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Put Yourself in Check Lesson PlanPut Yourself in Check Lesson Plan
Publisher
Missouri Department of Elementary
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Grade
8th
Subjects
Social & Emotional Learning
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Duration
45 mins
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Put Yourself in Check

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The final lesson in a four-part unit on conflict resolution offers middle schoolers strategies for how to keep themselves in check when involved in conflicts. A role-play activity and a reflective journal stress the importance of accepting personal responsibility and applying mature conflict-resolution skills when involved in a conflict.

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Concepts

conflicts, conflict, conflict resolution, perseverance, respect, courage, integrity, compassion, goal setting, problem solving strategies, problem solving techniques, intolerance, social-emotional learning

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Divide the class into groups of four, ask each group to craft and perform a skit of a conflict, with one pair demonstrating irresponsible responses and one modeling appropriate, mature conflict-resolution skills

Classroom Considerations

  • The final lesson in a four-part unit focusing on social-emotion learning and conflict resolution

Pros

  • A role-ply activity enables learners to practice appropriate and responsible responses

Cons

  • None

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