Anti-Militarism and Social Justice Curricular Resources


Here are websites featuring antiwar and anti-militarist videos to watch with your students. http://www.propellerfilms.com/recruiter/resources/ http://www.teachpeace.com/movies2all.htm
Conscientious Objector Kit ConsObjLP.pdf :: A Lesson Plan for 8th grade and above on building a Conscientious Objector Kit basic.pdf :: A handout on the Draft and Conscientious Objection put together by the Center on Conscience & War AfterPat.pdf :: An article by Kevin Tillman on the Friendly Fire killing of his brother Pat Tillman, the former football star, in Afghanistan, and the government cover-up antiwar poems.pdf :: a collection of anti-war poems, mostly sonnets (also a fun thing to teach) document analysis.pdf :: a key to analyzing arguments in documents When Silence is Betrayal.pdf :: an article about dealing with war casualties on the home-front musiclyrics.pdf :: An extension activity involving popular antiwar music lyrics. Students listen to and read music lyrics and then discuss. New and updated extensively April 2007. Lesson Plan by Gregory Sotir.
The Unit.pdf :: 23 page Lesson Plan on The Causes, Effects, and Justifications of War by Teri Klass Justification for War.pdf :: Justification for War2.pdf :: Justification for War3.pdf :: Unit Design Overview for The Causes, Effects, and Justifications of War. Standards Based and fully documented. Lessons.pdf :: List of Lessons for The Causes, Effects, and Justifications of War
Here is a PDF lesson plan written for LAUSD 8th grade English Persuasion Component using the book "Addicted To War". The book is available on our Contacts page. addictedLP.pdf :: A three page lesson plan using the graphic book Addicted To War and military recruiting documents. Vocabulary1.pdf, Vocabulary2.pdf, Vocabulary3.pdf, Vocabulary4.pdf, Vocabulary5.pdf :: Vocabulary Sheets for Addicted To War musiclyrics.pdf :: An extension activity involving popular antiwar music lyrics. Students listen to and read music lyrics and then discuss. closure.pdf :: A closure questionnaire for students who have read Addicted To War. Lesson Plan and support materials by Gregory Sotir.
Arlington West is a wonderful documentary on the weekly building of an updated memorial at Santa Monica Pier. Very moving and filled with interviews from a diverse group of visitors. The documentary, by Peter Dudar and Sally Marr, is available from their website www.arlingtonwestfilm.com Arlington West Curriculum guide :: A curriculum guide for the film Arlington West Arlington West Questionnaire :: A closure questionnaire for students who have seen Arlington West. Arlington West reactions :: A student response document for the documentary Arlington West. More info available on our Links Page . Curriculum designed by Ed Sugden of LAUSD.
justification.pdf :: Teaching Guide on The Justification of War. A 38 page lesson plan culminating with an essay for the National Peace Essay Contest.
NYCORE, New York Collective of Radical Educators, has put together an impressive set of rigorous lesson plans on war, citizen formation and participation, and the subversion of our democratic ideals. Here is the PDF file.
There is a good set of lesson plans on Waging Peace at NAPF.
There is a good set of lesson plans on the Viet Nam war at VNIndex.
Lesson Plan on analyzing violence in video games, from the Media Education Foundation. Click here for the PDF file lesson plan.
Three Lesson Plans from Marcy Winograd of teachin.org The Press and the Myths of War; Conflict-Resolution Lesson; Are You For or Against JROTC? Margaret Knapke has edited a book called From Warriors to Resisters: U.S. Veterans on Terrorism, a valuable classroom resource to be used either as primary or secondary text. FWtR contains engaging first-person narratives from veterans and military personnel, explaining how they awoke to the reality of U.S. foreign policy. The book could be used, wholly or in part, in a wide variety of classes--from writing, to social studies or history, to ethics. Margaret Knapke has made the book available as an online resource to facilitate its broad (and free) use as a counter-recruitment (as well as anti-war and anti-School of the Americas) tool. www.resistersbook.org On global warming, which is rapidly becoming an issue that encourages a militarist response from the corporate warmongers, this comes from Bill Bigelow of Rethinking Schools: " ... a film called "The Story of Stuff," about the human and ecological impact of the products we consume. A serious subject -- especially these days. But the film is as funny and playful as it is profound. The filmmaker, Annie Leonard, has now made the film available online for free, at www.storyofstuff.com. Check it out; it's only 20 minutes and could be used in a lots of different classes -- global studies, economics, government, media studies, ecology. There are also some additional resources there, including a supplementary fact sheet to accompany the film."
Teach the Bill of Rights!! Also go to http://www.teachersforjustice.org/database.html for more lesson plans. Homepage