Lesson Plan

Put Yourself in Check

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The final lesson in a four-part unit on conflict resolution offers middle schoolers strategies for how to keep themselves in check when involved in conflicts. A role-play activity and a reflective journal stress the importance of accepting personal responsibility and applying mature conflict-resolution skills when involved in a conflict.

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Instructional Ideas
  • Divide the class into groups of four, ask each group to craft and perform a skit of a conflict, with one pair demonstrating irresponsible responses and one modeling appropriate, mature conflict-resolution skills
Classroom Considerations
  • The final lesson in a four-part unit focusing on social-emotion learning and conflict resolution
Pros
  • A role-ply activity enables learners to practice appropriate and responsible responses
Cons
  • None