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Pictures and Posters : 
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Les Prix Nobel de la Paix les plus célèbres - Diaporama (20minutes.fr)
"According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize should be awarded "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."
(Wikipedia)
- Parade
of Nations
"projects the name, location and flag of each of the UN's
185 Member States on to a world map."
(anacleta.homestead.com)
Vocabulary :
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A peacekeeper (websters-online-dictionary.org) - Listen to the pronunciation (merriam-webster.com) 
"1. A member of a military force that is assigned (often with international sanction) to preserve peace in a trouble area.
2. Someone who keeps peace; "she's the peacekeeper in that family".
3. The pistol of a law officer in the old West."
Facts :
- Muhammad
Yunus - "Banker of the poor"
- Nobel Peace Prize 2006
(Wikipedia)
- Nobel
Peace Prize (Wikipedia)
1 Appointment process
2 Nominations
3 Controversy
4 Laureates...
Listening :
- Peace
symbols
"The concept of peace is a very important one in cultures
all over the world. Think about how we greet people. In some languages,
the phrases for greetings contain the word for peace."
- Read article online and do a language activity
- See/print audio script
(British Council)
INTERACTIVE exercises :
Lesson plans :
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U.N. Creates Nelson Mandela Day - a lesson plan
"July 18th, Mandela’s birthday, is now officially Nelson Mandela International Day. The UN said it decided to create this occasion to say thank you to a “great man”. The day celebrates Mandela’s “promotion of a culture of peace throughout the world”. It also recognises Mandela’s contributions towards improving race relations and human rights."
WARM-UPS : NELSON MANDELA / GREAT PEOPLE / THE GREATEST / SPECIAL DAYS / PEACE
(breakingnewsenglish.com)
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International
Day of Peace : CLASSROOM ACTIVITY (readwritethink.org)
"1. Have students brainstorm a list of conflicts that are happening
around the world: Israel-Palestine, Iraq, etc.
2. Ask students to generate a list of reasons why people fight: religion,
economics, etc.
3. Have students form groups and assign each group one reason from
the list you generated above...
4. The groups could then create posters that promote their particular
solution."
For elementary-age students, ... (read more)
- Peace
"Take a look at the article, story, cartoon, word game,
trivia and links."
(British Council)
- International
Day of Peace (peace.ednet.ns.ca)
"Outcome: To develop in children an awareness of peaceful words
in everyday living as well as recognition for the International Day
Of Peace."
Webquests :
- Peace
- a web quest about Martin Luther King, Gandhi and Nelson Mandela (4ème
à 1ère)
(Chloé Thivin - Isère)
- Singing
Peace - a webquest
"In order to appreciate music's contribution to peace,
UNESCO has decided to declare some songs devoted to peace as World Cultural
Heritage, but you know UNESCO members are so busy.... They need your
help.
You are going to take part in the selection of songs for peace."
(xtec.cat)
Poems :
- John Denver - Peace
 A poem
(YouTube)
+ the LYRICS :
"there's still time to turn around
and make all hatred cease
and give another name to living
and we could call it peace"
(lyricsdownload.com)
- The
Peace Poem (anacleta.homestead.com)
"Every primary (grades k-6), middle (grades 7-9) and secondary
(grades 10-12) school (including homeschools) around the world was invited
to submit, via e-mail, two lines of poetry about peace to the United
Nations. Once collected, the lines were collated together into one long
Peace Poem..."
Songs :
- Imagine by John Lennon (YouTube)
"Video-assemblage of pictures illustrating the lyrics of the song perfectly. There are lyrics in English and in French."
+ the LYRICS (lyrics007.com) :
"I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one"
- From
a Distance - sung by Nanci Griffith :
"From a distance the world looks blue and green
And the snow-capped mountains white
From a distance the ocean meets the stream
And the eagle takes to flight
From a distance there is harmony
And it echoes through the land
It's the voice of hope, it's the voice of peace
It's the voice of every man..."
- with the VIDEO
(YouTube)
- One
Day In Peace - September 21 (internationaldayofpeace.org)
"What if for one day no guns were fired.
What if for one day we tried to get along.
Imagine what it would mean for us all.
Imagine how one day could change all the world..."
(Download rough Demo MP3)
Stories :
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The
Story of the Colours (olhppie/colors)
"Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel;
all claimed that they were the best, the most important, the most
useful, the favorite..."
- Peace
Day, September 21 - A BetterWorldKids Adventure - (internationaldayofpeace.org)
"Read Peace Day, September 21 in nearly 10 different languages."
(Voir en bas de la page à droite)
- The War Prayer
by Mark Twain - anti-war short story (warprayer.org)
Games TO PRINT :
Cartoons : (Si le lien est inaccessible, enregistrer l'image pour
obtenir la taille normale.)
Cards :
Videos :
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