This is the sixth of seven resource units for a twelfth grade course on value conflicts and policy decisions. The topic for this unit is war and peace. The objectives are listed as to generalizations, skills, and values. The double-page format related objectives to pertinent content, teaching procedures, and instructional materials. This unit deals with the costs of war, with people's attitudes towards war, and with the causes of war. Pupils investigate the international system and the means which are used to resolve international conflicts, including the use of international agencies. The unit focuses on contemporary foreign policy issues in the United States as this country tries to preserve peace through power. Pupils study the pros and cons of current policies and proposals for change. Viet Nam is suggested as a case study for use in examing current issues. A teacher's guide for this course is SO 006 331; other units are SO 006 332, SO 006 333, and SO 006 335-338. (Author/KSM)