Resources for Teaching about War

I hope these resources are helpful. I can only vouch completely for the ones that I helped produce and which are marked with a * below. If you'd like me to add additional resources, please send them to [email protected]. 


General Resources for Teaching about War

• "Teach about Imperialism to Understand Venezuela" (Zinn Education Project).
  

• The Costs of War Project (Brown University): teaching resources including slides, videos, sample syllabi, lesson plans, and more, in addition to reports and data documenting the human and financial impacts of US wars.*

• More teaching guides about war (Zinn Education Project).

• "Unpacking the Invisible Military Backpack: 56 Suggestions for Teaching about War.": An article of mine.*

Pop Culture and Language

• Consuming War: How Pop Culture Captures Our Attention and Fuels Forever Wars: Also from Costs of War, featuring short, accessibly written reports (see direct links at bottom) showing how movies, video games, sports, and other pop culture are militarized and why it matters. tinyurl.com/ConsumingWar *
  

• "Words about War Matter: A Language Guide for Discussing War and Foreign Policy" helps students and others rethink language used to talk about war, which is so often dominated by Orwellian euphemisms and bloodless jargon.*

Gaza/Palestine

• Teach Palestine: resources, news sources, social media accounts, more.

• "Gaza in Context": 20 minute film and teaching resources.

• "Teaching About the Violence in Palestine and Israel" (Zinn Education Project).

• Lesson Plans on Palestine from Teaching While Muslim.

• "Language Use about Gaza: Ten Urgent Suggestions" offers guidance for talking about Gaza.*

• Four new Costs of War reports documenting the impacts of the post-October 7 wars and genocide: https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/papers *
  

Post-9/11 Wars

• "Teaching Beyond September 11th" curriculum with teaching modules and lessons organized by theme.

• The Costs of War Project teaching resources in addition to reports and data documenting the human and financial impacts of the US post-9/11 wars.

Peace Education

• World BEYOND War Educational Resources 

• Global Peace Education Campaign

• Peace Education Network 
  

Anti-Nuclear Education

• "Peace, Disarmament, and Nuclear Disarmament Education: A Partial List of Resources" * 

• Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Teacher Training

• Decolonizing Nuclear Studies

• More-than-Nuclear World: An Atlas

• Princeton Science and Global Security Curriculum Resources Project

Other Education Models and Resources 

• Demilitarizing Universities and Other Schools: A Partial List of Resources *

• Teach-in Network (Roots Action)

• Hillmantok University teaching via social media model

• Youth Toolkit on Explosive Weapons

• Radical Teacher journal

• Anti-war, Anti-Imperialist Teaching and Research (Network to Dismantle the Military Industrial Complex)*

• Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution Programs

• “Hague Agenda for Peace & Justice for the 21st Century”
  

Direct Links to #ConsumingWar Reports about Militarized Pop Culture
Movies and TV
Video Games 
Sports
Toys  
Social Media Platforms
Find #ConsumingWar on Instagram and Facebook