Bibliography on Conflict Resolution

             

Books and Training Manuals

Abrams, Grace C. and Fran Schmidt. Peace is in Our Hands (resource unit for teachers of grades K-6).

Adcock, Dr. Don and Dr. Marilyn Segal. Play Together, Grow Together: A Cooperative Curriculum for Teachers of Young Children.

Aquino-Mackles, Alexis, David C. King, and Margaret S. Branson. Myself and Others (young elementary).

Bickmore, Kathy and the Northeast Ohio Alternatives to Violence Committee. Alternatives to Violence: A Manual for Teaching Peacemaking Skills to Youth and Adults.

Butler, Susan. Non-Competitive Games for People of All Ages.

Carpenter, Susan. A Repertoire of Peacemaking Skills.

Cohen, Richard. The School Mediator’s Field Guide. Richard Cohen School Mediation Associates, 1999.

Condon, Camy and James McGinnis. Helping Kids Care.

Condon, Camy, James McGinnis, Mary Jo Heman, and Kathleen McGinnis. Puppets For Peace.

Crary, Elizabeth. Kids Can Cooperate: A Practical Guide to Teaching Problem Solving (preschool, lower elementary).

Crump, Geoffrey F. Peace Education: Guidelines for Primary and Secondary Schools.

Dural, Lynn. Respecting Our Differences: A Guide to Getting Along in a Changing World.

Educators for Social Responsibility. Perspectives: A Teaching Guide to Concepts of Peace.

Einstein, Vivian. Conflict Resolution.

Fry-Miller, Kathleen and Judith Myers-Walls. Young Peacemaker's Project Book.

Fry-Miller, Kathleen, Judith Myers-Walls, and Janet Domer-Shank. Peace Works: Young Peacemaker's Project Book II.

Haessly, Jacqueline. What Will We Teach Our Children?

Hayes, Edward Myers. An Approach to Improving Classroom Communication.

Hays, Edward Myers. Role-playing in the Classroom.

Hennings, Dorothy Grant. Smiles, Nods, and Pauses: Activities to Enrich Children's Communication Skills (elementary level).

Judson, Stephanie. A Manual on Nonviolence and Children.

Kaufman, Dr. Sanda. Assessment of the Implementation of Conflict Management Programs in 17 Ohio Schools.

Kent State. Alternative Dispute Resolution Conference.

Kreidler, William J. Creative Conflict Resolution: More Than 200 Activities for Keeping Peace in the Classroom (K-6).

Kreidler, William J. Teaching Conflict Resolution Through Children’s Literature.

Making Things Right:Restorative Justice for School Communities. (VHS) Colorado School Mediation Project, Boulder, CO.

Manchester Peace Education Group. Introductory Manual for Peace Education.

Mashoder, Mildred. Let's Cooperate: Activities and Ideas for Parents of Young Children.

Milwaukee Public Schools. Peace Studies: Activities For Facilitating a More Peaceful and Harmonious Classroom, School, and World Within Social Studies Lessons (K-12).

Nicholas, Frances. Conflict Change and Our Future (middle school years).

Nass, Marcia and Max. Songs for Peacemakers: Conflict Resolution Program K - 3 (with cassette tape).

Northwest Ohio Alternatives to Violence Committee. Alternatives to Violence.

Nelson, Jane. Positive Discipline.

O'Reilley, Mary Rose. The Peaceable Classroom.

Ohio Education Association. International Day of Peace in Education Resource Booklet.

Park, Mary Joan. Peacemaking for Little Friends.

Peace Education Network, Consortium on Peace Research Education and Development. Peace Education Packet.

Peace Education Project. Coping With Conflict in School: A Short Course.

Project from the Heart of STOP the Violence Coalition. Kindness is Contagious...Catch It! Prutzman, P., M. L. Burger, G.

Bodenhamer, and L. Stern. The Friendly Classroom for a Small Planet.

Schmidt, Fran and Alice Friedman. Creative Conflict Solving For Kids, Grades 4-9.

Schmidt, Fran and Alice Friedman. Creative Conflict Solving For Kids, Grades 3-4.

Schmidt, Fran and Alice Friedman. Peace-Making Skills For Little Kids.

Schmidt, Fran and Alice Friedman. Fighting Fair: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. For Kids (video with teacher's guide).

School Initiatives Program, The Community Board Program. Conflict Managers Training Manual for Grades 3-6.

Thomas, Marlow. Free to be...You and Me.

Trichel, Madeleine Glynn and Jo Dee Davis. A Guide for Teaching Peacemaking.

Vos Wezeman, Phyllis. Peacemaking Creatively Through the Arts.

Weeks, Dudley. The Eight Essential Steps to Conflict Resolution.

Children's Books on Conflict Resolution

Alexander, Martha. Move Over, Twerp. Dial, 1981.

Ancona, George. Helping Out. Clarion Books, 1985.

Armstrong, Louise. How to Turn War Into Peace. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,
1979.

Bauman, Elizabeth H. Coals of Fire. Herald Press, 1954.

Boynton, Sandra. A is for Angry. Vorkman Publishers, 1983.

Brenner, Barbara and William H. Hooks. Lion and the Lamb. Bantam Books, 1989.

Brown, Marc. Arthur’s Baby. Little, Brown, 1987.

Brown, Ruth. The Big Sneeze. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1985.

Carter, Jimmy. Talking Peace: A Vision for the Next Generation. Dutton
Children’s Books, 1993.

Coerr, Eleanor. Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. G. P. Putnam’s
Sons, 1977.

Dahl, Tessa. The Same but Different. Viking Kestrel, 1988.

