Bibliographies, resource guides, and more...

On the military, war and peace
On child soldiers
On education and non-military
   opportunities for youth

On the Military, War and Peace

• Learning About the War and its Aftermath - our resource guide to the Vietnam war.
  
  
• Resources on Conscientious Objection and Draft Resistance
  
  
• Lessons of the Vietnam War: "a widely praised academic curriculum on Vietnam" — Time Magazine.
  
  
• The Nonviolence Web: site hosting web pages for many U.S. peace groups, as well as news and discussion on peace issues.
  
  
• Peacenet: web site and network with news, activism, Internet resources on peace issues, produced by the Institute for Global Communications.
  
  
• The Survival Guide: a Servicemembers' Legal Defense Network publication reviewing the major provisions of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue" policy on service by gay men, lesbians and bisexuals.
  
  
• The Vietnam War Internet Project

On Child Soldiers

• AFSC News Digest on the Child Soldier Issue: a summary of the latest developments on the issue, from January 1999 to the present.
  
  
• Rädda Barnen's Documentation Center on Child Soldiers: facts, figures, documents, and links on the issue of child soldiers.
  
  
• Child Soldiers: a resource listing. Compiled by the AFSC's National Youth and Militarism Program. Lists articles, studies, books and videos.

On Education and Non-military Opportunities for Youth

• Teaching for Change: a multicultural catalogue of resources for school staff and parents produced by the Network of Educators on the Americas.
  
  
• America's Job Bank: Computerized network linking the 2,000 state Employment Service offices across the nation, providing job seekers with a vast pool of active job opportunities.
  
  
• Education Week on the Web: Provides comprehensive coverage of issues facing American schools -- local, state, and national news and issues from preschool through the 12th grade. Includes searchable archives.
  
  
• Project EASI , a collaborative of the Department of Education and the higher education community, focusing on the financial aid process.
  
  
• Quaker Information Center listings of volunteer and service opportunities: hundreds of opportunities, ranging from weekend workcamps through year-long internships to two-year, Peace-Corps type programs, domestic and international, Quaker and non-Quaker.
  
  
• Rethinking Schools Online: An Urban Education Journal: Monthly publication addressing educational equity and promoting the vision that public education is central to the creation of a humane, multiracial democracy.
  
  
• Think College:The U.S. Department of Education's website, providing information on financial aid and college readiness.

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