Activities and Lesson Plans

The activities and lesson plans in this section are useful as supplements to the Peacebuilding Toolkit for Educators.

Witnesses to Peacebuilding Lessons

These lesson plans accompany the Global Peacebuilding Center’s Witnesses to Peacebuilding multimedia exhibit. Each short video tells the powerful story of an individual peacebuilder from around the world. Read about and view the Witnesses to Peacebuilding series here.

Quick Activities

These activities can help quickly engage students in thinking about key concepts related to conflict management and peacebuilding. The activities available here can work well in workshop settings or in alternative learning environments, as they do not require as much time or preparation as full lessons. (Full lessons are available in the Peacebuilding Toolkit for Educators.)

Teaching Simulations

These teaching simulations, developed by USIP’s Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding, engage students in relatively complex role-plays, challenging them to resolve deep-rooted conflicts around the world.

The simulations complement the Peacebuilding Toolkit for Educators. Students are provided with new opportunities to practice the critical conflict management and peacebuilding skills taught in the Toolkit, skills that in turn strengthen their ability to be effective during the simulation.

To contact us with questions on preparing for and running a simulation, please visit our Educator Forum.