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Anger Management
Students discuss anger triggers and how they know they are getting angry. In this anger lesson plan, students discuss anger vocabulary and how to calm themselves down.
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Awareness of Anger
Students explore their feelings. For this anger awareness lesson, students are divided into pairs and take turns sharing a time when they were angry. Students are asked to remember the bodily sensations and thoughts they had when angry....
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Pansy Pig's Patience Pit
Students are introduced to the concepts of patience and anger. As a class, they are read a story about a patience pit and discover how anger can be controlled. They complete a worksheet and take a test to review how to control their...
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Anger Management
Eighth graders are introduced to how to manage their anger. As a class, they identify what anger is and why people get angry. In groups, they discuss the effect of anger on one's everyday lives and discuss how to deal with it properly.
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Language Arts: Lewin Project
Fourth graders read and respond to the poem, "When I Am Angry." They complete surveys by analyzing the most common feeling and draw a bar graph of their behavior, using different colors to identify the duration of various feelings. ...
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Intermittent Explosive Disorder
Students read an article about intermittent explosive disorder and discuss things that make them angry and how they deal with those feelings. They complete vocabulary exercises, take a comprehension quiz and explore the use of...
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It's a Mad World
Young scholars explore the various factors leading to anger, the health risks involved in anger, and the techniques people can use to cope with it. Through writing and performing scenarios that enact different causes and coping...
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Expressing Anger
Students distinguish among the different styles of anger. In this psychology lesson, students evaluate their personal style of anger and its effectiveness. They brainstorm ways to control it.
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Dealing with Conflict
Students identify types of conflict and various responses to anger. In this character education lesson plan, the teacher introduces definitions of conflict and anger responses. Students find examples of types of conflict in newspapers...
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Writing Anger
Students write about anger through poetry and introduce a productive way of dealing with unanswerable questions.
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts: The Art in Peacemaking [Pdf]
A guide to integrating conflict resolution education into youth arts programs. This program was created to give after school youth teachers tools to help youth solve disputes they see on a daily basis.
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts: The Art in Peacemaking [Pdf]
A guide to integrating conflict resolution education into youth arts programs. This program was created to give after school youth teachers tools to help youth solve disputes they see on a daily basis. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Managing Anger
Reflect on what makes one angry and how one responds to anger. Practice anger management and conflict resolution through the "I-Message" communication technique and other group activities.
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Kids Health: Dealing With My Anger
Often times our first reaction when we're angry is to become physically aggressive. This site provides strategies for channeling one's anger into productive venues.
Read Works
Read Works: Blue Nail Polish
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Molly who learns that it's okay to be angry, but she still has to act appropriately. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Guide to Getting Along
Learn how to handle situations and problems the right way without getting out of control, overly mad, or even violent. This sight teaches you the "Bam" plan, or tips "to keep your anger from boiling over".
Live Wire Media
Good Character: Working Out Conflicts
Learn how to work out conflicts with others "Fairly and peacefully." This website includes simple tips to help you resolve problems, control your anger. Discuss conflict resolution with other students and your parents by using the...
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Association: Controlling Anger Before It Controls You
What is anger and why does it affect people differently? Here's a brochure from the American Psychological Association to answer some basic questions on anger.
Committee for Children
Second Step: Grade 2: Lesson 15: Managing Anger
This instructional activity from Second Step will help students learn how to manage their anger.
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Second Step: Grade 1: Lesson 14: Calming Down Anger
In this Second Step lesson, 1st graders will learn how to calm down their anger.
Committee for Children
Second Step: Grade 1: Lesson 14: Calming Down Anger
In this Second Step lesson, 1st graders will learn the Calming-Down Steps that will help them use when they are angry.
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Healthy Relationships Activities
There are no answers on this page, but there are questions to ask yourself about your feelings and how you express yourself in healthy relationships.