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Advancing Women Peacemakers Project

http://www.ja1325.org/

Web project dedicated to providing sound historical information relating to Jane Addams and the history of American women and peace from her time through the adoption of United Nations Security Resolution 1325 in 2000.

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Soul Looks Back in Wonder,
Tom Feelings (Editor, Illustrator)

Amelia Bloomer Project http://libr.org/ftf/bloomer.html

Annually publishes annotated lists of recommended children’s books that advance women’s equality. The project is sponsored by the Feminist Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Roundtable of the American Library Association.

Teaching BooksBooks and Authors from the Jane Addams Children’s Book Awards, 1953-present http://www.teachingbooks.net/quicksearch.cgi?id=1268

Enjoy these multimedia, online resources about the books and authors associated with the Jane Addams Children's Book Award, courtesy of TeachingBooks.net. Questions? (800) 596-0710

The Children's Peace Education Project

http://www.childpeacebooks.org/cpb/Protect/ourProject.php

A home and classroom curriculum for young children includes a searchable database of specially selected books to teach peacemaking with young children between one and six years of age.

Cyber School Bus http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/

Global teaching and learning project of the United Nations.

Educators for Social Responsibility http://esrnational.org/

A website with resources for teachers, and parents.

Great Decisions in the Classroom http://www.fpa.org/info-url4715/

Developed by the Foreign Policy Association to support educators and students who are committed to teaching and learning about international affairs.

Human Rights Education: The Fourth R http://www.amnestyusa.org/education/4thr.html

A free online magazine for human rights education including lesson plans and resources published by Amnesty International USA.

Multicultural Pavilion http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/

A project of Edchange provides resources for k-12 classrooms including lesson plans and booklists.

National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) http://nameorg.org/

An organization of educators and others fostering multicultural education. NAME publishes a quarterly journal, Multicultural Perspectives, available free to members.

Parenting for Peace http://www.parentingforpeace.blogspot.com/

Primarily a blog for parents, teachers and others on issues of peace education.

Rethinking Schools http://www.rethinkingschools.org/

An online subscription education journal focusing on issues of equality. Includes reviews of children’s books, DVD’s and websites.

SoJust.net http://www.sojust.net/

A project of EdChange offers a free online library of documents relating to social justice, civil rights, equity, peace and activism.

Teaching for Change http://www.teachingforchange.org/

Online catalogs, resources and links for teaching human rights education.

Teaching Tolerance http://www.tolerance.org/

A web project of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Understanding Prejudice http://www.understandingprejudice.org/readroom/teachbib.htm

Established in 2002 with funding from the National Science Foundation and McGraw-Hill. The purpose of the site is to offer educational resources and information on prejudice, discrimination, multiculturalism and diversity. The site is focused primarily on college level education, however it includes an Anti-Bias Bibliography for Teachers aimed at elementary and secondary educators.


Awards and Booklists

Notable Books for a Global Society, Children’s Literature and Reading, &
International Reading Association
http://www.csulb.edu/org/childrens-lit/proj/nbgs/intro-nbgs.html#lists

Sydney Taylor Book Award, Association of Jewish Libraries
http://www.jewishlibraries.org/ajlweb/awards/stba/index.htm

Amelia Bloomer Project Blog and Annual List:
Recommended Feminist Literature for Birth through 18
http://libr.org/ftf/bloomer.html

Carter G. Woodson Book Awards
http://www.socialstudies.org/awards/woodson

Coretta Scott King Awards
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/emiert/cskbookawards/index.cfm

Pura Belpré Awards
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpremedal/index.cfm

Asian/Pacific American Lib Assn Award for Literature
http://www.apalaweb.org/awards/awards.htm

American Indian Youth Literature Awards
http://www.ailanet.org/activities/youthlitaward.htm

Americas Book Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature
http://www4.uwm.edu/clacs/aa/index.cfm

Blogs

The PaperTigers blog http://www.papertigers.org/

American Indians in Children’s Literature
http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/

Oyate http://www.oyate.org/aboutus.html