Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Peace Education Ebooks

The Road to Peace: A Teaching Guide on Local and Global Transitional Justice
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THE ROAD TO PEACE: A Teaching Guide on Local and Global Transitional Justice

With creative, thought-provoking, and innovative lesson plans, this comprehensive teaching guide introduces students to the concept of transitional justice through:

  • Lessons on the root causes and costs of war and conflict
  • Overview of human rights and different transitional justice mechanisms
  • Mock war crimes tribunal and mock truth commission role plays
  • In-depth country case studies
  • Individual case studies on human rights abuses
  • Investigative tools to study the need for transitional justice in the U.S.
  • Skill-building resources on how to apply reconciliation on a local level
  • Conflict resolution and peer mediation exercises
  • Transitional justice glossary
  • Resources for further study and action on peace and justice

Appropriate for 9th grade through adult learners.

Click here to download a PDF* of the complete curriculum (4.45 MB)

Or download by section:

Introduction
Lesson

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One: What is Conflict?
Lesson Two: Deconstructing Armed Conflict
Lesson Three: Human Rights Defined
Lesson Four: What is Justice?
Lesson Five: Transitional Justice Case Studies
Lesson Six: Truth Commissions
Lesson Seven: Mock Tribunal
Lesson Eight: Making the Connection
Lesson Nine: Reconciliation on a Local Level
Lesson Ten: Take Action!
Appendix
History of Dobado PowerPoint

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