Educators for Nonviolence

This page is dedicated to educators who are looking for new ways of bringing nonviolence into the classroom. New material will be added at least once or twice a week, so check in often.

Nonviolence Currents: adapted from “Why Telling the Stories of Solutions is a Revolutionary Act”

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Nonviolence Currents – Bridging Nonviolence and Current Events in the Classroom A service of the Metta Center for Nonviolence LESSON PLAN #3 YES! Magazine Article: Why Telling the Stories of Solutions is a Revolutionary Act by Frances Moore Lappe Themes: media literacy, problem solving, critical thinking, writing for media Target age group: Ages 14 & up… read more

Nonviolence Currents: adapted from “Industrial Disasters and Student Activism – An Untold Story”

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Nonviolence Currents – Bridging Nonviolence and Current Events in the Classroom A service of the Metta Center for Nonviolence LESSON PLAN #2 Waging Nonviolence Article: Industrial disasters and student activism – an untold story by George Lakey Themes: labor rights, dehumanization, nonviolence, activism Ages: 14-18 (high school) Pre-reading activity: Ask students to skim the article and look… read more

Summer 2013: Nonviolence for Educators Summer Course

Deep Reform: Changing the Educational System from Within     Summer Online Course for Educators  When: June 24-August 6 Where: Online (asynchronous) Are you an educator who is feeling frustrated with the growing dehumanization in the school system? Want to make change? The Metta Center is offering an online summer program on nonviolence in education.… read more

Nonviolence Currents: adapted from “Inoculating our children against fear and hatred”

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Nonviolence Currents–Bridging Current Events and Nonviolence in the Classroom A service of the Metta Center for Nonviolence   LESSON PLAN #1 Waging Nonviolence Article: Inoculating Our Children Against Fear and Hatred by Frida Berrigan Themes: Courage, Prejudice, Bullying Target age group: high school (ages 14-18) Pre-reading: Ask students to skim the article and look up… read more

The Five Pillars of Education: Transcript

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For audio: Click Here Quote: “Civilization is always a race between education and catastrophe.” H.G. Wells             I’m very happy to be able to discuss this with you. I thought I’d start with a couple of little stories about why I’ve been so frustrated about this topic in the past. About 10 or 15 years… read more

Setting the Stage: a nonviolent classroom

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Setting the Stage: Rudiments of a Nonviolent Classroom by Michael Nagler It is possible to teach students the basic principles of nonviolence in a normal classroom setting with the usual methods that we would use for mathematics or any other subject (Gandhi, after all, always insisted it was a science”).  For two reasons, however, we… read more

The Search for a Nonviolent Future: Study Guide

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by Todd Diehl, nonviolence educator           Today, I would like to highlight the Search for a Nonviolent Future Educator Study Guide. There are so many powerful, informative ideas in Michael Nagler’s Search for a Nonviolent Future, and I worked with Michael and Stephanie two years ago to create a resource for educators with lesson… read more

My Life is My Message–Questionnaire

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The following questionnaire draws upon Gandhian principles to help educators evaluate their starting point for developing nonviolence throughout the school year. (This was found in our files from an educators’ conference we hosted in 2008. The author is unknown.) View the PDF of the questionnaire at this link.  ***  ‘My life is my message’ Questionnaire… read more