Teaching Students To Be Peacemakers

Discusses how students may be taught the procedures and skills they need to resolve conflicts constructively.

The newly reformatted Young Peacemaker Set The Young Peacemaker Set includes a 200 page Teacher Manual designed in a workbook format, and the appendices can be photocopied for child or student use. Divided into three sections: Understanding, Responding and Preventing Conflict, each lesson has a goal, objectives, principle, and needs clearly outlined at the beginning, and is followed by teacher's notes on setting the stage and questions to ask. Reproducible student activity sheets for all twelve lessons are included on an enclosed CD for ease of duplication. Help illustrate the conflicts and talk about possible solutions--good and bad--and what's wrong with the "bad" solutions. A lesson summary reaffirms the lesson's main points. Recommended for grades 3-7, but can be adapted for younger or older students.

Basic conflict-resolution skills found in Scripture can help you change your home from a battle zone to a love nest. Distinguishing between positive and negative conflict resolution, Peacemaking for Families introduces the reader to valuable principles such as “The Peacemaker's Pledge,” the “Seven A's of Forgiveness,” and the “PAUSE Principle of Negotiation.” Real-life stories and case studies help the reader to acquire the skills needed to create a true “peacemaking family.”

Tragic confrontations at schools throughout the past two decades are striking evidence that teens need help and training in peaceful conflict resolution. God knows each conflict a teen goes through--with their families, friends, and teachers--and he is in control. In this student edition of The Peacemaker, Ken Sande and Kevin Johnson show teens, youth leaders, parents, and pastors, how they can apply biblical principles to conflict situations, allowing for forgiveness and reconciliation instead of hatred or violence. With an approachable style that treats teens with respect, this much-needed resource can be used individually or as part of a small group or youth group study.

Conflict is a way of life ¿ something we cannot avoid. By teaching mediation skills to elementary school children, we demonstrate creative and constructive ways to handle these conflicts and empower children for a lifetime. Little Peacemakers provides a step-by-step framework for training classroom mediators who help peers resolve a problem and arrive at a peaceful solution. The eight-week curriculum consists of 30-minute hands-on lessons that teach problem solving, active listening, and brainstorming, as well as ways to apply those skills to mediation. Two CDs accompany the book. One provides forms, handouts, and other printable materials. The other contains ¿The Mediator Rap,¿ a song that helps students memorize the steps of the mediation process.

Twelve week curriculum to teach peacemaking skills in the classroom. Includes 12 reproducible student activity books and teacher's manual.

Born of Mohawk and Cayuga descent, musical icon Robbie Robertson learned the story of Hiawatha and his spiritual guide, the Peacemaker, as part of the Iroquois oral tradition. Now he shares the same gift of storytelling with a new generation. Hiawatha was a strong and articulate Mohawk who was chosen to translate the Peacemaker’s message of unity for the five warring Iroquois nations during the 14th century. This message not only succeeded in uniting the tribes but also forever changed how the Iroquois governed themselves—a blueprint for democracy that would later inspire the authors of the U.S. Constitution. Caldecott Honor–winning illustrator David Shannon brings the journey of Hiawatha and the Peacemaker to life with arresting oil paintings. Together, the team of Robertson and Shannon has crafted a new children’s classic that will both educate and inspire readers of all ages. Includes a CD featuring an original song written and performed by Robbie Robertson.

Teaches how to say peace in 20 different languages to celebrate the International Day of Peace.

This highly regarded work shows K-6 teachers and counselors how to promote peacemaking and problem-solving skills across the curriculum. Chock full of in-depth, hands-on activities, blackline masters, program evaluaion forms, scripts, roleplays and more, it foster deep understanding in students of win-win guidelines and skills for keeping the peace. Also includes an effective peer mediation program with forms, training guide, script, and group role plays. Additional information on parent involvement and leading parent workshops included. A rich resource!