IN THE CLASSROOM

Through the Youth & Peace in Action (YPA) online and in-class resources from NewGen Peacebuilders, students come to understand drivers of conflict and peace and develop critical thinking skills to generate project ideas.

Our mission is to make learning to be a peacebuilder a rite of passage for everyone.

The essential My Peacebuilder Foundations curriculum unit is available to educators for FREE.

Curriculum Units from YPA

Standards-aligned curriculum consists of interactive, online courses delivered in sequential modules for high school students. Course completion achieves understanding of fundamental drivers of conflict and peace, the ability to imagine innovative approaches to change, and skills to frame an issue problem statement and create a peace project idea. Students are guided through independent, interactive online content supported by teachers during in-class discussions, reflections, and small group interactive activities.

Youth & Peace in Action curriculum units make it easy for school districts, schools, and classroom teachers to provide standards-aligned content that equips young people as peacebuilders. Curriculum units include:

Course at a Glance

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8 Online Modules

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8 In-Class Lesson Plans

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8 Sets of Slides

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16 Hands-On Activities (Digital & Printable versions)

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Reflection Journal

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Assessments

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Certificates of Completion

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Project Ideas

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Course at a Glance 〰️ 8 Online Modules 〰️ 8 In-Class Lesson Plans 〰️ 8 Sets of Slides 〰️ 16 Hands-On Activities (Digital & Printable versions) 〰️ Reflection Journal 〰️ Assessments 〰️ Certificates of Completion 〰️ Project Ideas 〰️

  • 8 Online Modules

  • 8 In-Class Lesson Plans

  • 8 Sets of Slides

  • 16 Hands-On Activities

  • Reflection Journal

  • Assessments

  • Certificates of Completion

  • Project Ideas

  • Course at a Glance

My Peacebuilder Foundations

The My Peacebuilder Foundations Curriculum Unit includes interactive, online content delivered in sequential modules for high school students. Online content is supplemented with lesson plans, PPT slides, hands-on activities, reflection journals, and peace project ideas available to teachers for use in the classroom.

Course completion achieves understanding of fundamental drivers of conflict and peace, the ability to imagine innovative approaches to change, and skills to frame a problem statement and create a peace project idea. Through the course, students learn to use established frameworks to consider how power, conflict, violence and peace intersect.

My Peacebuilder Foundations includes content that is useful to students in other class research, papers and capstone projects. Every module uses technology-based ideas-sharing tools.

Built-in assessments ensure that students who complete the course can receive a certificate from NewGen Peacebuilders and Youth & Peace in Action.

My Peacebuilder Foundations is delivered through a series of online modules that leverage the NewGen Peacebuilders 7H Framework.

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Spriha Manjigani, NewGen Peacebuilders alumna

“… We’re used to thinking about creating peace by reducing what’s bad. That’s important but it’s not enough. Peace stems from creating good conditions for everyone. And it feels more like creating connections so we can spend less time thinking about protecting ourselves, and more time nurturing our relationships.”