Peace Education and Action Center
Sarasota, Florida
Available Resources
Peace Education and
Videos
Faces
of Peace: Diane Mason, producer
Independent
Media in a Time of War: Amy Goodman
Invisible
War: Depleted Uranium & the Politics
of Radiation (66 minutes)
Keeping
the Earth: Religious and Scientific Perspectives on the Environment
Military
Myths – A short video that focuses on youth of color and the racial/economic
profiling politics behind recruitment.
September
11th Commission Report Results
Trading
Democracy: A Bill Moyers Report – An investigation of NAFTA’ s Chapter 11 –
what has been called an end run around the Constitution.
Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election – the
www.911inPlanesite.com and www.reopen911.org
DVDs
ACLU
Freedom Files: Beyond the Patriot Act
ACLU
Freedom Files: The Supreme Court
ACLU
Freedom Files: Dissent
ACLU Freedom Files: Religious Freedom
Aftershock:
American Voices – The aftermath of the 2004 election
Earth
Charter: Boldly Optimistic Vision
Iron
Jawed Angels – Tells the true story of how defiant and brilliant young
activists Alice Paul and Lucy Burns took the women’s suffrage movement by
storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to
vote.
Mother’s
Day – A film by Diane Mason – Interviews with Mothers working for peace.
NOW
with David Brancaccio – Human Rights and the Struggle for Fair Food
SCOPE
Dropout Project
WalMart: The High Cost of Low Price
Welcome
to the Future – an overview of the Venus Project with Dr. Jacque Fresco
A
Conversation with Social innovator and Futurist Jacque Fresco
Cds
Nonviolent
Communication as a Way to Peace – Marshall Rosenberg is interviewed about
Nonviolent Communication.
Fiction
A Rumor
of War by Philip Caputo – the bestselling
Life
and Fate: A Novel by Vasily Grossman
Love
Thy Neighbor: A Story of War by Peter
Maas
Word
of Honor by Nelson Demille
Non-Fiction
All
of One Peace: Essays on Nonviolence by
Colman McCarthy
The
Different Drum: Community Making and Peace:
A Spiritual Journey toward Self-Acceptance, True Belonging, and
The
Book of Peace: Meditations from Around
the World by Claire Nahmad
Born
to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the
New Consumer Culture by Julia Schor
The
Best of Abbie Hoffman; Selections from
his writings with a foreward by Norman Mailer
Psychological
Bases for War – Heinrich Winnik, Rafael Moses, Mortimer Ostow
Women's
Rituals: A Sourcebook by Barbara Walker
Adventuring
in Paradise by Gene Jones – Hiking/Paddling/Biking/Walking in
Global
Climate Change: A Plea for Dialogue, Prudence, and the Common Good – A
statement of the U.S. Catholic Bishops
Origins
of the Sacred: The Ecstasies of Love and War by Dudley Young
Shopping
for a Better World: A Publication of
Co-op
The
Blood of Abraham: Insights into the
Wisdom’s
Daughters: Conversations with Women
Elders of Native America by Steve Wall
30
Simple Energy Things you Can do to Save the Earth by The Earth Works Group
The
State of
The
Simple Truth: A New Understanding of Sacredness by Joseph Simonetta
The
Tools
for Tolerance: Simple Ideas for
Promoting Equity and Celebrating Diversity
Supplementing
the paintings, an illustrated timeline recounts the Berlin Wall’s unique
history from 1961 through its final tumultuous weeks.
Leon
Trotsky presents the living thoughts of Karl Marx
Addicted
to War: Why the
Florida
Women’s Hall of Fame (2002)
Peace:
More than an End to War: The Baha’I
Approach to the organic process leading to an enduring peace
Peacemaking: Day by Day Volume I – Daily quotes for
peacemakers pubished by Pax Christi.
Peacemaking: Day by Day Volume II – A daily reflection
book assembled by Pax Christi.
Strength
through Peace: The Ideas and People of Nonviolence. Edited by Colman McCarthy
Voluntary
Simplicity: An Ecological Lifestyle that Promotes Personal and Social Renewal
by Duane
The
Berrigans. Edited by William VanEtten
Casey. This book provides a unique,
multi-layered examination of these extraordinary men and their movement.
