When children are exposed to traumatic events within their neighborhoods, communities, or across the world, you can help them feel safer and more secure...and build hope for a more peaceful, kinder future. These resources will help you...

In this lesson, 6th graders read and discuss an article about video games and violence, then participate in a debate. They are divided into groups and each group prepares an argument and their evidence, then one person from each group...

Mount St. Helens getting active, how do we forecast or predict volcanoes? How do volcanoes change the landscape? How does life return after a volcano?

This site explores the violent tendencies of the great artist Caravaggio and how this affected him, his life, and his art.

This animated map of Baghdad shows the parts of the city as it is bombed by date from 2003 to 2007,a running tally of people killed in specific areas, and the ethnic divisions in the city.

Lesson in which students use a video, handouts, and other reading material to investigate events in Sudan, assess the argument over whether the Darfur conflict is a genocide, and consider the international response to these events.

In the Mix, the forum on social issues for teens that airs on PBS, considers the issue of violence and abuse in teen relationships.

Shortly after the swearing-in of Sierra Leone's new president, Ernest Bai Koroma, in 2007, violence occurred between his supporters and those of the opposition. The situation and Koroma's response are described in this article. [20...

Understand the physical and emotional facets of dating violence -- its warning signs, examples of violence, statistics, and how to leave an abusive relationship. Interpret a poem on the theme of dating violence.

A collection of links to resources for teachers and parents for helping children process their responses to school violence, such as the Sandy Hook tragedy.

This Why? Files resource offers information and resources on school violence issues entitled "When Kids Kill."

Transcript of an interview with three experts on the issue of school violence, following the school shooting in Springfield, Oregon in 1998. (Aired: May 22, 1998)

Keep Schools Safe provides information for parents, students, and schools. The safety and security directory and the section offering books on school violence are both good references.

Keep Schools Safe provides information for parents, students, and schools. The safety and security directory and the section offering books on school violence are both good references.

Why are some kids prone to violence? This site by R. Richmond, Ph.D. offers some sound reasons and is very informative. Is it money? Is it media? is it more?

This lesson focuses on the extreme violence that permeated Roman society and how that violence may have attributed to the downfall of the Roman Empire. Students will make comparisons between the violence in ancient Rome and the violence...

Learn how conflicts arise, how to prevent conflicts, and how emotions and attitudes affect conflicts. Also, learn how to speak out against violence with the help of the discussion questions, activity ideas, and writing prompts provided...

This resource provides information and statistics of child labor throughout the world.

High School Parent Handbook that discusses personal boundaries and teen relationships.

This article examines the opposition to Hugo Chavez as personified by ex-president of Venezuela, Carlos Andres Perez. (28 July 2004)

MSNBC offers a breaking news story on the capture of Saddam Hussein also tells of his rise to power.

In the center of downtown Atlanta, a handful of streets intersect, forming what locals know as Five Points. Today, a park, a university, high-rise buildings and throngs of motorists and pedestrians make this a bustling area, belying its...

A comprehensive guide written in response to violence in schools and the efforts by the US Department of Education and the Department of Justice to develop early warning signs of violence in schools. This guide is designed to provide...

A comprehensive guide written in response to violence in schools and the efforts by the US Department of Education and the Department of Justice to develop early warning signs of violence in schools. This guide is designed to provide...