Learning to Abolish War: Teaching Toward a Culture of Peace

“Learning to Abolish War” is a comprehensive 3-book packet including a theoretical overview, sample lessons, a teacher-training outline, and networking resources for peace education. Concepts and teaching methods relating to human rights and humanitarian law, conflict prevention and resolution, disarmament, human security, and a culture of peace are stressed throughout. The book packet is for teachers, researchers, activists, and policy architects at all levels of the educational system, including grades K-12. It can also be adapted and utilized in non-formal and community-based peace education.

Formal education, Non-formal education, Training of Professional Groups

FE: Secondary and high school, FE: Primary school, FE: Higher education, NFE: Communities, TP: Teachers, TP: Public officials

Human rights-based approach, International humanitarian law, Whole school approach, Right to peace, Peace Education