Kim Redigan, MPT member and high school teacher, discusses how peace team skills and trainings can have a positive influence on the education of young people. You can also click the following link to listen on another page. If you right-click this link, you can select “save file as” and add it directly to your… read more
Educators for Nonviolence
This page is dedicated to educators who are looking for new ways of bringing nonviolence into the classroom. New material will be added at least once or twice a week, so check in often.Bringing peace teams into the classroom
Kim Redigan of Meta Peace Team, also a high school teacher, describes how peace team material can be explored in a classroom setting. You can also click the following link to listen on another page. If you right-click this link, you can select “save file as” and add it directly to your mp3 player. Peace… read more
Nonviolence Currents: “Students push to limit school police after Newtown”
Nonviolence Currents – Bridging Nonviolence and Current Events in the Classroom A service of the Metta Center for Nonviolence LESSON PLAN #4 Waging Nonviolence Article: Students push to limit school police after Newtown Themes: Restorative justice, state politics, school safety Target age group: Ages 14 & up Subject areas: Language Arts, Social Studies, Government Pre-reading… read more
Nonviolence Currents: adapted from “Why Telling the Stories of Solutions is a Revolutionary Act”
Nonviolence Currents – Bridging Nonviolence and Current Events in the Classroom A service of the Metta Center for Nonviolence LESSON PLAN #3 YES! Magazine Article: Why Telling the Stories of Solutions is a Revolutionary Act by Frances Moore Lappe Themes: media literacy, problem solving, critical thinking, writing for media Target age group: Ages 14 & up… read more
Nonviolence Currents: adapted from “Industrial Disasters and Student Activism – An Untold Story”
Nonviolence Currents – Bridging Nonviolence and Current Events in the Classroom A service of the Metta Center for Nonviolence LESSON PLAN #2 Waging Nonviolence Article: Industrial disasters and student activism – an untold story by George Lakey Themes: labor rights, dehumanization, nonviolence, activism Ages: 14-18 (high school) Pre-reading activity: Ask students to skim the article and look… read more
Summer 2013: Nonviolence for Educators Summer Course
Deep Reform: Changing the Educational System from Within Summer Online Course for Educators When: June 24-August 6 Where: Online (asynchronous) Are you an educator who is feeling frustrated with the growing dehumanization in the school system? Want to make change? The Metta Center is offering an online summer program on nonviolence in education.… read more
Nonviolence Currents: adapted from “Inoculating our children against fear and hatred”
Nonviolence Currents–Bridging Current Events and Nonviolence in the Classroom A service of the Metta Center for Nonviolence LESSON PLAN #1 Waging Nonviolence Article: Inoculating Our Children Against Fear and Hatred by Frida Berrigan Themes: Courage, Prejudice, Bullying Target age group: high school (ages 14-18) Pre-reading: Ask students to skim the article and look up… read more
The Five Pillars of Education: Transcript
For audio: Click Here Quote: “Civilization is always a race between education and catastrophe.” H.G. Wells I’m very happy to be able to discuss this with you. I thought I’d start with a couple of little stories about why I’ve been so frustrated about this topic in the past. About 10 or 15 years… read more
