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September 21 is International Day of Peace
Celebrate with Pinwheels for Peace

Pinwheels for Peace Logo Copyright 2007 Ann Ayers

"Imagine....Whirled Peace". Project began by Ann Ayers and Ellen McMillan, two Florida Art Educators. The website, http://www.pinwheelsforpeace .com has been updated and they are starting to add participants to their map as you join (or re- join).  This year, there is  an official song that was written and recorded by a former student - when you hear it, you'll agree that it
definitely captures the spirit of the project!  For those who wanted t-shirts and posters, they're also ready to order.  The site also has a discussion board to share ideas, pinwheel directions and a template for making pinwheels. Spread the word! 2006 was a huge success. Ann estimates there were one million pinwheels spinning around the world. Plan ahead for 2007.

Quotes about Peace  Lessons

Masterworks about Peace from Artcyclopedia - also see Edward Hicks and Dove

Pinwheels for Peace - Installation project conceived by Ann Ayers and Ellen McMillan. Make pinwheels any size - or use template - decorate and plant throughout your community on September 21.

Portraits of Peace Using Information Technology as a Collaborative Tool in the Classroom. High School exchange lesson by Vivian Komando. See this lesson on Art Junction (site by Craig Roland).

Thousand Cranes Peace Network: A Million Paper Cranes by 2000 
How to make - an animated version. Instructions with photographs.

How to Make a Paper Crane - (pdf file) From Sadako and the Thousand Cranes film project.

The People For Peace Project: Linking the World For Peace
This site has lesson plans for teachers. One Day in Peace - book in many languages Art for Peace   Peace Symbols and Peace Links   Lesson Plan -  Peace Symbols

Art from the Peace Movement Vision Shared Exhibit, Peace Museum

Peace Museum (may be slow to load): "Building a Culture of Peace through a range of exhibits, lectures, theatre and film." 

Peace Museum: Motivating Creative solutions to the Problem of Violence

Peace Quotations: Morihei Ueshiba (1883-1969) was history's greatest martial artist. He was the founder of Aikido, which can be translated as "The Art of Peace." Alternate source "The Art of Peace" - site by Scott Prahl.

I Celebrate Diversity Arts and crafts celebrating diversity and peace. Site has many resource links. Read what a simple box of crayons had to say (poem).

Imagine: Remember the Past - Imagine the Future - A place for students to express themselves through art and poetry, share ideas, and help others learn. Here, we encourage you to remember the past and imagine the future.

Children's Art from Peace, Love and Landmines 

Peace Matters: Art for Peace by students of JJ Hill Montessori School, St. Paul, Minn. 

Weak Blood: Artists "Speak out" for Peace. Online word graphics to protest war and promote peace  

Earth Echo, a digital art gallery of peace, love, and light on the internet by Fred Casselman 

History of the Peace Symbol

Dr. Fischer's Art for Peace Foundation  

Learning about the Holocaust through Art

Graphic Art of Jacob Landau "... work is inspired by prophets, humanist thinkers and romantic literature.  He sees the role of the artist as hero and prophet with a dedication 'to individual growth, to humanity and lire'."

Amanda Dunbar -- art prodigy.  Amanda Dunbar  is speaking out against school violence. (teenage artist)

Non-violent response to tragedy: What Can an Art Teacher Do? Read the suggestions by Marvin Bartel - Professor at Goshen College, Indiana.

Blue Man Group Exhibit 13 - Tribute to 9/11 Beautiful video presentation.

United We Stand This site has links to site all across the country. Preview first to insure the content is appropriate for your students.

Graphic Witness: 9/11 Parsons School of Design Charcoal drawings paying tribute to those who were lost and the survivors.  

9/11 as History: There are lessons on the site for all grade levels. Might spark some interdisciplinary units.

Lois Jarvis Quilts See her amazing Ground Zero Quilt (or at this URL) Zoom in to see all of the faces of those who died. Read all about the quilt and her process. 

Newsday.com_ Slide Show of Artists Visions of World Trade Center Site The following 35 slides show artists' designs for the World Trade Center site that are on exhibit at the Max Protetch Gallery in Manhattan. 

Peace Candle  Light your own "virtual candle" for world peace.

Peace in many languages  Peace - some additional languages   Another source   Peace

LESSON PLANS

Portraits of Peace Using Information Technology as a Collaborative Tool in the Classroom. High School exchange lesson by Vivian Komando. See this lesson on Art Junction (site by Craig Roland).