Peace
is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in EveryDay Life – Thich Nhat Hanh
About
Peace by Scott Shaw – 108 ways to be at peace when things are out of control
Creating
True Peace: Ending Violence in Yourself,
Your Family, Your Community and the World by Thich Nhat Hanh
Science
and Our Global Heritage:
Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Sustainable Development
Saharasia: The 4000 BCE Origins of Child Abuse, Sex
Repression, Warfare, and Social Violence in the Deserts of the World by James
DeMeo
Guns and Garlic: Myths and Realities of
Organized Crime by Frederic D. Homer
Breaking
the Silence by Walter Laqueur and Richard Breitman – The story of Eduard
Schulte, the German industrialist who risked everything to oppose the Nazis and
was the first to tell the world of the fate of the Jews in Hitler’s
Speak
Up: Responding to Everyday Bigotry from
Teaching Tolerance
The
Heart of Social Change: How to Make a Difference in Your World: A transcript of a Nonviolent Communication
Workshop given by Marshall Rosenberg, Ph.D.
Global
Problems and the Culture of Capitalism by Richard Robbins
World
Religions: From Ancient History to the Present. Edited by Geoffrey Parrinder
Educating
in Faith: Maps and Visions by Mary C.
Boys
Talking
Peace: A Vision for the Next Generation by Jimmy Carter
M.K.
Gandhi: An Autobiography or The Story of
My Experiments with Truth
Called
to Something New: A People’s Peace
Initiative – A Catholic Collaboration to Articulate the Challenges of
Peacemaking in the 21st Century:
A reflection book for Small Groups
Plan
B: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a
Civilization in Trouble by Lester Brown
The
New Global Deal: Economic and Social Human Rights in World Politics by William
Felice
Practical
Ethics by Peter Singer: the focus of the
book is the application of ethics to difficult and controversial social
questions.
The
Seven Mysteries of Life: An Exploration in Science and Philosophy by Guy Murche
Space
Wars Worlds and Weapons by Steven Eisler
The
Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
365
TV-Free Activities you can Do with your Child by Steve & Ruth Bennett
We
can Work it Out: Resolving Conflicts
Peacefully and Powerfully: A presentation of nonviolent communication ideas and
their use by Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D.
Cassette Tapes
A Heart
to Heart Talk by Dr. Marshall Rosenberg
Building
a Progressive Agenda: A speech by Dr.
Helen Caldicott
Curriculum Materials
I
will be Your Friend: Songs and
Activities for Young Peacemakers (pre-K – 5th grade)
Peace
by Piece: A K-5 Peace Education
Curriculum developed by the Orange County Public Schools’ Student Assistance
and Family Empowerment (SAFE) program.
The
Peace One Day Citizenship Resource Pack from
Ending
World Hunger: The First Steps. An
Educational Experience for Youth and Adults: A project of Shalom Education: an ecumenical
task force on Christian Education of World Peace
Living
Lightly on the Planet: A Global
Environmental Education Guidebook for Grades 10-12: Volume II
Cases
for Teaching in the Secondary School:
Introduction to Case Study Teaching
Aquatic
Project Wild
Project
Wild (Project WILD is an interdisciplinary, supplementary environment and
conservation education program for educators of kindergarten through high
school age young people.
Project
Learning Tree: Environmental Education
Activity Guide PreK-8
Together:
A cooperative game about solving World Problems: Ages 8-12 \
A
Guidebook to Teaching US History – Earliest Times to Civil War
America’s
Civil Rights Movement: Complete teaching packet in text and video from Teaching
Tolerance – includes 104 page text that explores the events and people of the
movement, a 38 minute film (winner of Academy Award for Documentary Short), and
standards-based lesson plans for U.S. History, Civics and Language Arts. Grades 6-12.
Mighty
Times: A Children’s March from Teaching Tolerance – tells the story of how Rosa
Parks inspired a community to unite in its opposition to segregation. Recommended for grades 5 and up. Contains a
40 minute DVD with a classroom viewers guide and nine ready-made lesson plans.
The
Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in
One
Survivor Remembers: A Teaching Kit for
Grades 8-12. Includes Academy Award
winning 39 minute documentary film, primary documents, a 50 page teacher’s
guide with standard-based lesson plans and a 40 page Resource Booklet with
Holocaust timelines and research project ideas.
Making
the Peace: A 15 session violence prevention curriculum for young people: Paul Kivel & Allan Creighton with The
Oakland Men’s Project
Ten
Ways to Fight Hate: A Community Response
Guide from Teaching Tolerance
Contributions
of Black Americans, Indian Americans, Mexican Americans, and Asian Americans to
American History – Teachers Resource Guide:
Grades K-12
Solutions
to Violence edited by Colman McCarthy.
Grades 10-12.
