Peacemaker Biographies

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Lesson: Peacemaker Biographies

Objective: To learn that many people have had the courage to stand up for what they believe and make change in the world.

Grade Level: Grade 3 and up

Preparation http://www.cultureofpeace.com/calendar/ Open each month and select people for the class to research. Make a list with the person's birth date.

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Procedure:

1. Ask students to name people they know of who have contributed to making the world a more peaceful place - they might think of Gandi, Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Robert Kennedy. If you wish read a book about one of these people. Some suggestions: My Brother Martin by Christine King A Picture Book of Rosa Parks by David Adler and/or If a Bus Could Talk by Faith Ringgold

2. Make a list of characteristics that these people had.

3. Explain that they will be researching a person who has contributed to world peace. Use your own approach for teaching how to write a biography or use the attached graphic organizer. Either assign students a person or have them choose one. Have students go to PeaceCalendar.net http://www.cultureofpeace.com/calendar/ and find their person using the birthdate you give them. They can use the links to find out more about the person or go to the library and take out biographies about the person.

4. Have students write their biographies and then share them in one of the following ways:

Extensions:

Bind all the biographies together to make a class book. Share the book by displaying it in the library.

Go to another class, pair up and then read the biography to the partner.

Make posters featuring the person they researched.

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