FREE Online Peace Education Resources

Jeremy Gilley founded the non-profit organization Peace One Day in 1999 as part of his quest to establish the first ever day  of global ceasefire and nonviolence.  In 2001 the UN passed a resolution declaring September 21 the International Day of Peace, Peace Day, and since then Jeremy and Peace One Day have been working hard to institutionalize the day.  As part of this, the education department has come up with a FREE online resource

that provides 21 lesson plans and 28 classroom activities for exploring issues such as: ending bullying, conflict resolution, intercultural cooperation, the United Nations, and the link between sustainability and peace. Using September 21, Peace Day, as the focus, the resource works in conjunction with the documentary film The Day After Peace, which charts Jeremy Gilley’s (founder of Peace One Day and director of the film) journey to establish the first annual day of global ceasefire.  A classroom version of the film is available FREE online along with the Resource, and the Resource itself contains a wealth of video clips.

Each lesson plan refers to National standards and fits well within the frameworks of History/Social Studies, Civics and Government Studies, English/Language Arts, Environmental Science and more. To find out more about the Educational Resource and to show your students what young people can do to make peace, please go to:http://www.peaceoneday.org/en/education.  Register now!

The Resource is also available in the 6 official languages of the UN: Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, and Spanish.

Please do not hesitate to contact me and let me know what you think!

Emily Dew

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