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Recommended Reading/Curricula

RECOMMENDED READING AND CURRICULA FOR EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS   (** denotes audio/visual)

Adventure and Cooperative Games

  • Everyone Wins!: Cooperative Games and Activities By Sambhava and Josette Luvmour
  • Games (& other stuff) for Teachers: Classroom Activities that Promote Pro-Social Learning by Chris Calvert & Laurie Frank
  • Games We Should Play In School by Frank Aycox
  • Journey Towards the Caring Classroom: Using Adventure to Create Community by Laurie S. Frank
  • See www.wilderdom.com and www.trainingwheels.com for fun, experiential activities for students and adults of all ages

“At-risk” Students

  • The Freedom Writer’s Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them by The Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell  (**movie available)
  • From Rage to Hope: Strategies for Reclaiming Hispanic and Black Students by Crystal Kuykendall (2004 edition)
  • Peacebuilding for Adolescents: Strategies for Educators and Community Leaders edited by Linda Rennie Forcey and Ian Murray Harris 
  • Peace Power for Adolescents: Strategies for a Culture of Nonviolence by Mark A. Mattaini

Bullying Prevention

  • The Bully Free Classroom: Over 100 Tips and Strategies for Teachers, K-8 by Allan L. Beane
  • Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats: Responding to the Challenge of Online Social Aggression, Threats and Distress by Nancy E. Willard
  • Don’t Laugh At Me Teachers Guide 2-5 & 6-8 by Operation Respect.  Visit www.dontlaugh.org for free downloads of the Teacher Guide
  • **Don’t Laugh At Me book and music CD by Steve Seskin and Allen Shamblin
  • **Let’s Get Real: Lessons & Activities to Address Name-Calling and Bullying Curriculum Guide & video by The Respect for All Project
  • No Put Downs, Grades K-2, 3-5 & 6-8 by Jim Wright, Wendy Stein and Stephanie Pelcher, National Center for Youth Issues
  • Quit It!: A Teacher’s Guide on Teasing and Bullying for Use with Students in Grades K-3 by Merle Froschl, Barbara Sprung, Nancy Mullin-Rindler, with Nan Steon and Nancy Gropper

Conflict Resolution Education

  • Conflict Resolution in the Classroom: 36 Lessons by Carol Miller Lieber
  • Conflict Resolution in the Middle School by William Kreidler
  • Creative Conflict Resolution: More Than 200 Activities for Keeping Peace in the Classroom K-6 by William J. Kreidler
  • The Handbook of Conflict Resolution Education: A Guide to Building Quality Programs in Schools by Richard J. Bodine and Donna K. Crawford
  • Kids Working It Out: Stories and Strategies for Making Peace in Our Schools edited by Tricia S. Jones and Randy Compton
  • Peace Patrol: Creating A New Generation of Problem Solvers and Peacemakers, An Organizational Guide by Eden Steele
  • A Powerful Peace: The Integrative Thinking Classroom by Warren and Roberta Heydenberk
  • Learning The Skills of Peacemaking: A K-6 Activity Guide On Resolving Conflict, Communicating, and Cooperating by Naomi Drew

Discipline/Classroom Management

  • Classroom Management: Models, Applications, and Cases by M. Lee Manning and Katherine T. Bucher
  • The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children by Ross W. Greene
  • Positive Discipline: A Teacher’s A-Z Guide by Jane Nelsen, Linda Escobar, Kate Ortolano Rosalyn Duffy and Deborah Owen-Sohocki
  • Positive Discipline in the Classroom by Jane Nelsen, Lynn Lott and H. Stephen Glenn
  • Rules in School by Kathryn Brady, Mary Beth Forton, Deborah Porter and Chip Wood
  • Teaching Children to Care: Classroom Management for Ethical and Academic Growth, K-8 by Ruth Sidney Charney

Diversity & Anti-Oppression

  • **A Place At The Table: Struggles for Equality in America video and text by Teaching Tolerance
  • Beyond Heroes and Holidays: A Practical Guide to K-12 Anti-Racist, Multicultural Education and Staff Development edited by Enid Lee, Deborah Menkart and Margo Okazawa-Rey
  • Celebrations Around The World: A Multicultural Handbook by Carole S. Angell
  • Convicted In The Womb: One Man’s Journey From Prisoner to Peacemaker by Carl Upchurch
  • **Let’s Get Real Curriculum Guide and video by The Respect for All Project
  • Other People’s Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom by Lisa Delpit
  • Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice by Paul Kivel
  • Visit www.teachingtolerance.org for free books, posters, videos and other excellent resources for educators

Mediation

  • Conflict Coaching: Conflict Management Strategies and Skills for the Individual by Tricia S. Jones and Ross Brinkert
  • The Mediator’s Handbook by Jennifer E. Beer with Eileen Stief

