World Peace and Other 4thGrade Achie..., John Hunter
World Peace and Other 4thGrade Achie..., John Hunter
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World Peace and Other 4th-Grade Achievements

Author: John Hunter

Narrator: John Hunter

Unabridged: 8 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/02/2013


Synopsis

In John Hunter’s classroom, students fearlessly tackle global problems and discover surprising solutions by playing his groundbreaking World Peace Game. These kids—from high school all the way down to fourth grade, in schools both well funded and underresourced—take on the roles of politicians, tribal leaders, diplomats, bankers, and military commanders. Through battles and negotiations, standoffs and summits, they strive to resolve dozens of complex, seemingly intractable real-world challenges, from nuclear proliferation to tribal warfare, financial collapse to climate change.In World Peace and Other 4th-Grade Achievements, Hunter shares the wisdom he’s gleaned from over thirty years teaching the World Peace Game. Here he reveals the principles of successful collaboration that people of any age can apply anywhere. His students show us how to break through confusion, bounce back from failure, put our knowledge to use, and fulfill our potential. Hunter offers not only a forward-thinking report from the front lines of American education, but also a generous blueprint for a world that bends toward cooperation rather than conflict. In this deeply hopeful audiobook, a visionary educator shows us what the future can be.

About John Hunter

A native Virginian and graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, John Hunter is an award-winning teacher and educational consultant. Hunter led his first sessions of the World Peace Game at Richmond Community High School in 1978. Since then, he has taught the game successfully in a variety of settings, from public schools in Virginia and Maryland to a session with Norwegian students sponsored by the European Youth Initiative. He has spoken at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Google's Palo Alto campus, the Pentagon, the United Nations, and elsewhere. His March 2011 TED talk was greeted with a standing ovation, and Arianna Huffington and Chris Anderson named it the No. 1 talk of TED 2011.


Reviews

Very inspiring. The school librarian gave me this book to read because I am doing a Cold War simulation with my honors classes. It sparked ideas on how to change and expand the game. I would love to do the World Peace Game. I was disappointed that this book did not go into detail of how the game is a......more

Goodreads review by Iantha

I heard John Hunter interviewed on the Diane Rehm show, and the interview made me want to read the book. Hunter's world peace game is brilliant, and many of the stories he tells about his students playing the game are touching. I respect Hunter's goals for the game and the points he makes in the boo......more

Goodreads review by Maria

Mr. Hunter teaches 4th graders through an interactive game, how to save the world. He divides his class into four countries, and gives them 50 challenges. They must solve the problems, from ecological disasters, refugees, political tensions, etc in order to win. This is his story about teaching and......more

Goodreads review by Susan

If history were taught this way when I was in grade school it would have been so much more acceptable. Hunter takes real time global issues and poses scenarios to students to solve. Students in turn debate, question and collaborate to create solutions to world issues. Let’s teach our student to be b......more