Engaging the Future
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In a world plagued by violence, efforts to build peace must be valued. It is the challenge for educators in the 21st century to find ways for people to come together to learn to respect differences as they take responsibility for negotiating a safe and secure future.
Reading 1: Like the Difference Between Flowers
How do you raise a child who can respect differences between individuals and groups?
Reading 2: Recognizing Difference
Do you think politicians should have a right to prohibit certain
articles of clothing from public schools if they believe it is for the
good of the larger community?
Reading 3: Learning from Hate
When does tolerance break down between groups? How are ethnic and religious differences used to turn neighbor against neighbor?
Reading 4: Call Me By My Real Name
What does it take to turn children into unquestioning soldiers? How
were the identities of children destroyed and later recreated in that
process?
Reading 5: Listening to the Other
What does it take to turn positive experiences with "the other" into momentum for peace?
Reading 6: Finding a Language for Peace
What do you imagine were the debates and dialogues that took place as
people across the world first considered the notion of a Universal
Declaration of Human Rights?
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