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This Peacebuilders in Action lesson plan also includes:
- Peacebuilding Toolkit for Educators, Middle School Edition (English version)
- Peacebuilding Toolkit for Educators, Middle School Edition (Spanish version)
- Peacebuilding Toolkit for Educators, Middle School Edition (French version)
- Peacebuilding Toolkit for Educators, Middle School Edition (Arabic version)
- Introduction
- Section Three
- Activity
- Worksheet
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What contributions have great peacebuilders made to our society? Civic-minded scholars take an in-depth look at people who have made a difference world-wide during the 12th instructional activity in a 15-part series. After researching facts about their assigned peacebuilders, they present them in an open forum.
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Instructional Ideas
- Extend the lesson by having individuals create posters for the person they research
- To focus their reading, ask the class what qualities a good peacebuilder should have before they begin
Classroom Considerations
- Choose and print biographies about peacebuilders from the Nobel Prize website in advance of the lesson; make sure you have a different person for each student
Pros
- Adding time constraints to the note-taking portion of the lesson keeps the class focused
- Learners take on the role of the person they research when they present their findings at the peacebuilder exchange
Cons
- None