A Parent/Teacher Guide to Children's Books on Peace and Tolerance

A Parent/Teacher Guide to Children's Books on Peace and Tolerance

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  • Author: Bob Blumenthal
  • Publisher: Trafford Publishing
  • ISBN: 1412042593
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 266

How do you teach children to value peace and appreciate diversity? One way is to provide them with books with themes that promote these ideas. The Parent / Teacher Guide to Children's Books on Peace and Tolerance offers readers a wide variety of award-winning titles along with annotations and grade level recommendations. The book is divided into the following sections: Preschool - grade three Grades 4 - 6 Middle school, and High school. Each section has over 100 listings. Topics include civil rights, the Holocaust, slavery, Native Americans, bullying, war, child abuse, bigotry, cooperation, acceptance, apartheid, family relationships, Arab/Israeli conflict, controlling anger, the Civil War, the Vietnam War, WWII, gays and lesbians, and other social issues. Many of these books are the recipients of the following awards and honors: Newbery Award, School Library Journal (starred review), Caldecott Award, Boston Globe Horn Book Award, American Library Association Notable Book, Jane Addams Children's Book Award, American Bookseller - Pick of the List, Kirkus Reviews (starred review), Publishers Weekly (starred review), Booklist (starred review), Coretta Scott King Award, VOYA Top Picks, National Book Award, and the Michael L. Printz Award. This guide is an excellent resource for parents who would like their children to become peace-loving, accepting adults. Teachers who are looking for books to supplement their curriculum will find the suggested titles to be among the best written works in the designated areas. For example, one would be hard pressed to find a better written book on the Holocaust for middle and high school students than I Have Lived One Thousand Years. The author has done a great service by providing parents and teachers with a list of books that cannot be found anywhere else.


The Peace Stick

The Peace Stick

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  • Author: Nidhi Misra
  • Publisher: Castlebridge Books
  • ISBN: 9781601311672
  • Category : Juvenile Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 42

Maska and Taima are two Native American boys who enjoy playing with sticks. When one special stick causes an argument between them, they learn about a different stick that is even more special. This new stick can actually solve arguments!


Understanding Peace Cultures

Understanding Peace Cultures

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  • Author: Rebecca L. Oxford
  • Publisher: IAP
  • ISBN: 1623965071
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 361

Understanding Peace Cultures is exceptionally practical as well as theoretically grounded. As Elise Boulding tells us, culture consists of the shared values, ideas, practices, and artifacts of a group united by a common history. Rebecca Oxford explains that peace cultures are cultures, large or small, which foster any of the dimensions of peace – inner, interpersonal, intergroup, international, intercultural, or ecological – and thus help transform the world. As in her earlier book, The Language of Peace: Communicating to Create Harmony, Oxford contends here that peace is a serious and desirable option. Excellent educators help build peace cultures. In this book, Shelley Wong and Rachel Grant reveal how highly diverse public school classrooms serve as peace cultures, using activities and themes founded on womanist and critical race theories. Yingji Wang portrays a peace culture in a university classroom. Rui Ma’s model reaches out interculturally to Abraham’s children: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim youth, who share an ancient heritage. Children’s literature (Rebecca Oxford et al.) and students’ own writing (Tina Wei) spread cultures of peace. Deep traditions, such as African performance art, Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism and Islam, give rise to peace cultures, as shown here by John Grayzel, Sister Jewel (a colleague of Thich Nhat Hanh), Yingji Wang et al., and Dian Marissa et al. Peace cultures also emerge in completely unexpected venues, such as gangsta rap, unveiled by Charles Blake et al., and a prison where inmates learn Lois Liggett’s “spiritual semantics.” Finally, the book includes perspectives from Jerusalem (by Lawrence Berlin) and North Korea and South Korea (by Carol Griffiths) to help us envision – and hope for – new, transformative peace cultures where now there is strife.


