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CLASSROOM RESOURCES: Teachablemoment.Org is a K-12 teaching lesson project of Educators for Social Responsibility. The site includes lessons on the war. http://www.teachablemoment.org/ Historians Against the War has an excellent teaching resources section at http://www.historiansagainstwar.org/resources/ Rethinking Schools: The teacher’s publication, Rethinking Schools, created a special supplement on teaching the war in its Spring, 2003 issue (volume 17, number 3) complete with lesson plans, readings, map and geography activities, links and much more. http://www.rethinkingschools.org/war/index.shtml Teaching for Change, a Washington, D.C.-based "social justice" organization for teachers, has developed a site entitled "Behind the Headlines: Resources for Educators on the September 11 Tragedy and the Response." It includes material on the Iraq war. http://www.teachingforchange.org/Sept11.htm NYCORE has created a curriculum, 'Military Myths: Combating Military Recruitment in the Classroom' as part of a widespread response to the increased efforts of military recruiters in New York City high schools." http://www.nycore.org/curricula.html
Democracy Dialogues is a
live interactive video program on disasters of U.S. foreign policy. It
supplies the historical context for understanding current events, and it
features retired top national security officials and senior military
officers, as well as scholars and activists, including Noam Chomsky,
Jane Goodall, James Loewen (author of Lies My Teacher Told Me)and
conservatives as well as dissidents. Available at:
RecruitmentEducation.org
has developed a rich lesson plan on the topic "What Recruiters Don't
Tell You." ESR Metro Annotated Websites For Teaching About The Iraq War. Click here for an annotated list of web sites useful for teaching about the Iraq war developed by ESR Metro (Educators For Social Responsibility) and reproduced with permission. Resources To Oppose Military Recruitment and a Draft. Click here for an annotated list of web sites useful for organizing against a draft and military recruitment at our schools and colleges.
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