War & Peace

The author has selected books videos CD-ROMs and Web sites (about 400 total extending through 2004) that deal with war and peace and presented them in thematic chapterswar as history hope and glory costs and horrors of war terrorism and 9/11 home front anti-war movements peace and resources for adults. Detailed annotations are accompanied by full bibliographic information and guidelines on effective use of these materials in the classroom and as a method of increasing students'' understanding of the issues involved. The strengths and possible educational or program applications for the titles are highlighted. This guide is useful for collection development programming support reader''s advisory and research as well as for teaching and curriculum development.Grades 4-8.