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Teacher and Student Resource:
The Nonviolent Civic Action Study Guide is now available. This guide briefly discusses the most important issues concerning nonviolent civic action and provides several examples. It includes a glossary to help the reader build vocabulary essential to the discussion, discussion questions and activities to encourage critical thinking and active learning, and a list of readings and multimedia resources for additional investigation and learning opportunities. We encourage students entering the National Peace Essay Contest to use the study guide as a starting point in their research but not to use the guide as a reference in the essay or as a bibliographic citation.
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Note: Entries for the 2009-2010 National Peace Essay Contest must be received by February 1, 2010.
2009-10 National Peace Essay Contest: Non-Violent Civic Action
Each year over 1,000 students submit entries to the National Peace Essay Contest while thousands more participate in related writing and other classroom exercises in high schools around the country.
First-place state winners receive scholarships and are invited to Washington for a five-day awards program. The Institute pays for expenses related to the program, including travel, lodging, meals and entertainment. This unique five-day program promotes an understanding of the nature and process of international peacemaking by focusing on a region and/or theme related to the current essay contest.
- Read the 2009-10 Peace Essay Contest Question
- Register Online for the National Peace Essay Contest
- Download the 2009-10 National Peace Essay Contest Guidebook
- Download the Nonviolent Civic Action Study Guide
- If you are unable to download the Guidebook or Study Guide, you may request contest materials.
How Do You Build Peace?
The international system has witnessed dramatic changes in the recent past. Developments around the globe and at home challenge us to rethink the role of the United States in the international community. What is our nation's place in this increasingly complex global picture? How do we best promote respect for human rights and the growth of freedom and justice? What can we do to nurture and preserve international security and world peace?
Our country depends on knowledgeable and thoughtful students like you—the next generation of leaders—to build peace with freedom and justice among nations and peoples. In the belief that questions about peace, justice, freedom, and security are vital to civic education, we established the National Peace Essay Contest to expand educational opportunities for America's youth.
The National Peace Essay Contest:
- Promotes serious discussion among high school students, teachers, and national leaders about international peace and conflict resolution today and in the future;
- Complements existing curricula and other scholastic activities;
- Strengthens students' research, writing, and reasoning skills; and
- Meets National Contents Standards.
