From: Cammie Backus <cbackus>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 11:32:39 -0500

I got this email forwarded to me this morning; it seems appropriate in light of the recent discussion about war books.

Cammie
 Message----From: FINE [mailto:fine at gse.harvard.edu] Subject: From FINE: Resources on How to Talk to Children About War and Peace

Dear FINE Member,

We would like to share with you some web resources designed to support communication with children about war and peace.

Educators for Social Responsibility provides guides and curricular suggestions to help teachers address national and global issues:

http://www.esrnational.org/sp/we/world.htm

The United Nations offers a curriculum on peace education:

http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/peace/index.asp

The NYU Child Study Center tackles tough questions about how to talk to children about the war with Iraq:

http://www.aboutourkids.org/articles/war_iraq.html

National Association of School Psychologists offers advice on helping children cope with fears of war and terrorism:

http://www.nasponline.org/NEAT/unsettlingtimes.html

Sincerely,

The FINE Team

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