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This Defining Conflict lesson plan also includes:
- Peacebuilding Toolkit for Educators: High School Edition (English version)
- Peacebuilding Toolkit for Educators: High School Edition (Spanish version)
- Peacebuilding Toolkit for Educators: High School Edition (French version)
- Peacebuilding Toolkit for Educators (High School Edition) and the Common Core Standards
- Introduction
- Section One
- Activity
- Worksheet
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Conflict is everywhere—but is it avoidable? The first activity in a series of 15 peacebuilding lessons examines the nature of conflict at home, school, and across the world. Learners develop a definition of conflict through group work and whole-class discussion.
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Instructional Ideas
- Ask groups to create a short skit about the conflict they discussed
- Have groups research conflicts online if computers are available and you are short on print resources
Classroom Considerations
- Set up the opening activity prior to class by writing the word conflict and the descriptive categories on the whiteboard or overhead
Pros
- Contains several different assessment options and extension activities
- Activities give the class a big picture idea of conflict by discussing it on a personal, community, and global level
Cons
- None