Dale, Penny. Bet You Can’t. J. B. Lippincott, 1987.

DeLynam, Alicia Garcia. It’s Mine. Dial Books for Young Readers, 1988.

DePaola, Tomie. The Knight and the Dragon. G. P. Putnam’s sons, 1980.

Douglas, Marjie. Peace Porridge. Bethel Publishing, 1986.

Durell, Ann and Marilyn Sachs. The Big Book for Peace. Dutton Children’s
Books, 1990.

Frost, Helen.  Why Darkness Seems So Light: Young People Speak Out About
Violence. Pecan Grove Press, Texas, 1998.

Gantschev, Ivan. Two Islands. Picture Book Studio, 1985.

Gurney, Nancy and Eric. The King, the Mice, and the Cheese. Random House, 1965.

Hautzig, Deborah. Why Are You So Mean To Me? Random House, 1986.

Hoellwarth, Clinton Cathryn. The Underbed. Good Books, 1990.

Holabird, Katherine. Alexander and the Dragon. Clarkson N. Potter, 1988.

Hoose, Phillip and Hannah. Hey, Little Ant. Tricycle Press, Berkley, California, 1998.

Johnston, Tony. Any Small Goodness: A Novel of the Barrio. The Blue Sky
Press, 2001.

Kelly, Kathleen M. River Friends. Atheneum, 1988.

Klamath County YMCA Family Preschool. The Land of Many Colors. Scholastic Inc., 1993.

Lakin, Patricia. Don’t Touch My Room. Little Brown and Company, 1985.

Lawson, Ken (ed.). Ten Fighters for Peace: An Anthology. Lothrop, Lee &
Shepard Books, 1971.

Lederach, John Paul . Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies. United States Institute of Peace Press, Washington, D.C., 1997.

Lehn, Cornelia. Peace Be With You. Faith and Life Press, 1980.

Lehn, Cornelia. The Sun and the Wind. Faith & Life Press, 1983.

Lester, Helen. It Wasn’t My Fault. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985.

Lionni, Leo. It’s Mine! Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.

Lionni, Leo. Nicolas, Where Have You Been? Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.

Lucas, Eileen. Peace on the Playground: Nonviolent Ways of Problem-Solving. Franklin Watts, 1991.

Miklowitz, Gloria.  The Enemy Has a Face. Eerdmans Books for Yound
Readers, Michigan, 2003.

Mollel, Tololwa M. To Dinner, For Dinner. Holiday House, 2000.

Moost, Nele. It’s All Mine! or The Little Raven’s Mischief. Abbeville Kids, 1999..
(video) Columbia Pictures. 1996.

Munson, Derek. Enemy Pie. Illustrated by Tara Calahan King. Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 2001.

Nerlove, Miriam. I Meant to Clean My Room Today. Macmillan Publishing
Company, 1988.

Nyokabi, Sally. The Chameleon who Couldn’t Stop Changing his Mind.
Transafrica Publishers, 1974.

Pilkey, David. World War Won. Landmark Editions, Inc., 1987.

Ringi, Kjell. The Stranger: A Modern Fable. Random House, 1968.

Ryan, Pam Munoz. Esperanza Rising. Scholastic INC. 2000.

Scholes, Katherine. Peace Begins With You. Little, Brown and Company, 1989.

Seuss, Dr. The Butter Battle Book. Random House.

Shore, Diane Z. and Jessica Alexander. This is the Dream. HarperCollins Publishers, 2006.

Steig, William. Amos and Boris. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1971.

Thomas, Marlo and Friends. Free to Be You and Me. McGraw-Hill Book
Company, 1974.

Titherington, Jeanne. A Place for Ben. Greenwillow, 1987.

Trottier, Maxine. Migrant. Groundwood Books, 2011.

Turkle, Brinton. Rachel and Obadiah. E.P. Dutton, 1978.

Turner, Ann. Hedgehog for Breakfast. Macmillan Publishing Co., 1989.

Vagin, Vladimir & Frank Ash. Here Comes the Cat. Scholastic, 1989.

Wahl, Jan. Mrs. Owl and Mr. Pig. Lodestar Books, 1991.

Wolf, Aline. Our Peaceful Classroom. Parent Child Press, 1991.

Young, Ed. Seven Blind Mice. Philomel Books, 1992.

Zolotow, Charlotte. The Quarreling Book. Harper & Row, 1963.

Zolotow, Charlotte. Timothy Too! Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986.


Newsletters

Conciliation Quarterly, Fall 1989, vol. 8, no. 4, published by Mennonite Central Committee U. S. Peace Section

Resolution, published by Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management


Organizations

CENTER FOR PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES
Wayne State University
5229 Cass Avenue
Detroit, MI

CENTER FOR TEACHING PEACE
4501 Van Ness St., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20016

CHILDREN'S CREATIVE RESPONSE TO CONFLICT PROGRAM
Fellowship of Reconciliation
P. O. Box 271
Nyack, NY 10960
(914) 358-4601

THE COMMUNITY BOARDS PROGRAM, INC.
149 Ninth Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 552-1250

EDUCATORS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
23 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 492-1764

THE GRACE CONTRINO ABRAMS PEACE EDUCATION FOUNDATION, INC.
210 18th Street NE
Miami, FL 33132
(305) 377-8161, ext. 49 or 534-0031

THE LION AND THE LAMB PEACE ARTS CENTER
1 University Drive
Bluffton University
Bluffton, OH 45817-2104
(419) 358-3207

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MEDIATION IN EDUCATION (N.A.M.E.)
425 Amity Street
Amherst, MA 01002
(413) 545-2462             


 

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