Introduction to Peace Studies (ESL)

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Introduction to PeStuTable of Contents:Peace

Israel Palestine

OthernessPeacemakerGive Me LovePeacekeeping Case Stud:The CongoInternational Peace !aPeace in ChristianitPeace in "uddhism

Mindfulness MeditationPeace Mantra


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Why are Peace and ConficImportant?

Confictis oten based on the uneven allocationo naresources between dierent ethnic and cultural !rou"r!uments over water# timber# and oil ri!hts# especiacountries acin! e$treme poverty# have led to armedThis armed confict in turn leads to environmental de

and the disruption o economic activity# which leads poverty.

&ntil lastin! peace is achieved# the most vulnerableptheir environments will suer. 'ormer &.K. Secretary or International (evelopment (ou!las "le$ander sai

need to see more action to tac*le and prevent conficconfict not onl ruins lives + it cho*es develo ment.,
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/conflict_1http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/allocate?q=allocationhttp://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/degradation_1http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/vulnerablehttp://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/tackle_1?q=tackle+http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/tackle_1?q=tackle+http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/vulnerablehttp://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/degradation_1http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/allocate?q=allocationhttp://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/conflict_1


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What is Peace?

-ocabulary

/. supreme#

the supreme commander o the armed orces

the Supreme Court

1. Paci$sts !"#$

The paci2st movement is !ainin! increasin! support ayoun! people.

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-ocabulary 3. harmon34"567

racialharmony 45 !ood eelin!sbetween dierent races6 89domesticharmony 45 !ood eelin!sin the amilyor home6 :;

Ima!ine a societyin which everyone livedto!ether in 4perect6=>6?@AB6CDEF@/G


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7ead 8What is Peace,? 9y 7

7ummel /. %hat is peace& Peace is the socially constr

4active peace6 absence o war 4passive peace6 balance o powers.

1. %h is peace so di'cult to de$ne? Peace is internal and e$ternal

Peace is active and passive

Peace is ramed by dierent perspectives#perceptionso reality< ie. 7eli!ion# history#

assumptionson violence 4passivist# ascist6#
http://kathyteachingenglish.blogspot.tw/2015/09/introduction-to-peace-studies.htmlhttp://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/passive_1http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/perspective_1?q=perspectiveshttp://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/perception_1?q=perceptionshttp://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/assumption_1?q=assumptionshttp://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/assumption_1?q=assumptionshttp://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/perception_1?q=perceptionshttp://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/perspective_1?q=perspectiveshttp://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/passive_1http://kathyteachingenglish.blogspot.tw/2015/09/introduction-to-peace-studies.html


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Case Study Israel=Palestine

Watch the short video Israel and Palestinian Introduction

Play the ree online !ame Peacema*er4(ownload6

Simulation (ivide class into Israel Palestine 7ole play

&sin! the inormation provided in the Simulation >andouwill ima!ine themselves to be one o the characters liste

In character# and wor*in! in !roups# students will

simulate a conversation that would be held

around the table# in each amily settin!.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y58njT2oXfEhttp://www.kongregate.com/games/berzerkstudio/the-peacekeeperhttp://www.peacemakergame.com/http://geography.mrdonn.org/palestine.html#Handouthttp://geography.mrdonn.org/palestine.html#Handouthttp://www.peacemakergame.com/http://www.kongregate.com/games/berzerkstudio/the-peacekeeperhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y58njT2oXfE


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'rom September 1 to the end o/#/@A Israelis and at least @#/1

Palestinians have been *illed.

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(amil One: ) Palestinian home

Ahmed:" youn! Palestinian boy about /1 or /3. (eeply reli!ious# he i he is martyred# he will !o directly to heaven. Since he was a baby# htold that the Israelis are evil. >e has seen the riotin! and would li*e to

Miriam:The older sister o "hmed. She was to be married# but her 2a*illed in a riot by Israeli soldiers. She considers hersel to be a widow. San!ry and bitter towards the Israelis.

Abdullah:The oldest son o Duhammed. >e is a member o the "l 'adeeply reli!ious# and has committed terrorist acts towards Israelis. >ethe Israeli police.

Muhammed:The ather o "bdullah# Diriam# Dustaa and "hmed. >e!rew up in the reu!ee camp. >is ather was *illed in the /@%@ war wit

his amily home burnt down. >e does not want his children involved wdemonstrations. >e too is very reli!ious.

Serapin:Dother o "hmed. She is troubled by the violence and does o her children hurt. She wants to move to "merica where her brother prosperin!.


