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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Culture Challenge

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students identify and classify characteristics of the four pre-European cultures in Wisconsin. They playing a game about the different characteristics that belong to each of the cultures studied.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Music

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students sing "I Believe I can Fly".  In this singing lesson, students discuss strategies for solving problems and perform the song.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Looking at Conflict

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this conflict worksheet, students answer a set of 6 questions related to conflict. Site has links to additional resources.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: In the Mix Lesson Plan on Peer Mediation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
PBS In The Mix offers a lesson plan on peer mediation, which is a formalized way of presenting problem solving.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: In the Mix Lesson Plan on Peer Mediation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
PBS In The Mix offers a lesson plan on peer mediation, which is a formalized way of presenting problem solving.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Immune System Part I Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This study guide on the immune system covers key terminology and the different lines of defense the human body has to protect itself against pathogens. It is available for download with free registration.
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Article
Other

Negotiation Styles in Mediation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article presents five styles or methods most often used by negotiators and methods of dealing with each.
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Article
Other

Mediate: Graphic Facilitation Focuses a Group's Thoughts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article discusses what graphic facilitation is and how it can focus a group's thoughts and understanding. An example is provided showing how it resolved a conflict between two groups.
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Website
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Negotiation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Contains information regarding the various types of negotiation and negotiating processes, including links for more in-depth information for certain types.
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Handout
Other

Clermont College: Immune System

For Students 9th - 10th
This complete resource provides a thorough discussion of the immune system. Topics include the non-specific defense mechanism, specific defense mechanism, humoral immune system, cell-mediated immune system, and more.
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Website
University of Florida

University of Florida: Conflict Resolution

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This site presents findings of a study of the use of conflict resolution and peer mediation in middle schools. Only samples of the training and classroom materials are available.
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Article
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: The Resolution of Conflict Book Summary

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains a book review of Morton Deutsch's book, "The Resolution of Conflict." The summary is mainly about conflict and how to determine if the outcome will be productive or destructive. The second half of the summary applies...
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Article
Other

Work 911: Cooperative Communication

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site defines "Cooperative Communication" and provides examples and information as to how to apply it. Although the article is geared toward the workplace, it applies to all forms of communication, especially when negotiating....
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Website
Other

Centre Pompidou: Great Figures of Modern Art: Wassily Kandinsky

For Students 9th - 10th
Educational dossier of the life and work of Wassily Kandinsky, built around a selection of his works, helps us understand Kandinsky's progression from his early realist works to abstraction. Includes a biographical note, reproductions, a...
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Website
Other

Centre Pompidou: Great Figures of Modern Art: Marcel Duchamp

For Students 9th - 10th
Educational dossier of the life and work of Marcel Duchamp, built around a selection of his works. Includes a biographical note, reproductions, a chronology, and insightful discussions of individual works.
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Website
Other

Centre Pompidou: Great Figures of Modern Art: Pablo Picasso

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of the life and work of Pablo Picasso built around a selection of his works that helps us understand the role that Picasso played in defining much of the artistic practice of twentieth-century art. Includes a biographical...
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Article
Other

Problem Solving/negotiation

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is an advertisement, but it has some good information regarding the negotiation process, e.g., seven steps that are common to all negotiations.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Labor Disputes

For Students 9th - 10th
In this Wide Angle video, view a case study of the mediation of a disagreement between an employee and his former employer in China's courts.
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Website
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Finding Commonality in Negotiations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Site presents examples of possible areas of commonality, especially when faced with diversity and adversity, on which to build in order to successfully negotiate a solution to a conflict.
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Handout
University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburg: Communicating Behaviors for Effective Work Groups

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Successful working groups are marked by a range of different communication behaviors-actions people do with words and gestures, which they can practice and improve over time. This site lists seven behaviors to improve communication in...
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Article
George Mason University

George Mason University: World History Sources: Hammurabi's Code

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Nancy L. Stockdale. who teaches at the University of Central Florida, describes how she mediates a discussion of Hammurabi's Code with her students.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Teaching Source Icon

For Students 9th - 10th
Nancy L. Stockdale. who teaches at the University of Central Florida, describes how she mediates a discussion of Hammurabi's Code with her students.