Lesson Ideas - Patriotic Art - Art About Peace  

Visions of Peace Calendar - from Peace Action

Olympics Lesson Plans - for grades 4 through 8. Lessons focus on character/heroes and peace building. (this link is for 2002 Winter Olympics - lessons are adaptable). 

Discovering Peace - 4 part lesson on quiltmaking. From Kennedy ArtsEdge. Lesson is interdisciplinary - Theater, Language arts, Visual arts. Grades K through 4.

Peace Poems and Picasso Doves: Literature, Art, Technology, and Poetry. This is a thorough lesson for grades 3 thru 5. Students write a Peace Poem in language arts - do dove drawing in art (Inspired by Picasso's Peace Doves). Both are added to a PowerPoint to share. 

Dove as a symbol for Peace  Dove Ornament  Dove Masterpiece (after Picasso). Ornament can be adapted to larger bird - lesson suitable for elementary through grade six. Dove Masterpiece adaptable elementary through middle school. Lessons by Carol Sabbeth.

Making Toys for World Peace - CNN lesson geared towards elementary students, but I think middle school would enjoy it too. Toys are 3-D Design. See World Play.

Building Bridges: A Peace Corps Classroom Guide to Cross-Cultural Understanding - Short, adaptable lesson plans and activities that build cross-
cultural awareness, respect, and communication in your classroom.
You can adapt the lessons to your Multi-cultural art units. The lessons are for grades 6 through 12 (some are also suitable for lower grades). More Peace Corps Lessons

The Pen vs. the Sword: Lyrical Response to a Nation at War - Lesson by Rachel Klein. Excellent lesson for middle school through high school. Has possibilities for art integration, too. Use with Social Comment Lesson Plan.

Teaching Tolerance - FREE resources (for educators) from Tolerance.org. Lesson plans and teacher guides included with resources.

Teaching Religion Through Art and Architecture links to resources and sample lesson plans from ORIAS Workshops (Offices of Resources for International and Area Studies - Berkeley). Links to many lesson plans for building cultural awareness.

Vietnam War and Vietnam War Memorial  

Go first to sites marked with the red square ( )

Vietnam Memorial

Vietnam Veterans Memorial
http://www.nps.gov/vive/

Vietnam Memorial Wall Page
http://thewall-usa.com/index.html

The Virtual Wall
http://www.VirtualWall.org

Maya Lin at Great Buildings site.  High quality images on site by Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton College.

Vietnam's women's memorial
http://www.vietnamwomensmemorial.org/pages/index2.html

  Vietnam War (good site)                                        (Back to TOP)
http://www.vietnampix.com/index.html

PBS Vietnam Online (difficult to read)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/

PBS- Battle Field Viet Nam
http://www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam/  

PBS Stories since the War
http://www.pbs.org/pov/stories/  

Vietnam- Yesterday and Today-- Has war poetry, drama, literature
http://servercc.oakton.edu/~wittman/

Vietnan War Photo Album- lots of photos from the war
http://www.geocities.com/~nam_album/

Vietnam War- Vassar College - Historical information
http://vietnam.vassar.edu/

Vietnam War Quotes                                                (Back to TOP)
http://www.vietnamwar.net/quotations/quotations.htm

Online “book”- “A Year to Kill”
http://home.att.net/~vietnam67/

Find out about Vietnam
http://www.viettouch.com/hist/
http://www.viettouch.com/index.html

60’s Project (interesting)
http://lists.village.virginia.edu/sixties/ http://lists.village.virginia.edu/sixties/HTML_docs/Resources/Glossary/Sixties_Term_Gloss_A_C.html http://lists.village.virginia.edu/sixties/HTML_docs/Resources/Fiction.html

Vietnam War Research page (Internet links) http://www.vietnamwar.net/research/research.htm

  Kent State – May 4
http://www.may4.org/

Vietnam Veterans of America foundation—take a “field trip” to Cambodia http://www.vvaf.org/

Vietnam Picture Archive
http://www.ibiblio.org/vietnam/

Persian Gulf War                                                           (Back to TOP)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/  

"Desert Storm"- Brief History with photographs
http://www.historycentral.com/desert_storm/index.html

World Peace Movement
http://www.san.beck.org/WPM-Principles.html

One Day in Peace
http://www.worldpeace2000.com/  

Peace Action - Practical, Positive Alternatives for Peace

Free Speech Movement
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/BANC/FSM/  

Rise and Fall of Anti-War Movement (essay)
http://www.chss.montclair.edu/english/furr/Vietnam/riseandfall.html

Miscellaneous

Political Compass See where you stand politically (left? right?) and see which world leaders' views are closest to your own.

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