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Classroom activity: Resolving conflict
From Iraq: war and peace online
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Age group: 8 to 16 year olds
Aims:
To enable pupils to think about how conflicts
can be resolved in a variety of ways, all with some consequences,
but some with worse consequences than others To enable pupils to relate classroom issues
to what is going on in the wider world. To raise pupils’ self-esteem
What to do:
Outline a situation that could lead to conflict, e.g. one day you
find that your calculator is not in your bag. Present the following
statements about possible action (and add to them, to a maximum
of about ten):
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Tell the teacher
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Accuse someone of taking it and ask them about it
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Accuse someone of taking it and hit them
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Don’t do anything
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Feel very upset and go home
In groups discuss which would be each person’s preferred
course of action. Discuss the pros and cons of each approach. Decide
on the most effective method of dealing with the incident within
each group, giving reasons. Share the results with the rest of the
class. Are the results the same from each group? Discuss how the
results could contribute to better relations within the class and
school.
Then think about examples of unfair things happening in the world
today. Can you think of any that have been caused by people taking
other people’s things? Can you think of any that have been
caused by greed? Or by people not getting on with each other?
From Iraq: war and peace online
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