Project Zero Classroom 2008
July 28-August 2, 2008
Registration NOW open
Our rapidly changing world presents profound challenges for today's educators. How best to prepare young people for a future that is hard to imagine? How to create learning experiences that are engaging and exciting for children? How to teach for the kind of deep understanding and thought that allows people to solve complex problems and do work that is both excellent and innovative? How to encourage our students to fall in love with learning?
The Project Zero Classroom 2008 is designed to help practicing pre-K through Grade 12 educators design classrooms, instructional materials, and out-of-school learning environments that address these challenges.
For more detailed information about the program or to register online, please visit or website.
Please contact us with any questions at 800-545-1849 or ppe@gse.havard.edu.
The Project Zero Classroom 2008 is presented at the Harvard Graduate School of Education by Project Zero and Programs in Professional Education.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Cultivating Peace, Taking Action
Another curriculum for high school (although I think it could be adapted for middle school or college level classes) this set of activities focuses on questions of social justice and possibilities for activism.
This Canadian resource describes the purpose as "a teaching resource to support education in global issues, sustainable development, social justice, and active citizenship."
This Canadian resource describes the purpose as "a teaching resource to support education in global issues, sustainable development, social justice, and active citizenship."
United States Institute of Peace Essay Contest & teacher resources
High School students may enter the USIP essay contest -- essays are due Feb 1st 2008. The topic is "Natural Resources and Conflict."
USIP also offers teachers some great resources, mainly for high school and college level classes. Of special interest are there prepared simulations, allowing students to engage in active learning about complicated topics.
USIP also offers teachers some great resources, mainly for high school and college level classes. Of special interest are there prepared simulations, allowing students to engage in active learning about complicated topics.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Harvard Educational Review on Peace
The Harvard Educational Review offered a symposium on peace education in its Fall 2007 issue. The articles were written in response to the Virgina Tech shootings but cover a wide range of topics.
I will share the list of articles here, and blog about them 1 by 1 as I find the time.
~ Calling Institutions of Higher Education to Join the Quest for Social Justice and Peace by Elavie Ndura
~ Peace Education in a Violent Culture by Ian Harris
~ The Psychology of Violence and Peace by Rosemarie Stallworth-Clark
~ Love, Peace, and Wisdom in Education : Transforming Education for Peace
~ Rethinking the Unimaginable : The Need for Teacher Education in Peace Education by Tony Jenkins
~ Educating for Peace with Critical Exploration by William Schorr
~ Creating and Sustaining Peaceable School Communities by Linda Bion-Meisels, Steven Bion-Meisels, and Catherine Hoffman
~ Arts and Peace Education : The Richmond Youth Peace Project by Adria Scharf and Ram Bhagat
I will share the list of articles here, and blog about them 1 by 1 as I find the time.
~ Calling Institutions of Higher Education to Join the Quest for Social Justice and Peace by Elavie Ndura
~ Peace Education in a Violent Culture by Ian Harris
~ The Psychology of Violence and Peace by Rosemarie Stallworth-Clark
~ Love, Peace, and Wisdom in Education : Transforming Education for Peace
~ Rethinking the Unimaginable : The Need for Teacher Education in Peace Education by Tony Jenkins
~ Educating for Peace with Critical Exploration by William Schorr
~ Creating and Sustaining Peaceable School Communities by Linda Bion-Meisels, Steven Bion-Meisels, and Catherine Hoffman
~ Arts and Peace Education : The Richmond Youth Peace Project by Adria Scharf and Ram Bhagat
Mothers Acting Up Against the War - 10/27
Mothers Acting Up, in Maine, is hosting a halloween party in conjunction with the October 27 National Mobilization to End the War in Iraq. .
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Registration Open for the CCFC Conference!
CCFC's 6th Summit
Consuming Kids:
The Sexualization of Children and Other Commercial Calamities
April 3-5, 2008
Wheelock College
Boston , MA
Registration is now available for CCFC's 6th summit: Consuming Kids: The Sexualization of Children and Other Commercial Calamities on April 3-5, 2008 in Boston!
Featuring an all-star lineup of presenters, CCFC's 2008 Consuming Kids summit promises to be our best ever.
On Thursday, April 3rd, the summit will kick off with the presentation of the 3rd Fred Rogers Integrity Award to Morgan Spurlock, director and star of the acclaimed film, SuperSize Me. Friday and Saturday will feature presentations and workshops on the impact of commercialization on children - and what we can do to stop it.
We expect this year's summit will sell out early so register now and take advantage of early bird rates.
Confirmed speakers include: Michael Brody, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Nancy Carlsson-Paige, author, Taking Back Childhood - Gail Dines, co-author, Pornography: The Production and Consumption of Inequality - Julie Gale, Kids Free 2 B Kids - Allen Kanner, co-editor, Psychology and Consumer Culture - Tim Kasser, author, The High Price of Materialism - Joe Kelly, author, Dads and Daughters - Jean Kilbourne, author, Can't Buy My Love - Diane Levin, author, Remote Control Childhood - Susan Linn, author, Consuming Kids - Alex Molnar, author, School Commercialism: From Democratic Ideal to Market Commodity - Alvin F. Poussaint, MD, co-author Come On, People - Michele Simon, the Marin Institute; author, Appetite for Profit - Juliet Schor, author, Born to Buy - Susan Gregory Thomas, author Buy, Buy, Baby - Ana Lucia Villela, Instituto Alana - and many, many more!
Register now
Scholarships available
Can't make the summit? Help someone else attend by supporting CCFC's summit scholarship fund.
Consuming Kids:
The Sexualization of Children and Other Commercial Calamities
April 3-5, 2008
Wheelock College
Boston , MA
Registration is now available for CCFC's 6th summit: Consuming Kids: The Sexualization of Children and Other Commercial Calamities on April 3-5, 2008 in Boston!
