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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Conflict Resolution

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and litigation as conflict resolution strategies. They analyze a conflict and identify the possible resolutions, and discuss obstacles to reaching conflict resolution.
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Article
Hartford Web Publishing

World History Archives: Mexican Border Workers Fight for Unions

For Students 9th - 10th
The story of Mexican workers and their attempt to unionize due to poor working conditions at a Hyundai plant in Tijuana. Fom a story by David Bacon in the San Francisco Bay Guardian on 06/11/1997.
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Website
Other

United States Arbitration and Mediation: Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This site includes information on the rules of arbitration according to United States Arbitration & Mediation. It also contains questions and answers regarding arbitration and samples of mediation agreements and clauses.
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Activity
Other

Workers Online: Unions: Behind the Scenes

For Students 9th - 10th
The story of the 2000 Olympics in Australia, and the relationship between the unions and the workers of the Olympic games. Successes and failures are both portrayed.
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Handout
Social Studies Help Center

Social Studies Help Center: Collective Bargaining

For Students 9th - 10th
This site tells about the process of collective bargaining and how it is used to settle labor disputes.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Arbitration: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand that arbitration is one of many conflict resolution methods, with a number of variants. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Arbitration."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Conflict Resolution in Action: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand the range of situations in which conflict resolution can be applied, and will know some of the major successes of the field. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Conflict Resolution...