Conflict Resolution Mr. Holstead

Objective The student will understand Conflict Resolution. The Student will review scenarios of conflict. The Student will look at terms and create a PowerPoint.

Self-Reflection Task 2- Self-Reflection on Conflict style and 5-minute presentation (100 pts: Individual Work)

Create Toondoo Go to www.toondoo.com and create a Toondoo that has to do with your own Self-Reflection. Create a cartoon representing your thoughts from the Word Doc.

Task 2-Letter B Who has ever been involved with a conflict (ex: a disagreement or a fight with someone). Brainstorm what might cause a conflict (ex: bullying, teasing, gossip, jealousy, prejudice, broken friendships, broken romances, possessions, different points of view, wanting a different outcome to a problem). I will Explain the role playing activity. For every scenario, watch the set-up scene, have a volunteer come and help resolve the conflict, and then brainstorm ideas together about what choices can be made and what the consequences are of those choices. Demonstrate a scenario and the conflict resolution. Are there are any questions.

Task 2 Letter C Ask for volunteers or choose participants to be the actors. Read the scenario and then have participants act out the scenario (see sample scenarios below, or come up with your own). Have someone come in to help resolve the conflict. Step in as needed to give suggestions. Have the participants actually say the words of the peaceful conflict resolution to practice.

Task 2-Letter D Have the group identify the problem, the feelings that may be involved, and then have the group come up with a list of choices and their corresponding consequences. Ask: What choices can be made to escalate this incident or make it worse? What choices can be made to resolve this conflict peacefully or make it better? What choices could have been made to avoid this incident altogether? When is it helpful to ask someone (a teacher, a friend, a parent, a trusted adult) to mediate/step in and help solve a conflict?

Task 2- Letter E Who has an example of a positive conflict resolution situation they were part of and would like to share.

Task 3: Role-Playing

Scenarios Scenario #1: Person A talks to her person B her “Friend” and says she’s awesome. Person A then goes and talks behind her back to Person C and Person D. Person B finds out about the gossiping and goes to find person A ASAP! Scenario #2 Person A got in trouble with her teacher Person B. Person B told Person A to go to the Principal, Person C. Person A decides she doesn’t want to go to the principal and ask her BEST friend Person D to get out of class to go to the “bathroom” but instead leave school and take Person A home so she doesn’t have to go to the Principal.

Scenario #3: Person A is a senior and loves to pick on the freshmen Scenario #3: Person A is a senior and loves to pick on the freshmen. Person B is Person A’s good friend they play all sports together, also a senior. Person A decides right before football practice he wants to go to the lunch room and steal some of the freshmen’s food. Person C and D are freshmen and just got their lunch and notice that Person A is coming to pick on them AGAIN. Person B sees Person A picking on the freshmen while going to the bathroom. What should person B do? Scenario #4: Person A knows he failed this test in his math class. He knows if he fails this test he can’t play football for 6 weeks because of grades. He’s the star player and has to play. He decides after school he is going to sneak into the teacher’s office (Person B) and grab the key and change all his answers so he can pass the test. Person C see’s person A go into the teacher’s office illegally. Person A tries to convenience Person C to not tell anyone because he really wants to play football into the state playoffs and he will beat person C up if he tells. What does person C do?

Task 4: Vocabulary Create a PowerPoint Title Slide, 20 words, Reference slide 22 Total. Conflict disagreement between two or more people or a disagreement you have within your own mind productive: positive, effective way of resolving a problem destructive: negative, ineffective way of resolving a problem avoidance: the process of trying not to deal with someone or something confrontation: a hostile, argumentative situation (sometimes verbal; sometimes physical) between two people or groups of people resolve: fix; make better; find an acceptable solution escalate: to become greater; increase

abandoned: left alone; discarded rejected: refused to accept something or someone negotiation: discussion and arrangement of the terms of an agreement mediation: the process involved when a third party helps two people or groups of people resolve their problems put down: insult; mean remark confidential: private; secret; something not to be discussed among others dispute: fight; argument; conflict; confrontation; disagreement; debate conflict resolution: the process of resolving a problem or dispute technique: method of procedure; how something is done alternative: another possible choice or solution clarifying: making something clearer or easier to understand problem solving: asking questions; brainstorming; figuring out the answer or solution to a problem cause and effect: the reason something happens and the end result of it happening