0.2 Part two: special topics  (Page 30/39)

Teaching Tolerance (Online only) Activity that enables students to explore the lives of immigrant teens and learn about the socialboundaries in their own school along the way.

Seeds of Peace (Online only) International camp dedicated to preparing teenagers from areas of conflict with the leadership skillsrequired to promote coexistence and peace. While the organization focuses primarily on the Middle East, its programs have expanded to include otherregions of conflict. As of 2003, participants come from the Middle East, the Balkans, South Asia, and Cyprus.

Assignment 2: active reading

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Assignment 2: Active Reading

• Write Focused Freewrites for any 4 different resources given on the previous pages. (The length of each Focused Freewrite is 2-3paragraphs.)
  A Focused Freewrite is when you use a phrase or sentence from something you've read as a trigger for free-formwriting; that is, you write any thoughts, questions, or stories that come to mind as it relates to the trigger phrase or sentence.Sometimes you'll stick to the trigger topic and sometimes your mind will wander into seemingly unrelated places. Give yourselfpermission to move between "wandering" and coming back to writing about the topic.
• Please be sure to write the trigger phrase or sentence at the top of each Focused Freewrite in quotation marks and give the title of thearticle or source.

Assignment 3: connecting learning to a need

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Assignment 3: Connecting Learning to a Need

From the reading, your own knowledge, and possibly interviewing others in your local community, please answer the followingquestions:

• Describe three or four of the most important ingredients for conflict mediation? Why?
• In the setting in which you find yourself, what is your greatest challenge as it relates to conflict mediation?
• What are the best practices in your country? (You might want to include the contributions of indigenous or community-based culturesor other non-formal structures that may not get the attention they deserve.)
• List 3 things you can do to enhance conflict mediation in your community. What resources do you have? What resources do you need? Whatthoughts come to mind as it relates to a possible project? (2-3 paragraphs)
• Send your work to your learning circle. Share feedback from your cohort. What new ideas are sparked for you in talking to your cohort?Describe them here.

When you're done with this assignment and your mentor says you're "Ready," continue onto Part Three of this course: Designing andImplementing Your Service Project.

Overview

Schools are more than places where a body of knowledge is transferred from teachers to students. Students come from families,live in communities, and carry a social history with them. As we develop the skills to reach all students, we need also to identify the "specialness" ofthese needs and create classrooms that can allow young people to achieve.