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=**Peace First**= Children should feel safe in their communities and their schools, and Peace Games works to provide kids with the skills, knowledge, relationships, and opportunity to be peacemakers. The group works to change the way that society views young people and violence and aims to produce the next generation of educators, activists and peacemakers. Learn how games, art activities, theater and community service projects are chosen and find out more about the volunteers that make the program a success in schools in Boston and Los Angeles. @http://peacefirst.org/ = = =**Jackie Jenkins: Greeting the World in Peace **= Conflict and cultural clashes are a part of our global reality, but so is the universal desire for peace. From Bangladesh to Myanmar to Lesotho, discover this inspiring common sentiment in traditional greetings of peace You might greet others with a simple greeting like hello or hola, but many of the everyday greetings used by cultures around the world are actually wishes for peace. Food, flags, and festivals only scratch the surface in exploring other cultures. A common greeting in Bangladesh means Peace be with you. The Indian greeting namaste means the spirit in me greets the spirit in you and is accompanied by a gesture of respect. The greetings of many other cultures originally had meanings of peace, even if those meanings have somewhat been lost. @http://ed.ted.com/lessons/jackie-jenkins-greeting-the-world-in-peace


 * __Hiroshima Peace Park __**

Welcome to Hiroshima Peace Park. It is a colorful and positive web site that offers students the chance to see the memorial that was built for the victims of the first atomic bomb. With text available in Japanese or English, students can learn about the message of peace that the memorial strives to remind us of. Photos of victims and a map of the area affected by the bomb are included

http://www.aeras.jp/peacepark/mape.html

=**Peace and War in the 20th Century**= One war after another seemed to fill the 20th century in places all over the world. Now, in the 21st century, our quest for peace requires us to look at the reasons for these wars and understand what actually worked in bringing resolution. Study primary sources from documents to oral histories and case studies. Learn about peace movements, war resisters, and truth-telling efforts. Find out how mapping and spying changed and investigate life on the front lines and the home front. @http://pw20c.mcmaster.ca/

=**Peace and Peacekeeping**= Most cultures throughout the world strive for peace, a world without violence and war. They strive to be able to work together in harmony without any disagreements. On this web site you will explore the concept of peace around the world. With the help of magazine articles you will visit different cultures and learn their peace symbols and greetings and then be introduced to the United Nations, one of the world's most well known peace keeping organizations. You will also have the chance to play a peace symbol word game and read stories, cartoons, and trivia facts. @http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-themes-peace.htm =**PeaceJam: Change Starts Here**= PeaceJam is an international education program built around leading Nobel Peace Laureates who work personally with youth to pass on the spirit, skills, and wisdom they embody. The goal of PeaceJam is to inspire a new generation of peacemakers who will transform their local communities, themselves, and the world. This site celebrates the lives of some heroes of peace including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, The Dalai Lama, Betty Williams, President Nelson Mandela, and others. @http://www.peacejam.org/ = = =**Peace Action**= The group Peace Action presents a timeline of the efforts to promote practical and positive alternatives for peace. The highlights of the group's history start in the 1950's. In 1957, the first ad campaign for a nuclear policy ran in the New York Times. In 1960, this group put on a rally in Madison Square Garden in New York. This rally attracted 20,000 people to hear Eleanor Roosevelt and Harry Belafonte call for an end to the arms race. Sections of interest include information about the peace action, the national network, and the student network.  http://www.peace-action.org