International Day of Peace

http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/un/international-peace-day

September 21^th, is the day declared by the United Nations General Assembly, as the International Day of Peace, a day devoted to "commemorating and strengthening the ideals of peace both within and among all nations and peoples."

http://peaceoneday.org/un-ga-resolution/

The day was first celebrated in 1982, and is kept by many nations, political groups, military groups, and peoples. More information on International Peace Day is available at Culture of Peace Initiative and UN GA Resolution.

http://lionsoforegon.org/news-events/attachment/peace-poster-2011-ryan-pelky-west-salem-lions-2/

http://xonado.com/en/peace/

Activity 1: Choose a Nobel Peace Prize Winner and explain why he/she has received this award. Check out Nobel Prize Winners 2012- 1901, All Nobel Peace Prizes, Full List Of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates and Nobel Prize Awarded Women to get the required information.

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/

Activity 2: Reflect about the questions below and answer them on a construction paper:

- What is peace?

- What can you do to promote peace at your school?

- What can you do to promote peace at your community?

http://www.milpitaslions.com/?paged=2

Activity 3: Write peace messages and make a peace wall with them.

http://www.wsd1.org/kelvin/departments/social_studies/6/hasta2.htm

Activity 4: Reflect about the video Imagine | Playing For Change and paint a canvas picture, showing your message of peace. Check out Peace Poster Winners: 2011-2012, Peace Poster Contest Finalists, Peace Poster E-cards, Peace Poster Contest to get inspired.

 

http://burlingtonlions.org/peaceposter.html

Activity 5: Create a peace song and share it online. To get inspired check out Songs for World Peace, Under the Rainbow by Joyce Johnson Rouse, Let There Be Peace on Earth a hymn first composed for the United Nations and Earth Anthem by Greg Jones. Then, use Song Lyrics Generator to automatically create lyrics for your single. After that uploaded your video at YouTube.

http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/

http://vimeo.com/musicstore

http://freemusicarchive.org/

http://musopen.org/music

http://www.jamendo.com/en/albums

http://www.lastfm.com.br/music/+free-music-downloads

http://www.dominiopublico.gov.br/pesquisa/PesquisaObraForm.jsp

http://www.mutopiaproject.org/index.html

http://www.fairfaxlions.org/tag/peace-posters/

Activity 6: Reflect about the song Heal the World by Michael Jackson and make a poster showing a way of making your community a better place.

http://iwantyourstyle.com/2012/07/09/its-not-just-about-fashion-guys/

Activity 7: Create a one minute video showing how you will be making a difference on International Peace Day. Then, upload your video at YouTube. To get inspired check out Live Windows Project: International Day of Peace, 21 September.

http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/

http://vimeo.com/musicstore

http://freemusicarchive.org/

http://musopen.org/music

http://www.jamendo.com/en/albums

http://www.lastfm.com.br/music/+free-music-downloads

http://www.dominiopublico.gov.br/pesquisa/PesquisaObraForm.jsp

http://www.mutopiaproject.org/index.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPH4LRASWbo

Activity 8: Do a role play on peace.

http://neoformix.com/2009/PeaceDove.html

Activity 9: Make a peace dove to decorate our school. Watch Origami Peace Dove to learn how to do it.

http://upmusics.com/show/Fazer+origami/&page=3

Activity 10: Reflect about the song Man in the Mirror by Michael Jackson and make a poster showing how you can make the world a better place.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PivWY9wn5ps

Activity 11: Listen to the song What a Wonderful World | Playing For Change and learn how to sing it.