Author: Jeremy Gilley
Illustrator: Karen Blessen
Grade Level: 3-5
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Summary: Peace One Day: The Making of World Peace
Day, tells the story of Jeremy Gilley and his quest to create a day dedicated
to World Peace. After constantly hearing and seeing horrifying stories of war
and other tragedies, Jeremy felt that there should be a day of World Peace. But
Jeremy didn’t know if one person could make a difference. Jeremy goes on a
mission to create a World Peace Day, and is shocked to find how many political
figures around the world support him in his journey to create Peace One Day.
Element:
Peace One Day is a perfect example of Element Five: Raising Awareness because
it provides children with a true story of an “ordinary” person who made a
difference about something he believed in. This allows students the opportunity
to feel inspired and step up for the things they believe in. Peace One Day is a
story standing up for what you believe in, no matter how impossible it may
seem.
Activity:
Peace One Day provides students with the opportunity to find something they
truly believe in and to try and make a difference. A beneficial activity for
this topic would be a writing assignment in which the students choose a social
issue that they believe in and write about how they would try to raise
awareness and make a difference. Another activity could be done is having the
class raise awareness in the school and/or district about Peace One Day.
Because Peace One Day is September 21st, it would be a great
activity for building a classroom community and unity among the students in the
beginning of the school year.
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