Here are step-by-step guidelines to help teachers introduce Acts of Peace into the classroom. They’ve been test-piloted by real teachers in real classrooms…but yours may be different. So be flexible and feel free to adapt the steps according to your students’ age and ability. Create your own ways of making Acts of Peace a daily practice in your classroom. And then -- please share your experience on the Teachers’ TAP Forum. Lots of teachers will thank you! More...
These are class activities that enable students to experience and express Acts of Peace through creative writing, drama, singing, art projects, math and physical movement – even a class outing. Try them and see Acts of Peace take on life and meaning for your students! More...
This is your Acts of Peace marketplace:
- Share your classroom peace activities with others
- Make comments, give suggestions, tell stories
- Write a short essay on teaching Acts of Peace; we’ll publish it!
- Ask questions about teaching peace in your classroom
- Tell other teachers what works with your students – what doesn’t
- Let us know what activities your students most enjoy
- How do you handle Acts of Peace journaling in your classroom?
- What kind of school administration and/or parental feedback have you received?
- Who -- or what -- is your biggest challenge?
What is Teachers' TAP? (Thousand Acts of Peace)
Teachers’ TAP is an online meeting place for teachers who want to help kids practice and journal three Acts of Peace a day in the classroom.
You’ll find:
* Easy ways of explaining and Introducing Acts of Peace to your students
* Classroom Peace Activities that make Acts of Peace creative, fun and rewarding
* Teachers' TAP Forum, where you’re welcome to link up with teachers encouraging Acts of Peace in classrooms ‘round the globe.
Ask questions - tell us what works for you - what doesn’t. And please suggest new Acts of Peace classroom ideas for teachers to try. We’ll all learn from each other.