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WHO Wants Clean Water! Do You? Solving Conflicts Over International Water Rights Issues
Students examine the water rights on an international scale. In this social studies lesson, students research on a specific water rights issue. They write a paper about their findings and create a PowerPoint presentation which they share...
Overcoming Obstacles
Using Communication Skills Effectively
Miscommunication is often the basis of conflict. To improve their communication skills, pupils first review what they learned about assertive (as opposed to aggressive or passive) communication, role-play several scenarios, and then...
American Psychological Association
A Silent National Crisis: Violence Against Teachers
School violence is becoming an epidemic in America. How can schools protect their teachers—and teach them how to protect their students? Read an important brochure about how violence affects teachers personally, emotionally, financially,...
Overcoming Obstacles
Playing by the Rules
The takeaway from the "Playing by the Rules" instructional activity is that it is each person's responsibility to learn the rules in a given situation and that they must accept the consequences if they choose not to follow the stated...
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Prioritizing Time
Tenth graders examine and identify how to avoid time conflicts in their own personal time schedules. They participate in a role-play about a time schedule conflict, participate in a class discussion, develop a list of their four most...
PBIS World
Problem Behavior Questionnaire
It can be frustrating for a child and teacher alike when a problem behavior arises over and over in a classroom. Analyze when, where, and why the behavior is occurring with a questionnaire, in which educators mark the percent of the time...
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Conflict Resolution Trade-book
Students discover ways of dealing with conflicts at school by reading a guide. In this psychology instructional activity, students identify how conflicts are started with fellow classmates by reading a trade-book with their class. ...
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We Can Work It Out
Students practice conflict resolution by considering alternatives before reacting to a conflict.
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"A Primer On Peer Mediation"
Students examine the process of peer mediation. They watch and discuss a video, identify the guidelines of mediation from the video, identify conflicts they have been involved in, and role-play a dispute using the mediation process.
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Using Words to Work Things Out
Students study conflict resolution. In this conflict resolution lesson, students read a book about anger and watch a puppet skit about how to handle conflicts. Students create their own puppet skit about conflict resolution.
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Supply & Demand: Finite Resources, Infinite Needs
Students discuss conflict resolution strategies they use in real life. They listen to "Getting to Yes" about principled negotiation. They negotiate the distribution of goodies on a table according to rules and time constraints. They...
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School Violence: Answers From the Inside
Learners examine the issue of school violence, bullying, and cliques. They watch and discuss a video, answer discussion questions, create a poster, role-play mediation techniques, identify conflict resolution techniques, and sign a...
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Time Managament
Students practice time management by completing a daily "to do" list and a weekly schedule. Volunteers participate in a skit emphasizing the importance of time management and a class discussion follows. After creating a "to do" list...
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Aggression and Bullying
Students analyze bullying and aggression. In this bullying lesson, students discuss bullying and practice methods to deal with aggression. Students also participate in activities that enable them to consider why bullies bully as well as...
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Touching Spirit Bear: Chapters 24 & 25
In this Touching Spirit Bear comprehension check worksheet, learners respond to 29 short answer questions covering chapters 24 and 25 of Touching Spirit Bear in order to help them better understand the chapters and the novel.
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Conflict Resolution - Dealing With Anger
Middle schoolers summarize the types of conflictual relationships associated with important health related outcomes. They deduce typical conflict resolving methods. They select a preferred conflict resolving style. They role-play a...
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Remembering Our Veterans Data Management Project
Seventh graders utilize data collected from various sources based on Canadian military statistics to consolidate their understanding of data management. Students plan and create a PowerPoint presentation using this data including in...
Advocates for Youth
Can I Keep Violence out of My Life?
Many teenagers in your class have not experienced violence in their lives, much less as a daily occurance. But some pupils are not so lucky. Bring hope to your class that violence is not an inevitable part of life, and that they can...
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Talk It Out Lesson #1: Calm Down
Learners study communication, feelings, and calming down. In this sociology lesson, students play a game about feelings and discuss how to use I-messages to calm anger.
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Remembering Our Veterans
Eighth graders research a variety of military statistics while using the theme of Remebering Our Veterans. They use data management to plan and create a PowerPoint presentation with their findings. They incorporate different types of...
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Talk It Out Together
Students solve conflicts using the talk it out together method. They role play a given conflict using puppets. They decide on a plan to resolve the conflict together.
Thoughtful Learning
Learning to Say No
It's not always easy to say "no". Give scholars the power and confidence to stand up for themselves with several steps to communicate using their voice and body language.
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Why Do We Need Authority?
Learners examine the problems created by a lack of effective authority described in Mark Twain's Roughing It. They explain how we use authority to protect our rights, to provide order and security, and to manage conflict.