Posts in the ‘Curriculums’ Category

As school districts across North America – indeed perhaps across the world – struggle with how to enable students to study productively in safe, respectful school environments, more school personnel are checking into restorative justice and asking themselves whether the practices of “RJ” could be applied in their environments.

With horrific stories of cyberbullying and “bullycides” in the news, is there anything Christians can do, other than wring our hands?
Maybe we can start by talking—and listening—to our youth.

The Young Peacemaker is a powerful resource of Peacmaker Ministries that parents and teachers can use to teach children how to prevent and resolve conflict in a constructive and biblically faithful manner.

A list of peace education resources on the On Earth Peace website.

A resource for families compiled by the National Council of Churches, designed to engage families in conversations and activities that will nurture lifestyles of peace and nonviolence

This 32-page study guide invites United Methodists to thoughtfully consider and prayerfully understand security in a post-Sept. 11 world. The document is not an official document of the Council but is approved by the Council for use by local congregations to stimulate conversation and reflection. It sets a foundation to deepen our Christian conversation about what security means within our faith and asks United Methodists to consider how inadequate fear-based ethics are in personal and political decision-making and to wrestle with the myth of human invulnerability.