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International Day of Peace (Hear the Children Day) September 19, 2000
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On
September 19, 2000, the United Nations
will host a global "One Minute of Silence" as part of its International
Day of Peace. The event focuses on the peace messages of the world's children.
The third Tuesday of every September is the traditional, universally observed
International Day Of Peace, as proclaimed in a 1981 UN resolution.
Our Hot Topic this week features the background to the celebration,
the role of international Non-Government Organisations in peace work,
and global conflict.
References to conflict can be found in all curriculum Social
Studies strands.
Background
The United Nation's Cyber
School Bus web site adds more background information and has an activity
for younger students on designing a peace flag.
The Education Gazette's TKI Webguide "Disaster
Zones" looks at the effects of natural disasters, war and civil strife
on people, particularly children. It includes information on how people
cope and what international bodies are doing to help ensure recovery and
future prevention.
Children in war
The Save the Children Fund classroom resource on Kosovo, "Children
in crisis", emphasises the effect of the conflict on young people.
The Children
of War classroom activity from the Discovery Channel encourages students
to read, analyse and discuss excerpts from children's war diaries.
English Online's "Conflict
and War" lesson plan includes poetic writing and writing, and presenting.
Global conflicts
The United Nations' "Country
at a Glance" is an interactive map guide with detailed statistics
on each nation.
"InfoNation" is a two-step database that presents and compares statistical
data for UN member states. The CIA
World Factbook offers similar information in almanac form.
The United Nations peacekeeping site has a map of all its peacekeeping
missions as well as special reports and a regularly updated news centre.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) web site contains
a teachers' section with information on use of the UNHCR site in schools.
The site includes teaching resources, planning tips and unit and lesson
plans in age categories. Also free is the UNHCR's refugee
news service.
"We Shall Overcome
- Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement" celebrates and records
the places and personalities involved in the civil rights movement in
the United States. The site features speeches from civil rights leaders
and links to relevant resources.
The TKI Webguide "Gallipoli
and Anzac Day" is a collection of web sites about the ANZAC Gallipoli
campaign. The Webguide includes descriptions of the battle, maps and historical
information, quotes from those who were there, and opinions from the Turkish
point of view.
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