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Violence
Prevention and Conflict Resolution
Essential Question: How
do teens handle anger, violence and conflict and how can they resolve these
problems? Choose one project. Make
sure that you complete all of the paperwork that is required such as the
contract, the planning paperwork and any other notes or drafts of your
project. Mathematical/Logical (Number Smart): Find statistics on
violent crimes in NH or the Linguistic (Word Smart): Imagine that you are someone involved in
a conflict. Explain the conflict, how it happened and what has happened so
far. Write about how your feeling about this
conflict. Then create 3 different plans for resolving the conflict using your
knowledge of conflict resolution. For your presentation give the class a
summary of the conflict, and the three positive ways that you managed to
avoid violence and settle this conflict. If you have a hard time writing a
fictional story, use one that you actually experienced, but change the names
to avoid “airing your dirty laundry” to class. Spatial (Art Smart): Write and illustrate a children’s book about
conflict resolution. What do little kids need to know about how to resolve
conflicts in their lives? What are the
steps that they need to follow? Make sure you put all of this important information
into a story form that children will understand. Music: A lot of today’s music is about violence. Write a song that your peers would enjoy that talks about how to resolve conflict. You will need to
use the information that you get from your research about what steps to take
to resolve conflicts and then use that in your song. Finally perform your
song and record it to CD or perform it live in front of the class. Naturalistic (Nature Smart): How do animals resolve
conflict? How is this
the same, or different than the ways that humans resolve conflict? What
positives can be seen in the animal ways of conflict resolution that might
work in human conflict resolution?
What things should not be included in the human ways of conflict
resolution? What plan do you have for
integrating the two plans? Create a
presentation (poster, power point, handout, brochure, etc) that answers these
questions and presents your plan for integrating both systems to the class. Interpersonal (People Smart): Write a short skit with
a partner that shows a conflict and how it is resolved. If there is no one to work with you, you
may write it on your own but you will need to find someone who will perform
it with you. Make sure to use the
information that you have learned to create the skit, following the steps
that you found. You may want to include an example of the conflict cycle as
well. Finally perform your skit to the class. Intrapersonal (Self Smart): Think of a time that you
were really stressed out or were involved in a conflict that needed to be
resolved. What kinds of strategies worked
for you to relieve stress and resolve conflicts? Are they positive ways of resolving
conflict? Create a brochure, handout
or fact sheet about the strategies that can be used in a positive manner to
resolve conflict. Make sure that your strategies follow what the research and
text say about resolving conflicts and managing stress. Bodily Kinesthetic (Body Smart): If you watch movies or
TV where there is fighting, there is always choreography (planned movements).
Choreograph a dance that shows the class the how to resolve conflicts and manage
their anger and stress. Your dance
should show us the conflict cycle as well as how conflict can be resolved
positively. Be sure to use the
information that you have read or heard about conflict resolution to ensure that
your information is accurate.
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