The Portsmouth Peace process
Subtitle: a guide for teachers
By: Northeast Cultural Coop
Contributors: Kokusai Kōryū Kikin. Nichi-Bei Sentā
Publisher: Northeast Cultural Coop
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Amherst, NH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
Subjects: Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905; Treaties; Study and teaching (Secondary); World politics; Bahai Faith and world politics; History; Juvenile literature
Other titles: When Wentworth helped make history : 1905 and the Treaty of Portsmouth Negotiations.; Sarah Farmer's dream of peace : activity and keepsake book.
Description: The guide includes maps, photographs, propaganda cartoons, and a CD-Rom of 300 images from 1905 that will help teachers develop their own power-point lessons on the war, the peace, and the world 100 years ago. Most readings and lessons in the guide are aimed for grades 9-12, but a few lessons and activities are appropriate for middle school and younger. In addition, an activity for younger students on the only woman who was present at the signing of the treaty, Sarah Farmer, is also being distributed with the guide, along with a map of the Portsmouth Peace Treaty Trail. -- Excerpt from Northeast Cultural Coop website.
Notes: Accompanying matter: CD-ROM of images ; Portsmouth Peace Treaty trail map ; Portsmouth Peace Treaty guided walking & trolley tours brochure ; When Wentworth helped make history : 1905 and the Treaty of Portsmouth negotiations / J. Dennis Robinson ; Portsmouth Peace Treaty 100th anniversary celebration commemorative program of events, July-October 2005 ; Sarah Farmer's dream of peace : activity and keepsake book.

CD-ROM folders: Images of War Essay, see curriculum guide, pages 67-72 ; Images of Peace Essay, see curriculum guide pages 143-149 ; Images, see curriculum guide, pages 288-295.

Includes bibliographical references.

9-12; some material intended for use with younger students.

"In May 2004, Northeast Cultural Coop received a grant from the Center for Global Partnership (CGP), a branch of the Japan Foundation, to research, write, and hold workshops for a curriculum guide in celebration of the Portsmouth Peace Treaty of 1905"--P. 3.

CD-ROM.
Table of contents: title: The great global game; title: Setting the stage; title: The Russo-Japanese War; title: The peace process: biographies, Portsmouth connection, negotiations; title: The aftermath; title: Literary connections; title: Other connections.