Resources for Dealing with

War and Terrorism

A Collection of Resources – Check them out and feel free to share them with others!

Gail

www.GailLovely.com

Gail@GailLovely.com

News Feeds (designed for kids, but check for appropriateness in your setting)

from Yahooligans:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc3/yahooligans/middleeast/
from time for Kids:
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/iraq/0,8805,424876,00.html
from CNN – Student News:
http://fyi.cnn.com/fyi/
from MSNBC – Pencil News:
http://www.pencilnews.com/index.php?fuseaction=home.DisplayStory&id=377&Section=Top_News

Resources for Teachers and Others Who Help Children and Teens:

from the National Association of School Psychologists:
http://www.nasponline.org/NEAT/unsettlingtimes.html
from PBS for Parents:
http://www.pbs.org/parents/issuesadvice/war/
from the University of Minnesota:
http://www.cyfc.umn.edu/publications/newsreleases/3-10-03nr.html
from New York University Child Study Center:
http://www.aboutourkids.org/articles/war.html
from the Family Education Network:
http://www.familyeducation.com/article/0,1120,20-6055,00.html
from the Families and Work Institute:
http://salute.familiesandwork.org/teacherguide.pdf
from Purdue – research and support:
http://www.ces.purdue.edu/terrorism/
from Educators for Social Responsibility some lessons and resources:
http://www.esrnational.org/sp/we/world.htm
from Scholastic (appropriate for older children too):
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/war-iraq/news/index.asp?article=0319
from the National Mental Health Association:
http://www.nmha.org/reassurance/childrenDealwithWar.cfm
from Children Now – talking about the news (generic, but good too):
http://www.childrennow.org/television/twk-news.htm
from the National Center for Children Exposed to Violence:
http://www.nccev.org/docs/children_warT.pdf
from FEMA:
http://www.fema.gov/kids/terrism.htm
for kids from Kids Health.org:
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/misc/terrorist_attacks.html

Background and Information on Iraq – for Adults First

From the Librarians Index to the Internet
http://lii.org/warandpeace
Background from Library of Congress:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/iqtoc.html
Pictures of Iraq and More:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/world/iraq/index.htm

For Youngest Learners:

from Zero to Three:
http://www.zerotothree.org/coping/
from Sesame Workshop:
http://www.sesameworkshop.org/parents/advice/article.php?contentId=8354163
from Mr. Rogers (PBS):
http://pbskids.org/rogers/parents/war.html
from NAEYC:
http://www.naeyc.org/resources/eyly/1998/22.htm

Teaching Ideas:

from Marco Polo and partners - leeson plans and resources on Iraq:

http://www.marcopolo-education.org/teacher/featured_resources.aspx

from Educators for Social Responsibility some lessons and resources:

http://www.esrnational.org/sp/we/world.htm

Please also consider ideas and resources about Heroes and Brave Memories on my website:
http://www.gaillovely.com/ - select Resources and there you will find “Brave Memories and Heroes”.

Please feel free to distribute these resources to those who can be helped with them.