For Families and Teachers
12-Week Family and Classroom Curriculum
Explore the power of nonviolence in your family (or classroom) through reading, family discussions on meaningful topics, reflection, and art over the course of 12 lessons to take together as a group. This accompanies the book, Gandhi Searches for Truth: A Practical Biography for Children and is supplemented by Nonviolence Daily: 365 Days of Wisdom from Gandhi.
This short animation is based on a story by Gandhi’s granddaughter, Ela. It explores a lesson of courage she learned from her Grandfather and a snake in South Africa.
Courage- A Short Animated Story for Children
Third Harmony Curriculum, Study-Questions, and Cosmic Peaceforce Activity Pages
Our film, The Third Harmony, has a classroom curriculum and study guide.
Our cooperative board game was designed for youth 15 and up, and we also created ten activity and coloring pages for children.
You can find these resources on our Third Harmony Page.
Gandhi Searches for Truth: A Practical Biography for Children
Mahatma Gandhi was an ordinary child who tried to do something extraordinary with his life: he wanted to discover Truth. This book chronicles Gandhi's inner and outer journey from childhood to the independence of India in twelve short stories, with beautiful watercolor and ink images of Gandhi and his family. For both children and grown-ups, this book explores how Gandhi discovered key principles and tools of nonviolence, including concepts like "satyagraha" and "nonviolent non-cooperation." Perhaps most importantly, it addresses how we can bring his great message in our own lives and become peacemakers at any age!
Five True-to-Life Stories to Inspire Creative Youth-Led Climate Action
These stories were created as a supplement to our animation, An Urgent Message for Humanity (see below) about the human problem underlying the challenge—and solution— of climate disruption. They were written by celebrated nonviolence Young-Adult author Rivera Sun for the Metta Center for Nonviolence.
An Urgent Message for Humanity: Animation and Lesson Plan
Buzz the Bee has an urgent message for humanity: we need to shift how we view ourselves in relationship to the rest of life in order to help restore balance in our world. This short animation, which received kudos from Bill McKibben in the New Yorker’s Climate Newsletter, is a delightful dive into principles of nonviolence. It is accompanied by a lesson plan and short stories as supplemental materials.