Peace education is a holistic and life-affirming process of skill building that empowers children to find creative and non-destructive ways to settle conflicts. The curriculum is built around the following concepts: (1) the basis for a peaceful world is an environment where children become friends, work and play cooperatively, and respect the…

This curriculum guide allows teachers to help middle school students become more effective at handling conflict nonviolently and use what they know about interpersonal conflict resolution to understand conflict in the larger world. The curriculum is based on a model called the Peaceable Classroom, a caring classroom community that emphasizes…

This curriculum guide provides materials for a 10-week professional development training course. A course outline and list of topics is followed by the plans for the 10 lessons. Components of these lesson plans include topics; objectives; materials needed; lesson outline with activities and discussion; and student handouts. Lesson topics are as…

This curriculum guide provides materials for a six-session, site-specific training course in customer service and team problem solving for the Claretian Medical Center. The course outline is followed the six lesson plans. Components of each lesson plan include a list of objectives, an outline of activities and discussion topics for the lesson,…

This curriculum guide contains four units for a secondary consumer and homemaking education course in dynamics of living. Unit titles include (1) Understanding Ourselves (Personality, Human Needs, Value Clarification), (2) Interpersonal Relationship (Developing Relationships, Communication, Accepting Responsibility, Conflict and Change), (3)…

Based on the assumption that most fathers want to act responsibly, but often do not know how or face obstacles--many of which are created by their own behavior--this Responsible Fatherhood Curriculum uses a discussion approach and experiential learning to help men think differently about their role as fathers and about altering their behavior.…

This handbook outlines the grade 1 course entitled "People at Home and at School." A statement of the California philosophy of history-social studies education precedes the handbook's three sections. The first two sections present major goals of the overall program, an overview of social studies content for grades K-6, and a chart of…