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Observing Conflict Lesson PlanObserving Conflict Lesson Plan
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US Institute of Peace
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6th - 8th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Duration
45 mins
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Observing Conflict

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This Observing Conflict lesson plan also includes:
  • Peacebuilding Toolkit for Educators, Middle School Edition (English version)
  • Peacebuilding Toolkit for Educators, Middle School Edition (Spanish version)
  • Peacebuilding Toolkit for Educators, Middle School Edition (French version)
  • Peacebuilding Toolkit for Educators, Middle School Edition (Arabic version)
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Can your class manage conflict? Give them the tools they need to succeed at conflict resolution with the third lesson in a 15-part series of peacebuilding activities. Learners draw from personal conflict experience as they analyze conflict situations to determine the needs of both parties.

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Concepts

conflict, conflict resolution, conflicts, life skills, observational skills, making observations, interpersonal communication, peace, relationships, emotions, human needs, role playing

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Have students create unfinished comic strips of a personal conflict, then trade with a classmate to provide a possible ending or resolution
  • Ask individuals to locate a news story or video of a current events conflict and analyze it in the same manner they used to analyze in-class role plays

Classroom Considerations

  • If your class completed the first lesson in the series, have them refer to the definitions of conflict they created as they work through this lesson

Pros

  • Resource helps build conflict management by teaching pupils how to approach a conflict from outside the situation
  • Scenarios are age-appropriate and represent common conflicts that middle school students face

Cons

  • None

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