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Dr. Seuss teaches peace - Free
online guides for you
"If your plan is for one
year, plant rice. If your plan is for ten years, plant trees. If your plan is
for one hundred years, educate children." Confucius
The
Teach Peace foundation makes available online guides for the below Dr. Seuss
books. Our online guides are free and by clicking on the pictures of the book covers, you can
purchase the Dr. Seuss books.
 The
Lorax (themes are conservation, and dangers of greed and valuing
things over people) weaves a familiar tale of a good thing gone wrong; the irresponsible
ambitious Once-ler builds a huge, thriving business at the expense of
Truffula trees and the creatures who depend on them.
Click here for our online parent and educators guide.
(1st - 3rd
graders)
 The
Butter Battle Book (theme is silly conflicts can escalate into a dangerous
situation) was written in response to the arms buildup and nuclear war threat.
The threat stems solely from the way Yooks and Zooks choose to eat their bread:
butter-side up and butter-side down, respectively. The story ends with a blank
page, leaving a cliffhanger ending that is open to interpretation.
Click here for our online parent and
educators guide.
(5th - 6th graders)
 The
Sneetches (about us vs. them and anti-Semitism, racism, tolerance). Students
are informed that the Nazis often required Jews to wear yellow stars on their
clothing to identify themselves as Jewish. Click
here for our online parent and educators guide.
(3rd - 4th
graders)
 Yertle
the Turtle (about tyranny and Hitler's thirst for power).
Click here for our online parent and educators
guide.
(5th - 6th graders)
 Horton
Hears a Who (treating people with respect and a person's a person, no matter
how small). Dr. Seuss wrote Horton Hears a Who to address post-war
democratization in Japan (treating Japanese people with respect and really
listening to them). Click here for our online
parent and educators guide.
(3rd - 4th graders)
 Oh,
the Places You'll Go! explains you are on your way to great places! The
message is today is your day so get on your way!
Click here for our online parent and
educators guide.
(2nd - 4th graders)
This Teach Peace Foundation program is the product
of a high school service learning project led by Timna Medovoy (she was a senior
at Davis High School in Davis, California when this innovative program was
created in 2009). Book
summaries are a combination of information from Seussville.com and changes made
to improve this instruction designed to help students become good global
stewards.
For more information,
please call 530-554-7061 or contact
contact@teachpeace.com. | 
