Advisory – 7 th Grade

 Identify behaviors that contribute to a conflict escalating  Describe how feelings escalate during conflict

Escalation: The process by which a conflict gets worse.

Every behavior in a conflict is either a step up or a step down the conflict escalator. Behavior that makes the conflict worse will take it another step up the escalator. Every step up the conflict escalator has feelings that go with it. As the conflict escalates, so do the feelings. The higher you go on the escalator, the harder it is to come down.

 Watch the following video (this will be the role play video of HN and MD)

 Draw a conflict escalator.  Identify the first step on the escalator.  Identify the second step.  Continue until you reach the top of the escalator.

 What do you think the person was feeling at this step on the escalator?  Is it only behavior that escalates during a conflict?

 When you are in a conflict, how do feelings affect the way you behave?  What feelings most often come up for you in conflicts?  How do feelings escalate as the conflict escalates?  What examples have you seen of a conflict escalating?

 When conflict gets worse, we say that they escalate.  Each behavior in the conflict is a step on the escalator.  As conflicts escalate, so do the feelings in the conflict escalate.