Conflict Resolution Lessons

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ESR uses the Peaceable Classroom model which it has practiced for over twenty years. The Peaceable Classroom emphasizes six themes:
Cooperation
Communication
Appreciation for Diversity
The Healthy Expression of Feelings
Responsible Decision Making
Conflict Resolution

ESR's experience has shown that it is not enough to teach students conflict resolution separate from the other themes of a Peaceable Classroom. You can use these lessons as a beginning point to a further exploration of the place of conflict in the classroom and in the school.
For more exemplary material from ESR, see Personalizing the Secondary Classroom.
Lesson Plans: Conflict Resolution
Pre- K to Grade 2
Talk It Out Together
Five Styles of Handling Children's Conflicts
Brainstorming for Consensus
Responding to Conflict Amongst Young Children
Grades 3 to 5
What's So Bad or Good About Conflict?
Many Ways to Resolve Conflict
What About Fighting?
Grades 6 to 8
Conflict Resolution Activities
Practicing Problem Solving
Five Styles of Handling Children's Conflicts
Grades 9 to 12
Acting Out Conflict
Resolution Vocabulary
Exploring the Nature of Conflict
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