Featuring an all-star lineup of presenters, CCFC's 2008 Consuming Kids summit promises to be our best ever.
On Thursday, April 3rd, the summit will kick off with the presentation of the 3rd Fred Rogers Integrity Award to Morgan Spurlock, director and star of the acclaimed film, SuperSize Me. Friday and Saturday will feature presentations and workshops on the impact of commercialization on children - and what we can do to stop it.
We expect this year's summit will sell out early so register now and take advantage of early bird rates.
Confirmed speakers include: Michael Brody, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Nancy Carlsson-Paige, author, Taking Back Childhood - Gail Dines, co-author, Pornography: The Production and Consumption of Inequality - Julie Gale, Kids Free 2 B Kids - Allen Kanner, co-editor, Psychology and Consumer Culture - Tim Kasser, author, The High Price of Materialism - Joe Kelly, author, Dads and Daughters - Jean Kilbourne, author, Can't Buy My Love - Diane Levin, author, Remote Control Childhood - Susan Linn, author, Consuming Kids - Alex Molnar, author, School Commercialism: From Democratic Ideal to Market Commodity - Alvin F. Poussaint, MD, co-author Come On, People - Michele Simon, the Marin Institute; author, Appetite for Profit - Juliet Schor, author, Born to Buy - Susan Gregory Thomas, author Buy, Buy, Baby - Ana Lucia Villela, Instituto Alana - and many, many more!
Register now
Scholarships available
Can't make the summit? Help someone else attend by supporting CCFC's summit scholarship fund.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
There Ought to Be A Law
"There Ought to Be A Law" will be shown at the MAIN Conference on Friday, Nov. 2nd.
To register for the conference or for more information see the contacts below.
Here's the story:
Cathy Crowley worked two, full-time jobs and devoted all of her free time to her family before her teenage son Larry's death. She had never been involved in politics, or even voted. Overcome with grief by his suicide in 2004, she went to Wal-Mart to talk to the salesperson who sold him the gun. "We were just obeying the law," the manager told her. "If you don't like it, tell your congressman."
So, Cathy did just that. She sat at her kitchen table for 10 hours one July day and wrote to every single elected official in the Maine legislative directory. A state legislator agreed to sponsor a bill on her behalf that would require a 10-day waiting period before young people could buy guns.
The legislation came at a time of growing concern about youth suicide in Maine, which has the highest rate in New England. Maine also has among the highest gun ownership per capita in the country, and most youth suicides are committed with guns.
Cathy devoted every free moment to passage of the bill and enlisted her family's help. At first, it seemed likely to sail through the Legislature. But the National Rifle Association mounted a behind-the-scenes campaign to defeat it.
"There Ought to Be A Law" shows Cathy's transformation from a shy, "average Mom" to a savvy activist who buttonholes lawmakers and negotiates with committee chairmen as she takes on one of the most powerful and feared lobbying groups in the country.
Two years in the making, "There Ought to Be A Law" gives viewers a behind-the-scenes look at how the Maine Legislature operates, and how average people can get involved in the process. The film will be distributed to schools and organizations encouraging civic activism.
The film was co-produced by Anita Clearfield and Geoffrey Leighton of Durham and Shoshana Hoose of Portland. The Center for Independent Documentary in Sharon, Mass. sponsored the project. Funders include the Point Harbor Fund of the Maine Community Foundation and the Eleanor Humes Haney Fund.
TO REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE:
EMAIL: crusnov@mejp.org
CALL: Chris at 626-7058 ext 204 or toll-free 1-866-626-7059 ext 204
TO SEE THE FULL SCHEDULE OF THE CONFERENCE
To register for the conference or for more information see the contacts below.
Here's the story:
Cathy Crowley worked two, full-time jobs and devoted all of her free time to her family before her teenage son Larry's death. She had never been involved in politics, or even voted. Overcome with grief by his suicide in 2004, she went to Wal-Mart to talk to the salesperson who sold him the gun. "We were just obeying the law," the manager told her. "If you don't like it, tell your congressman."
So, Cathy did just that. She sat at her kitchen table for 10 hours one July day and wrote to every single elected official in the Maine legislative directory. A state legislator agreed to sponsor a bill on her behalf that would require a 10-day waiting period before young people could buy guns.
The legislation came at a time of growing concern about youth suicide in Maine, which has the highest rate in New England. Maine also has among the highest gun ownership per capita in the country, and most youth suicides are committed with guns.
Cathy devoted every free moment to passage of the bill and enlisted her family's help. At first, it seemed likely to sail through the Legislature. But the National Rifle Association mounted a behind-the-scenes campaign to defeat it.
"There Ought to Be A Law" shows Cathy's transformation from a shy, "average Mom" to a savvy activist who buttonholes lawmakers and negotiates with committee chairmen as she takes on one of the most powerful and feared lobbying groups in the country.
Two years in the making, "There Ought to Be A Law" gives viewers a behind-the-scenes look at how the Maine Legislature operates, and how average people can get involved in the process. The film will be distributed to schools and organizations encouraging civic activism.
The film was co-produced by Anita Clearfield and Geoffrey Leighton of Durham and Shoshana Hoose of Portland. The Center for Independent Documentary in Sharon, Mass. sponsored the project. Funders include the Point Harbor Fund of the Maine Community Foundation and the Eleanor Humes Haney Fund.
TO REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE:
EMAIL: crusnov@mejp.org
CALL: Chris at 626-7058 ext 204 or toll-free 1-866-626-7059 ext 204
TO SEE THE FULL SCHEDULE OF THE CONFERENCE
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