Is conflict always bad? Learners begin a unit on conflict resolution with an exercise that defines conflict, reviews common words associated with conflict, and encourages partners to brainstorm conflicts that may have positive results.

Concepts

conflict, conflict resolution, friendship

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Additional Tags

classroom support

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Instructional Ideas

• Use in a peer counseling class or when training students for peer mediation
• Include in a health class when discussing healthy peer relationships

Classroom Considerations

• There are a few spelling errors in the resource, but not in student-facing materials
• The first of a five-part series on conflict resolution

Pros

• Encourages students to look at conflict in a new way
• Quick duration (45 minutes) makes implementation easy and straightforward

Cons

• None

Common Core

L.3.4.a L.3.5.a L.3.6