NZ Primary Curriculum

This is a selection of stories, resources and ideas for teaching peace and nonviolence.

For those in the senior primary school it’s worth looking at the Secondary Curriculum resources.

Let us know about resources that we can add to this list.

Email: education4peace

Nonviolence and peacefulness

Website with stories for nonviolence

• http://www.ppu.org.uk/learn/early/early_index.html
  For example:
  Leadership theme story. Suitable for years 3 to 8 . Could work at several levels.
  http://www.ppu.org.uk/learn/early/s_big_frog.html
  Lesson –  Questions the need for weapons and war.  Delightful Interactive Story with activities about aliens contacting children on earth – great oral language unit.  Suitable years 3 to 8 as could work at several levels. A week’s work. http://www.ppu.org.uk/learn/early/s_star_people.html

Ideas for introducing peace to young children

• http://www.tlcinst.org/peace.html

Crafts for peace – instructions for a peace lantern

• http://www.planetpals.com/IKC/peacelantern.html

Peace resources – search on Planetpals website for ideas for teachers and useful links (Students could self access for research from Year 4.)

• http://www.planetpals.com/teachers.html
• http://www.planetpals.com/IKC/Ilearn.html

Pacifists in NZ

What do Te Whiti-o-Rongomai and Archibald Baxter have in common? The following websites can be used to facilitate discussion. NZ History Online has links to images.

• http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/people/erueti-te-whiti-o-rongomai-iii
• http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/first-world-war/conscientious-objection
• http://www.pukeariki.com/Research/TaranakiStories/TaranakiStory/id/334/title/pacifist-of-parihaka-te-whiti-o-rongomai.aspx
• http://nzpeacemakers.wordpress.com/

Stories about peace

Check our page on Children’s Books published by Scholastic Books

• https://podcasts.otago.ac.nz/nzpeace-ed/useful-resources/childrens-books/

Three children’s books and classroom activities related to these

1. The Big Book for Peace http://www.amazon.com/Big-Book-Peace-Ann-Durell/dp/0525446052
2. Somewhere Today: A Book of Peace http://www.amazon.com/Somewhere-Today-Albert-Whitman-Prairie/dp/0807575445
3. Peace Begins with You http://www.amazon.com/Peace-Begins-You-Katharine-Scholes/dp/0316774405

• Class Room Activities http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/peace-poems-picasso-doves-93.html?tab=4

Stories sorted into grade level, country and subject suitability

• http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/stories/section.cfm?gid=1

Also prepared lessons available if teachers enter their level and topic requirements

• http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/educators/lessonplans/

Stories classified into values, characters and other elements – Audio versions available

• http://www.cultureofpeace.com/oneday/story/1day-1.htm

A story about inclusion

• http://www.dancingleaves.com/allison/stories/why_bat/why_bat_hangs_upside_down.html

Online peace stories

• http://www.ppu.org.uk/learn/early/look/pages/Looking-glass-1.htm
• http://freestoriesforkids.com/children/stories-and-tales/sword-peace

World peace and conflicts

Lesson plans related to world peace and international conflicts

• http://worldpeace.org.au/lesson_plans.asp

See World Peace lesson plans for senior school aged 10 years and over. Topics include:

• Addressing students’ questions in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks
• Prospects for peace in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
• Peace Brainstorming Activity
• An Effort to Ban Land Mines
• 9 steps conflict resolution
• Peace in the Middle East
• Peacemaker pop quiz
• The Nonviolence Grid
• World At Peace
• Interconnectedness
• Feeling Words Chart (resource) (Useful for general writing)
• Landmine fact sheet (resource)

See World Peace lesson plans for Juniors ages 3 and over. Topics include:

• Holding a Peace Hug
• Newspaper Fact Treasure Hunt
• Personal Peacemaking (VOMP)
• Creating a Peace Poem
• Drawing Peace

Human rights and social justice

Primary and intermediate classroom activities. Access a selection of classroom activities, linked to the New Zealand Curriculum and down-loadable for teachers in editable Word format. Search a library of international resources.

• http://www.rightsined.org.nz/index.php/resources/curriculum-a-classroom/13-primary-and-intermediate-classroom-activities.html
  Search by curriculum level, learning area and other curriculum categories
  http://www.rightsined.org.nz/index.php/resources/curriculum-a-classroom.html

Many prepared lessons on anti-racism in Australian context divided into relevant subject areas.

• http://www.racismnoway.com.au/teaching-resources/anti-racism-activities/lesson_ideas/index_byarea.html

Activities related to prejudice and tolerance

• http://www.planetpals.com/IKC/prejudice.html

A lesson and activities on Martin Luther King (language lesson)

• http://www.rhlschool.com/mlkingjr.htm

• http://www.rhlschool.com/ref6n14.htm

• http://www.rhlschool.com/ref4n16.htm

Sustainability

Lesson – Narrative cartoon about water in Africa and links to resources about water.
Subjects – Language, Arts & Literature, Arts & Music; Grade Level(s): 3-5. 6-8, 9-12

• http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/educators/lessonplans/lesson.cfm?lpid=2223