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(amil T*o: )n Israeli home

David Rothberg:"n /B year old Israeli citiEen. Currently servin! army# he believes all "rabs want to destroy Israel. >e is not very rehe is very proud to be an Israeli soldier. >e has never been in any

>e has ;ust been assi!ned to riot duty in the FaEa strip.

Ben Rothberg:(avidGs ather. 9orn in Israel# his parents were boto the >olocaust. >e is a true believer in the country o Israel as a (eeply reli!ious# he has been trained as a 7abbi. >e runs a small !and his employees are all "rabs. >e always complains about how lyet he pays only the minimum allowed by law.

Sarah:Dother o (avid. Immi!rated rom the &nited States. She h

violence. She is araid or her son and wishes he had a sae ;ob. Horeli!ious# she mostly !oes alon! with whatever 9en says. >er "meupbrin!in! and ideas confict with those o 9en and her nei!hbors.

Judith:oun!er sister o (avid. She worships him but doesnGt wan*now. She is plannin! on ollowin! him into the army when she is oShe is e$tremely bri!ht and could !o to the &niversity i she wants

Mariam:(avidGs !irlriend. She was raised on a *ibbutE and her p

*illed in a terrorist attac*. She proesses to hate all "rabs. She say(avid has a chance to *ill "rabs. She wants all "rabs out and onl


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Othernesstu"vw"xy

bein! or eelin! dierent in appearance or charom what is amiliar# e$pected or !enerally ac

In the 2lm# he is able to depict the sense ootherness and alienation that many teena!eKAz{|}~,-Fx

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Jtherness -ocabulary1. condemn-to criticiEe somethin! or someone stron!ly# usually or m

The terrorist action has been condemned as an act o barbarism and coA62

The 2lm was condemned or its se$ism. Az{@2

2. extensive- coverin! a lar!e area< havin! a !reat ran!e a school with e$tensive !rounds o

e$tensive repairs to the motorway

3.perpetrator- someone who has committed a crime# or a violent or h

""The perpetrators o the massacre must be brou!ht to ;ustice as war crimVOPd2

4. normalize- make normal

5. Tolerant accepting ""

The present !overnment is even less tolerant o dissent.

Jn the continent people are more tolerant o children in public places.

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Jtherness vocabulary

6.Progressive developing "

7. Diverse- diferent 8"tu

8.!aithsreligions

9. random act o violence

10. Dehumanize-to remove rom a person the special humanindependent thou!ht# eelin! or other people# etc. /

ItGs a totalitarian re!ime that reduces and dehumaniEes its po6C/2

11. Portra"- repreent

12.perceive-to come to an opinion about somethin!# or haveabout somethin! ""

>ow do the 'rench perceive the 9ritish? //

WomenGs ma!aEines are oten perceived to be super2cial. /N2


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7ead#,Time to Lliminate Jtherness, 4abrid!ed

9"CKF7J&H( It is about a recent shootin! o 3 Duslstudents at an "merican &niversity. The shootin! wasby newspapers all over the world# but their late covercondemned+Would the incident have received astemore e,tensivemedia covera!e i the victims had bDuslims and the perpetratorhad been Duslim? Thehashta! MChapel>illShootin! appeared over @#

and trended in the &nited States# the &nited Kin!domSaudi "rabia and several other countries. The hashtaMDuslimivesDatter was used over /# times.

Watch# 8 Chapel Shootin! Interview CHH,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/guneet-kaur-chawla/it-is-time-to-eliminate-o_b_6771068.htmlhttp://kathyteachingenglish.blogspot.tw/2015/09/introduction-to-peace-studies.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1lmpJ1mP2Uhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1lmpJ1mP2Uhttp://kathyteachingenglish.blogspot.tw/2015/09/introduction-to-peace-studies.htmlhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/guneet-kaur-chawla/it-is-time-to-eliminate-o_b_6771068.html


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7eadin! Nuestions /. What is 8Jtherness?, 1. >ow does the author say Jtherness is constructe

3. I 8Jtherness, in "merica is anyone who is not thmale portrayed heavily in media and mass entertaithan who alls into the cate!ory o Jther in "merica

3. Why are minority students araid in this article?

%. What does 8Jtherness, in Taiwan loo* li*e?

A. >ow does Jtherness infuence confict and social


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Interview with a Peacema*er 7ead# "n!el o Peace In

/. "ccordin! to ouise# what do peace builders do?

1. >ow did she prepare hersel to be a peacema*er?

3. >ow do people ater a war relate to each other in the be!innin! o the hprocess?

%. >ow does standin! or peace reuire more bravery and coura!e than 2!

soldier?

