Essay On Community Peace Lesson Plan

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Community Peace Lesson Plan
Gladys McDougal
University of North Florida

May 24, 2014
SSE 3313
Community Peace Lesson Plan By: Jessie Schneider

Source Used
Peace Craft
Peace Craft donates to organizations that work to relieve children's suffering. Previous recipients have been local hospices and meal programs, The Peace Abbey, Kobe Earthquake fund, NONA in Bosnia, Kosovo Refugee Aid, Amahoro in Rwanda, AIMS Hospital in India, the Mennonite Central Committee Afghan Refugee Program, and Women for Women International. http://www.peacecraft.cc/story_of_sadako.html Goal
Demonstrate personal accountability, including making choices and taking responsibility for personal actions.
Describe the results of cooperation in group settings and demonstrate the necessary skills.
Relevance
War has lasting effects. Long after the aggression has ceased negative effects remain. Japan is just one of numerous countries that continue to be plagued by the effects of the atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The story of Sadako Sasaki provides a starting point for this discussion on the need for peace.
Standards for Peace Education:
 Multiculturalism, Evidence: Describe commonalities with and experiences of peoples having different cultural norms and histories.
 History of Peace Accomplishments, Evidence: Analyze accomplishments of people, organizations and societies.
 Self-awareness, Evidence: Recognize own values, emotional tendencies, peace capabilities.
 Environmental Stewardship, Evidence: Explain rationale for ecological care of the physical environment.
 Analysis of Communication, Evidence: Identify techniques including representation, bias, balance, multi...

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...al: Students will use the knowledge about peace to find their peace partners.
2. Informal: Students answer questions about the reading as a group to lighten the load of anxiety.
3. Informal: Students will write well-formed letter to others that are in the same situation as Sadako these letters will include what peace means to them.
Assessment Accommodations for Special Needs
ESOL Assessment Accommodations
1. Formal: Student will use illustrations to explain what was taught today.
2. Informal: Student will act out a scene where he/she uses peace to solve a problem or issue.
3. Informal: Student will draw a scene from the script
Hearing-Impaired Assessment Accommodations
1. Formal: Student will use illustrations to explain what was taught today.
2. Informal: Student will create a script on the topic of peace
3. Informal: Student will draw a scene from the script

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