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This Maintaining Trusting Relationships 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 Two: Conflict Can Be Prevented
- Activity
- Worksheet
- Graphic Organizer
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What role does trust play in diffusing a tense situation? Young social scientists explore trust on a personal and global level during a lesson on peace and conflict. After participating in a trust sit, participants work in groups to practice establishing trust when reaching a common goal.
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Instructional Ideas
- Assess individuals as they participate in large and small group discussions
- Have the class complete a journal entry based on a time when their relationship with someone changed because of a lack of trust
- Consider replacing the lap sit activity with another team building exercise for variety
Classroom Considerations
- Activity requires groups of three
- Installment three of a 15-part series
Pros
- Pupils work together to better understand the value of trust in any relationship
- The activities are very easy to set up and execute
Cons
- None