Background reading resource materials and teaching units for elementary and secondary teachers interested in teaching about peace and justice are presented in this resource manual. The units are designed to help students learn that nonviolent conflict resolution is possible and that war is not inevitable; realize that sharing our resources,…

Two secondary social studies units, parts three and four of a series of four, contain classroom activities that help students recognize the role of superordinate goals in ethnic conflict. Objectives are to help students understand ethnic conflict within a nation in a political context and become aware of the common problems faced by ethnic groups…

This curriculum guide provides students with the opportunity to study human behavior, ways in which conflict originates, processes by which it escalates, and the alternative methods of dealing with it. The unit is not intended to be static or permanent in nature but an ongoing educational process that will help students become aware of human needs…

This resource unit, developed by the University of Minnesota's Project Social Studies, introduces eighth graders to an overview of the American political system. The unit analyzes political conflict, compromise, and the need for government and law. It examines American political ideals and contrasts them briefly with other political ideologies and…

Unit two to the second-semester "Comparing Political Experiences" course focuses on a specific controversial political issue: court-ordered busing in Boston. A documentary approach represents the core of instruction in this 12th-grade unit. This approach avoids lengthy narratives of a theoretical approach and yet is more in-depth than…