These lessons, activities, study guides, multimedia stories of peacebuilders, and more draw on USIP's work to provide educators with a rich assortment of teaching resources on peace and conflict themes. Featured is USIP’s Peacebuilding Toolkit for Educators, a curriculum guide developed by teachers, for teachers. Find a resource that is right for you.
Unsure of where to start? Alumni of USIP’s Peace Teachers Program offer ideas for using USIP’s resources in your classroom in “Teach Like a USIP Peace Teacher.”
The war in Iraq began in 2003, when a U.S.-led coalition launched a military operation in that country. This followed the Iraqi government’s failure to comply with United Nations (U.N.) Security Council Resolutions requiring it to surrender all weapons of mass destruction and allow verification by U.N. inspectors.
USIP’s Peacebuilding Toolkit enables educators to bring important global issues into the classroom and strengthen students’ conflict management skills. I highly recommend that other teachers utilize t
While the 20th century witnessed the most destructive wars in human history, it also saw the most concerted efforts ever attempted to limit and even prevent war, to constrain arms proliferation, to ad
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Reconciliation processes in post-conflict societies are often highly complex. This activity helps students gain a greater understanding of the nature of reconciliation and a more profound apprec
Students participating in the Thumb Wrestling: Competition Versus Cooperation activity at USIP. Rationale: This activity provides participants with an opportunity to explore concepts of cooper
Rationale: This activity introduces the problem-solving process to students and encourages creative ideas. Objectives: To practice thinking creatively, or thinking outside the box. To explor