~ Culture of Peace ~

Culture of peace http://www.cultureofpeace.org

For teachers and students to explore the themes of a Culture of Peace, the Australian UNESCO Associated Schools Project (ASP) is coordinating a simple Culture of Peace project through which we invite schools across the world to participate in and contribute to. This project will highlight and support the work of students and teachers in their involvement in this, the year for a “Culture of Peace.”

Peace http://www.students.trinity.wa.edu.au/library/cross/peace.htm

War and Peace: Conflict and Co-operation http://library.trinity.wa.edu.au/subjects/sose/coop/default.htm P.L. Duffy Resource Centre, Trinity College, Western Australia

Hiroshima and Nagasaki http://library.trinity.wa.edu.au/issues/hiro.htm P.L. Duffy Resource Centre, Trinity College, Western Australia

A Bomb is Dropped, And Lives Are Changed ***** http://students.itec.sfsu.edu/itec815_s99/rfishtrom/ This Webquest has students take on the role of a Japanese Civilian, a photographer, a U.S.  politician, or a soldier to uncover the reasons the Atomic Bomb was used on Japan and how it affected various people. Student participants will conduct research, write an editorial, debate, and write a letter explaining how the bombing has affected their lives.

Parallel History Project on NATO and the Warsaw Pact - http://www.isn.ethz.ch/php/frame.htm

Provides access to declassified documentation and information about the development of NATO and the Warsaw Pact, their threat perceptions, and their military plans. Sources are drawn from the archives of both NATO and former Warsaw Pact countries including Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania. Requires Adobe Acrobat for viewing the documents.  Searchable.

Amnesty International Australia http://www.amnesty.org.au/

An independent, politically impartial worldwide movement, Amnesty International works to both promote and to protect human rights around the world.

 Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity http://www.hreoc.gov.au

A national independent statutory government body, established in 1986 by an Act of the federal Parliament, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act.

 Bread for the world http://www.bread.org/

This organisation provides facts and figures about the state of starvation and famine in the developing world and in developed nations. At this site you can find information on the causes of starvation  and find some ideas on how to improve the situation. Starvation, Poverty, Developing countries, Famine.

 Bully B’ware http://www.bullybeware.com/

Information on bullying for schools. What Is Bullying? Common Characteristics of Bullying; Kinds of Bullies; What makes a Bully; What makes a victim; What happens to Bullies; What happens to Victims; Reasons why we must take action against bullying; Benefits of an Anti- Bullying Policy. 

 Institute for war and peace reporting  http://www.iwpr.net/

Journalism and reporting of current wars. It currently has offices or representatives in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and The Hague war crimes tribunal. IWPR also has substantial networks of participating journalists and media throughout the respective regions.

 M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence http://www.gandhiinstitute.org/

The Institute, founded by Arun Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson) and his wife Sunanda, was established to promote and teach the philosophy and practice of nonviolence to help reduce the violence that consumes our hearts, our homes, and our societies.

 Peace resource centre http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/peace/

A page of links to General Peace Documents; War and Peace Documents; Human Rights Education; Recent Peace Accords; Humanitarian Law; International Criminal Tribunals; Human Rights Library; Peace & Activists Links; Human Rights Education.

 Racism No Way http://www.racismnoway.com.au/

Site contains lesson ideas, fact sheets, games and information about racism, multiculturalism, civil rights, race relations.

 The search for peace http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/northern_ireland/understanding/default.stm

BBC News Online takes an in-depth look at the progress towards peace in Northern Ireland. Click on the drop-down menus for the story behind the story plus links and an historical archive of audio and video testimonials.

 Tolerance.org - http://www.tolerance.org/index.jsp

This searchable site’s goal is “to awaken people of all ages to the problem of hate and intolerance [and] to equip them with the best tolerance ideas.” Tolerance Watch provides current news articles about hate and tolerance. There is a U.S. map of hate and human rights groups which includes information for those in each state. Do Something contains advice and materials for fighting hate crimes as well as educating others. There are sections for teachers, parents, and kids and a section of How Tolerant are You tests. There are discussion forums (free registration). From the Southern Poverty Law Center.

United Nations http://www.un.org/english/

Find links and information about the United Nations, How it functions, it’s history, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Use the Cyber School Bus to get curriculum ideas.

 Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Can be found on both these sites. http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html  http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/lang/eng.htm