Children's Literature in Action

Children's Literature in Action

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  • Author: Sylvia M. Vardell
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • ISBN: 1440867798
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 361

This practitioner-oriented introduction to literature for children ages 5–12 covers the latest trends, titles, and tools for choosing the best books and materials as well as for planning fun and effective programs and activities. The third edition of Children's Literature in Action provides an activity-oriented survey of children's literature for undergraduate and graduate students seeking licensure and degrees that will lead to careers working with children in schools and public libraries. Author Sylvia M. Vardell draws on her 30 years of university teaching and extensive familiarity with the major textbooks in the area of children's literature to deliver something different: a book that focuses specifically on the perspective and needs of the librarian, with emphasis on practical action and library applications. Its contents address seven major genres: picture books, traditional tales, poetry, contemporary realistic fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, and informational books. Each chapter includes practical applications for the educator who shares books with children and who develops literature-based instruction. Chapters are enriched by author comments, collaborative activities, featured books, special topics, and activities including selected awards and celebrations, historical connections, recommended resources, issues for discussion, and assignment suggestions. This new edition incorporates the 2018 AASL National School Library Standards.


Administering the School Library Media Center

Administering the School Library Media Center

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  • Author: Betty J. Morris
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • ISBN: 1598848941
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 600

This is the most comprehensive textbook on school library administration available, now updated to include the latest standards and address new technologies. This reference text provides a complete instructional overview of the workings of the library media center—from the basics of administration, budgeting, facilities management, organization, selection of materials, and staffing to explanations on how to promote information literacy and the value of digital tools like blogs, wikis, and podcasting. Since the publication of the fourth edition of Administering the School Library Media Center in 2004, many changes have altered the landscape of school library administration: the implementation of NCLB legislation and the revision of AASL standards, just to mention two. The book is divided into 14 chapters, each devoted to a major topic in school library media management. This latest edition gives media specialists a roadmap for designing a school library that is functional and intellectually stimulating, while leading sources provide guidance for further research.


Teaching Peace

Teaching Peace

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  • Author: Jan Arnow
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9780399521553
  • Category : Child rearing
  • Languages : en
  • Pages :


Peaceful Parents, Peaceful Kids

Peaceful Parents, Peaceful Kids

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  • Author: Naomi Drew
  • Publisher: Kensington Books
  • ISBN: 9781575666082
  • Category : Family & Relationships
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 292

A practical guide to help parents teach their children how to cope with stress offers an innovative approach that combines real-life situations, hands-on examples, and helpful advice on how to resolve conflicts, reduce anger and anxiety, develop listening skills, foster self-esteem and understanding, and more. Original.


The Complete Home Learning Sourcebook

The Complete Home Learning Sourcebook

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  • Author: Rebecca Rupp
  • Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
  • ISBN: 0609801090
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 882

Lists all the resources needed to create a balanced curriculum for homeschooling--from preschool to high school level.


Can You Say Peace?

Can You Say Peace?

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  • Author: Karen Katz
  • Publisher: Macmillan
  • ISBN: 9780805078930
  • Category : Juvenile Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 46

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


What We Believe

What We Believe

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  • Author: Laleña Garcia
  • Publisher: Lee & Low Books
  • ISBN: 9781643794778
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 32

This powerful activity book will engage hands, hearts, and minds as it introduces children to the guiding principles of the Black Lives Matter movement. When the Black Lives Matter movement began in 2013, the three founders--Alicia Garza, Patrisse Khan-Cullors, and Opal Tometi--anchored its work in a list of guiding principles, developed through conversation with other activists. These principles commit the movement to empathy, loving engagement, and just action among its participants; affirm the importance of Black women, families, elders, and LGBTQ folk; and celebrate the strength and diversity of Black people in their communities and around the globe. Now young people can explore these powerful principles in What We Believe: A Black Lives Matter Principles Activity Book. Created by two teachers with more than thirty-five years of educational experience between them, the book presents the guiding principles in down-to-earth, child-friendly language, with each principle accompanied by writing prompts, space for children or adults to create their own reflections, and a coloring page. Supporting materials guide adults in sharing the principles with children and encourage kids to dream big and take action within their communities. An essential resource for anyone discussing racial equity with young people, What We Believe offers a beautiful and inspiring lens on the most important social justice movement of our time. Lee & Low Books will donate a portion of its proceeds from the book to the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, Inc.