Economics of peace educational materials

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We received this email recently that seems to contain very useful teaching material.  Let us know if you use it!  (The links don’t seem to work from this blog but you can reach them through their website).

Dear Educator,

I hope that you are having a pleasant summer.  As the fall semester approaches, I wanted to share updated curricular material and ask for a moment of your time to complete a surveyaround peace education resources.

The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) has developed free education resources that allow students to explore the social and economic impact of violence and peace in their communities and the world. IEP is a non-profit research institute dedicated to better understanding the social, economic, and political factors that drive peacefulness. We produce the Global Peace Index and the United States Peace Index, which measure peacefulness at national and regional levels and provide rich data, resources, and visualizations for teaching, including interactive maps.  

 

Our free teaching modules, the Building Blocks of Peace, have just been updated with new peace data and maps from the 2012 Global Peace Index and I hope that you will find them useful in your classroom.

 

As we continue to develop these resources, we would appreciate your feedback. Please take a few minutes to complete a short survey so that we can better understand the types of material that you are looking for and how peace education can fit into your classroom:http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QHPV3CS

 

If you are not familiar with the Building Blocks of Peace lesson plans, please visit: http://economicsandpeace.org/education/secondary to download these free modules that cover:

 

 

  • An Understanding of Peace explores the factors influencing a country’s peacefulness and why peace is more than simply the absence of war
  • Peace and Sustainability explains the impact of peace on global sustainability through a focus on water access and management
  • Education and Peace investigates how education is important in supporting a country’s peacefulness
  • Peace and Economics evaluates the benefits of peace to the economy and business through an exploration of tourism retail industries

 

 

Best Regards,

 

Sung Cho

Institute for Economics and Peace

3 East 54th Street, 14th Floor

New York, NY 10022

www.economicsanpeace.org