement or bitterness of their experiences.

Today was full of insight, ideas and resources to use as we begin a new school year. I couldn't help wishing I was a student in Sue and Beverly's classrooms when I was younger. Their commitment and compassion in the classroom was evident in all they shared. Our four U of P organizers have created a very enriching experience for us. Much gratitude!

 This entry was posted by Labaron Palmer, but created by Deborah Coy