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PEACE 101
An Entry Level Outline of the Montessori Peace Curriculum

Ursula Thrush
Peace education is implicit in the Montessori curriculum and its manipulative materials. Peace has to be cultivated in our classrooms by combining the actual experience of peace with hands-on peace making skills and the intellectual academic activities leading to the understanding of peace.
 
Academic Peace Activities Peace Experiences
Preschool
The Global View
Introduction to the world
Land and water forms
Globes
World maps
Plants of the world
Animals of the world
Peoples of the world
Fundamental needs of humans
Global comparisons		 Free choice: self- respect
Respect for others
Cooperation
Silence Game
Non competitiveness
Conflict resolution
Peace table
Respect for the environment
Identification with others
Self-control
Elementary
The Cosmic View
The evolution of consciousness and love
Physics experiments
Cosmic tale
Impressionistic Charts
Clock of eras
Timeline of life
Evolution of interdependence of life
Unconscious contribution
Caring
Timeline of early humans
Reflective thought
Creative imagination
Conscious choice
Altruism
Timeline of BC and AD
Progress of human need fulfillment
Timeline of civilizations
From early settlers to agape		 Mediation
Recognizing laws of nature
Personal values
Secondary
The Social View
History timeline
Timeline of great peacemakers
Global economics and politics
Social responsibility
Conscious choice to act
Responsibility as co-creators		 Researching great humanitarians
Evaluating personal actions
Evaluating personal values
Evaluating personal choices
Evaluating co-creation
Evaluating personal integrity
Evaluating self