The following is a selection of resources for use in educational and parenting settings. They are organised by age group.
General peace education materials
- Peace education: A pathway to a culture of peace, by Loreta Navarro Castro and Jasmin Nario Galace, Center for Peace Education, Miriam College, Philippines
- Peace education training manual, by Loreta Navarro Castro, for the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict-Southeast Asia
- Peace Works: Peace Education Foundation
- Life-Enriching Education: Nonviolent Communication Helps Schools Improve Performance, Reduce Conflict, and Enhance Relationships
- Two synopses: 1) Peace communications for Salesians in formation and 2) peace education to be taught in Salesian schools
Elementary/primary level (5-10 years of age)
- Golden Thread: Nonviolent Followers of Jesus
- Living in Harmony: Empowering Children to Become World Harmony Builders
- Creating a Culture of Peace: A Practical Guide for Schools, Peaceful Schools International, written as part of a United States Institute of Peace funded project with 25 pilot schools in Karachi, Pakistan
- The Peaceable School, Manual: General Introduction and Specimen Lessons, CED-Groep (Netherlands)
- Creating the Peaceable School: A comprehensive guide for teaching conflict resolution, Richard Bodine, Donna Crawford, Fred Schrumpf
- Peace Scholars: Creative Conflict Solving, Grace Contrino Abrams Peace Education Foundation, Miami, Florida, U.S.
- The Friendly Classroom for a Small Planet: A handbook on Creative Approaches to Living and Problem Solving for Children – Children’s Creative Response to Conflict Program
- Teaching Towards a Culture of Peace in Early Childhood Education Classrooms, Samantha Ferber, University of San Francisco
- Live Peace, Teach Peace: Best Practices and Tools, by MJ and Jerry Park, Little Friends for Peace (Click here for additional resources from Little Friends for Peace)
Middle school (10-13 years of age)
- Peace Scholars: Creative Conflict Solving, Peace Education Foundation
- The Young Peace Maker: Student Activity Book, Peacemaker Ministries
- Peacebuilding toolkit for educators: Middle school edition, US Institute of Peace
- Peaceful solutions: Conflict resolution and violence prevention strategies: A teacher’s guide, WNET Educational Resources Center
High school/secondary school (14-18 years of age)
- Catholic Nonviolence Initiative PowerPoint for secondary school students, prepared by Pax Christi England & Wales
- Christian peacemaking: Practical conflict transformation skills to empower youth to love their neighbor in conflict, by Katie Murphy, Gonzaga High School, Washington, DC
- Teaching peace in schools, from the Peace Alliance: Curriculum and resources for adolescents, teenagers and young adults
- Classroom resources from the US Institute of Peace
- Peacebuilding toolkit for educators: High school edition, US Institute of Peace
- A student at Gonzaga High School, an all-boys school in Washington, DC, created this video about what he has learned about the power of nonviolence (4.20 minutes)
University/seminary level
- Recommended academic programs to advance nonviolence
- Nonviolence in Theory and Practice syllabus, by Eli McCarthy
- Introduction to peace studies and conflict transformation syllabus, by Eli McCarthy
- Syllabi from peace studies courses at DePaul University. Ken Butigan is a member of the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative executive committee and has a long association with Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service. He has taught peace studies for many years; the documents in this folder include course descriptions on nonviolence in Catholicism, leadership development, and more.
- Jake Lynch and peace journalism
Parenting
- 12 month family program: Metta Center
- Nonviolent Communication for parenting