A. >ow can the culture o violence be chan!ed?

O. Is the Peace Company an HFJ? Why or why not?
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Dusic# 8Five me ove,

I mi!ht understand you

Learn the song and singalong:

Give me loveGive me loveGive me peace on earthGive me lightGive me life-eep me free from birth

Give me hope.elp me cope/ *ith thisheav loadTring to/ touch and reachou *ith/.eart and soul

Please take hold of mhand/ that

Cope0 to deal successfull

*ith a di'cult situation

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Peace*eepin! Case Study The C

Watch the 1 videos Can the 34 -eep Peace&)ndTo solve mass violence/ look to locals

/.What are the dierent perspectives on peace *eep1.What are some o the problems o the &Hs eectiv

3.>ow can the &H be more aective?%.L$plain the dierence between top down and bottoapproach to peace buildin!.
http://kathyteachingenglish.blogspot.tw/2015/09/unit-2-peace-video-lesson-case-study-in.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuy4dFSD0tYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuy4dFSD0tYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHdYaMyR5-8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHdYaMyR5-8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHdYaMyR5-8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuy4dFSD0tYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuy4dFSD0tYhttp://kathyteachingenglish.blogspot.tw/2015/09/unit-2-peace-video-lesson-case-study-in.html


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.app International !a of Peace# Peace "egins

What does my personal aith# reli!ion

or spiritual bac*!round teach about cultivatin! inne

>ow can a peaceul individual# lead to a peaceul w

What must I do personally to mana!e stress and mainner peace?

What does 9uddhism# Taoism# Christianity teach ab

4see blo!6
http://kathyteachingenglish.blogspot.tw/2015/09/happy-international-day-of-peace-peace.htmlhttp://kathyteachingenglish.blogspot.tw/2015/09/happy-international-day-of-peace-peace.html


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Christian -iews on Peace

In Christianity peace is personi2ed in the person o :e

called )The Prince o Peace.) The believer has access peace thru their aith o Christ livin! within them.

The 2rst selection is oten read at Christmas or sun!

/. 'or unto us a child is born# unto us a son is !iven< a!overnment shall be upon his shoulder< and his nameWonderul# Counselor# Di!hty Fod# 'ather o Lternity# Peace. 4Isaiah @O6 @6CMNIMN" OK}"}O!"&'()!*+2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-61gjgy9GiEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-61gjgy9GiE


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The Personi2cation o Peace in Christi

(ont ret or worry. Instead o worryin!# pray. et petitions and pyour worries into prayers# lettin! Fod *now your concerns. 9eo

it# a sense o Fods wholeness# everythin! comin! to!ether or !come and settle you down. Its wonderul what happens when Cdisplaces worry at the center o your lie. 4Philippians ,-. %O /0123456789:6;NF8Q AB&F@A/~B!COKDEFGHRI>NN/uK2

Im leavin! you well and whole. Thats my partin! !it to you. Peleave you the way youre used to bein! leteelin! abandoneddont be upset. (ont be distrau!ht. 4:ohn WXYZ /%1Q6 M[?NM=T\!C>N"M>Nt]^_F2>N


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Peace in 9uddhism


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Taoism and Conucianism

"s or Taoism# 4my limited understandin!6 is that inner maniests rom the harmonious balance o yin and yan!ound in everythin!# the ood we eat# weather# emotionplacement o urniture# the season# the or!ans in our bo

In Conucianism# bein! virtuous and *nowin! our place and the amily# leads to a harmonious amily lie and co


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Interaith Dindulness Dedita

%hat Christianit and "uddhism do share is tha

present moment is *here the peace of God is/ *orring about the past or future+ The biggestdi5erence is "uddhists believe peace comes fromastering oneself and Christians believe Christthem is their master+

Let6s all give 7 minutes of our time 8uieting ou*ith this short meditation+
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+46:1&version=AMPhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGFog-OuFDM&feature=youtu.behttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGFog-OuFDM&feature=youtu.behttps://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+46:1&version=AMP


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Peace Dantra

isten to Tina Turner chant a peace mantrain Sans*rimantra in Sans*rit means# )8Day well=bein!# peace# wand tranuility# happiness and prosperity be achieved

Mantra:Jm Jm Jm#Sarvesham Svastir 9havatu#

Sarvesham Shantir 9havatu#Sarvesham Poornam 9havatu#Sarvesham Dan!alam 9havatu#Jm# Shanti# Shanti# Shanti.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XP-f7wPM0A&feature=youtu.behttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XP-f7wPM0A&feature=youtu.be

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Introduction to Peace Studies (ESL)