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Teacher
Name:
(insert Teach Peace trained
instructor here) |
School Name:
(insert the name of the
school here)
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Subject: Teaching
Kindness, Caring, & Peace
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Course Name:
How To Be A Peacemaker
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Audience |
Grade Level: Children
from age 2 to 11.
The Teach Peace coloring book is
designed for children from 4 to 6.
All students: Teaching kindness, protecting the
environment and promoting a more peaceful world is applicable to
all young students.
Content Objective: The student is expected to explain how acts
of kindness produce more acts of kindness and how the opposite
is also true. |
| Purpose or Goal of
Lesson |
What is
the purpose or goal of the lesson?
(1) The student will
be able to explain the connection between the actions
to help others and creating peace.
(2) The student will
understand that knowledge can reveal non-violent solutions.
(3) The compliment
game portion of the class helps build friendships and peace
within the classroom. |
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Anticipatory Set or Introduction |
What
activity will focus attention on the subject matter of the
upcoming lesson, establishing a mental set to pique the
students' interest?
The coloring book Teach Peace
can be assigned as advance "activity work." The book has an
"activity section." This is optional and can
help pique the students' interest. Students can also be asked to
discuss at home a profession or career where a person can be a
peacemaker. |
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Input or Procedures |
What
approach will be used to provide information (explain) the
lesson to the students?
The teacher or
facilitator reads the story in the Teach Peace coloring
book. The
teacher will then use the Teach Peace book
(either the 8 page or 15 page version) to promote discussion and
learning. |
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Modeling |
What modeling will
take place to provide some kind of visual or sensory support
related to the lesson?
The teacher is
recommended to open the class with a personal story on how he or
she has acted as a peacemaker.
The Teach Peace
book prompts also illustrate or model peace building behaviors.
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Checking for
Understanding |
What check(s) will be
used to determine if learners have understood the material and
activities of the lesson?
The teacher asks
questions of the students to see if they can communicate the key learning points. |
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Guided Practice |
What initial practice
of lesson skill or the follow-up activity, under direct
supervision of the teacher will be used?
To initiate
discussion with parents and others, the Teach Peace book
can be brought home. If Internet access
exists, the
http://www.thehappycricketmovie.com site can be visited for
additional online activities and information. |
Checking for
Understanding
(Initial Mastery) |
What check(s) will be
used to determine if learners have understood the material and
activities of the lesson?
The teacher will ask the students to say things they can do
to promote peace at home and at school. |
Opportunities to
Relearn
(Reteach) |
If necessary, what
alternative teaching methods will be used to teach the same
information or skill?
The compliment game
helps reinforce teaching kindness and building peace. This is an
activity where students say something nice about each other and
this experience is used to create a groundswell of peace.
The students will be encouraged to visit the
http://www.thehappycricketmovie.com website to learn more. |
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Independent Practice |
What
practice of the skill concept of the lesson, without direct
(step-by-step) adult supervision will take place?
A follow-up discussion
among students, based on the Teach Peace book is
encouraged. |
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Assessment or Evaluation (Assess Mastery) |
What
formal assessment that provides learning criteria and indicators
through traditional or alternative assessment means will be
used?
The teacher will ask
each student to example how they can create peace. |
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Enrichment / Extension |
What
challenging instructional activities can be provided for
students who demonstrate academic proficiency of curriculum
objectives?
Students can be asked
to draw a picture of one of the characters in the book. They can
use the Let's Color section in the Teach Peace book or do
this from a blank sheet of paper. The pictures can be
photographed and presented on the Teach Peace website (see
http://www.teachpeace.com/happycricketpictures.htm). |
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Closure or Ending the Lesson |
What very
brief activity will take place that has students state or
demonstrate the main objective(s) of the lesson.
Students are asked to
explain jobs and actions that build peace. Next, the student is asked
how they will help promote peace when they go home today. |
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Materials: Preparation and Resources |
What
preparation must occur before the lesson is ready?
No advance preparation
is required.
If students are
encouraged to visit the
http://www.teachpeace.com/happycricket.htm site as part of their
advance preparation. |