Nonviolence

  • Doing Democracy: The MAP Model for Organizing Social Movements by Bill Moyer with JoAnn McAllister, Mary Lou Finley and Steven Soifer
  • In The Footsteps of Gandhi: Conversations with Spiritual Social Activists by Catherine Ingram
  • Is There No Other Way?: The Search for a Nonviolent Future by Michael Nagler
  • The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist by Dorothy Day
  • The Politics of Nonviolent Action (trilogy) by Gene Sharp
  • The Story of My Experiments with Truth by Mahatma Gandhi
  • Strength to Love by Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • You Can’t Be Neutral On A Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times by Howard Zinn

Parenting

  • Hope and Healing: Peaceful Parenting in an Uncertain World by Naomi Drew
  • How To Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
  • Positive Discipline by Jane Nelsen
  • Taking Back Childhood by Nancy Carlsson-Paige 

Peace Education

  • Comprehensive Peace Education by Betty Reardon
  • Creating Emotionally Safe Schools: A Guide for Educators and Parents by Jane Bluestein
  • I’d Rather Teach Peace by Colman McCarthy
  • Peace Education by Ian M. Harris and Mary Lee Morrison
  • Waging Peace In Our Schools by Linda Lantieri and Janet Patti

Peer Mediation

  • **Everybody’s Talking: Peer Mediation Skills for Middle and High School Students by CRU Institute
  • The Kids Guide to Working Out Conflicts: How to Keep Cool, Stay Safe and Get Along by Naomi Drew
  • Students Resolving Conflict: Peer Mediation in Schools 6-12 by Richard Cohen
  • The School Mediator’s Field Guide: Prejudice, Sexual Harassment, Large Groups, and Other Daily Challenges by Richard Cohen

Responsive Classroom

  • **Doing Morning Meeting video (excellent!) from Responsive Classroom
  • The Morning Meeting Book by Roxann Kriete with Lynn Bechtel
  • See www.responsiveclassroom.org for a bookstore with excellent resources

Restorative Practices

  • The Little Book of Restorative Justice by Howard Zehr
  • Transcending: Reflections of Crime Victims by Howard Zehr

Social and Emotional Learning and Intelligence

  • Building Academic Success on Social and Emotional Learning: What Does The Research Say? edited by Joseph E. Zinns, Roger P. Weissberg, Margaret C. Wang, and Herbert J. Walberg  
  • Developing Emotional Intelligence: A Guide to Behavior Management and Conflict Resolution in Schools by Richard J. Bodine and Donna K. Crawford
  • The Educator’s Guide to Emotional Intelligence and Academic Achievement: Social-Emotional Learning in the Classroom edited by Maurice Elias and Harriett Arnold
  • Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ by Daniel Goleman
  • EQ + IQ= Best Leadership Practices for Caring and Successful Schools edited by Maurice J. Elias, Harriertt Arnold, and Cynthia Steiger Hussey
  • Smart School Leaders: Leading with Emotional Intelligence by Janet Patti and James Tobin
  • **Social and Emotional Learning- For an excellent video compilation by The George Lucas Foundation visit www.edutopia.org
  • Understanding Emotions in the Classroom: Differentiating Teaching Strategies for Optimal Learning by Claudia Marshall Shelton and Robin Stern
  • Working with Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
  • Yardsticks: Children in the Classroom, Ages 4-14 by Chip Wood

Social Justice Curricula

  • Conflict in Context: Understanding Local to Global Security by Gayle Mertz and Carol Miller Lieber
  • Educating for Human Dignity: Learning About Rights and Responsibilities, A K-12 Teaching Resource by Betty Reardon
  • Human Rights Here and Now: Celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the Human Rights Educators’ Network of Amnesty International USA
  • A People’s History of The United States by Howard Zinn
  • Teaching for Social Justice edited by William Ayers, Jean Ann Hunt, and Therese Quinn
  • Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom by bell hooks

Special Education

  • Complete Learning Disabilities Handbook: Ready-to-use Strategies and Activities for Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities by Joan M. Harwell
  • **Autism The Musical (excellent video from www.docurama.com)

Violence Prevention

  • Break It Up: A Teacher’s Guide to Managing Student Agression by Arnold P. Goldstein, James Palumbo, Susan Streipling, Anne Marie Voutsinas
  • Helping Teens Stop Violence: A Practical Guide for Counselors, Educators and Parents by Allan Creighton and Paul Kivel
  • Making The Peace: A 15 Session Violence Prevention Curriculum for Young People by Paul Kivel and Allan Creighton
  • Violence in American Schools edited by Delbert S. Elliott, Beatrix A. Hamburg, and Kirk R. Williams
  • **Violent Times video and discussion guide by Attainment Company, Inc.

Visit the ‘Links’ page for websites and catalogs that contain many additional reosurces.  If you have a question about any of the resources listed above, please contact me and I will be glad to discuss your needs and answer your questions.