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Costs of War Lesson, Choices Program - videos and class resources to teach the costs of war. From the Choices Program at Brown University. Also includes lesson plans, activities, and readings.

    Video (5 min.): What is the war on terror?

    Video (2 min.): What is the Authorization for the Use of Military Force?

    Video (3 min.): What have been the human costs of the War on Terror?

    Video (2 min.): How are the Iraq and Afghanistan wars different from previous wars?

    Video (2 min.): What are some myths about U.S. defense spending?

    And more..

Rethinking Elementary Education - Edited by Linda Christensen, Mark Hansen, Bob Peterson, Elizabeth Barbian, and Dyan Watson - Rethinking Schools - 2012
Rethinking Elementary Education collects the finest writing about elementary school life and learning from 25 years of Rethinking Schools magazine. The articles in this volume offer practical insights about how to integrate the teaching of content with a social justice lens, how to seek wisdom from students and their families, and how to navigate stifling tests and mandates. Teachers and parents will find both inspiration and hope in these pages.

Rhode Island military alternatives such as: money for college, job training/skills, direction in life, discipline, to be part of a team, travel, to serve their country, to get out of trouble with the law, physical training, even citizenship.

On April 5, some 300 students and community members held a raucous demonstration at the UC Santa Cruz campus, where US military recruiters had a booth at the school's Job and Internship fair.