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Teacher Training Workshops

Axis of Hope provides instructors academically rigorous hands-on training for teaching about history and international conflict resolution, and provides extensive curriculum materials and resources.

Participants explore the many facets of a conflict that may be half a world away. These exercises enable you to practice negotiating and to confront geo-political conflict head-on, which can then be implemented in your own school.

Components of a Teacher Training Workshop

• Review and discussion of the case study.
  
• Instruction in conflict analysis, management and prevention. 
  
  • Explanation of the difference between “raw” and “refined” diplomacy.
    
• Division into groups to play specific sides within the case study.
  
  • Negotiation exercises which divide groups into “negotiation pods” in an attempt to find a possible resolution to special issues including security, education, health care and more.
    
• Reflection and debriefing at the end of the workshop.
  
  • Reflections may include writing an op-ed article about the conflict together for a local newspaper, writing a song about the conflict, or participating in a service learning exercise in the school’s local-area.
    

How to Get Involved

Axis of Hope holds Teacher Training workshops in our Boston, MA office and locally at your school upon request. If you are interested in planning a Teacher Training Workshop or if you would like more information, please email workshop@axisofhope.org or call (617) 353-4794.