Each year, Lions clubs around the world proudly sponsor the Lions International Peace Poster Contest in local schools and youth groups. This art contest for kids encourages young people worldwide to express their visions of peace. During the last 20 years, more than four million children from nearly 100 countries have participated in the contest. The theme of the 2010-11 Peace Poster Contest, “Vision of Peace,” was open to students, aged 11, 12 or 13. Participants use a variety of mediums, including charcoal, crayon, pencil and paint, to express the theme. The works created are unique and express the young artists’ life experiences and culture.

This video provides a short overview of the Peaceful School Bus Program (hazelden.org/peacefulschoolbus), a bullying prevention program designed to decrease inappropriate behavior on school buses while creating a climate of respect and cooperation.

Watch and listen to teachers and students from seven elementary schools where the Responsive Classroom approach is used.

This video walks through the main points of the universal declaration of human rights using a text-heavy animation style.

HIPP is an experiential program for teens developed out of the Alternatives to Violence Project curriculum for prisons. It is an engaging program for building community, trust, conflict resolution skills and reducing violence. HIPP and AVP workshops have been done around the world with gang members, prisons and war zone victims. HIPP is a project of the American Friends Service Committee.

This video is from Edutopia explores cooperative teaching in high school. Through video observation, collaborative planning, and candid, constructive criticism, California high school math teachers Mike Fauteux and Rose Zapata have struck upon a formula to improve their practice and increase student achievement.