Missouri Humanities Council e-News | April 2009 | View Online  

Red Cross Offers Curriculum on Humanitarian Law

We got word last week that the St. Louis Chapter of the Red Cross has been selected as a pilot chapter for disseminating curriculum support on the principles of humanitarian law. "Exploring Humanitarian Law" has a "Virtual Campus" on the web. There are downloadable resources and a good overview of the concept. Quoting from their web site, "EHL is not explicitly concerned with peace, tolerance, mutual understanding, prevention of violence or conflict resolution. It emphasizes the positive changes in attitude that can evolve from the ideas of respect for life and human dignity, civic responsibility, and solidarity. Thus, EHL can be incorporated in a wide range of different subject areas that fall under the broad heading of citizenship education.

" The content of EHL is linked to academic subjects such as civics, social studies, philosophy, history, law, and literature. Its teaching methods reinforce many important academic and life skills such as communication, disagreeing respectfully, reasoning, research, problem-solving and critical thinking."

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Also in This Issue:

• "Cutting Edge Strategies for Small Museums" Conference - Last Call
• Julie Douglas on "Growing a Child's Brain"
• Jane Smiley Helps ReadMOre Engage People Across the State
• Border War Archaeology for Teachers at the Bates County Museum
• Results of Missouri's National History Day Competition
• "From Civil War to Civil Rights" - an audio tour on a theme
• "On Misconceptions" by Erin Blackshere Pouppirt
  

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