School: Clarksonville All Age
Date: January 26-27, 2010
Grade: 8j & 9a
Time Period: 1hr * 2
Topic: Conflict Resolution
Rationale: Individuals, including children, are always facing conflict. Quite often these conflicts are not dealt with properly and so many cause hurt or even death. Children, more often than not, do not reason out conflict, instead they respond and become abusive or abused. In light of this, the counselor uses this opportunity to help equip students with the skills needed to deal with conflicts.
Objective: At the end of the lesson student should be able to:
1 State what is meant by conflict.
2 Identify situations that may result in a conflict.
3 Express how they feel when they are in a conflict.
4 Identify ways to avoid conflict.
Content Summary
A conflict is a disagreement. It happens when persons have different views or beliefs about the same issue. Conflicts may result in a struggle, fight, embarrassment, or other situations which cause hurt to self and others. Conflict may arise no matter how hard we try; it is natural. When conflicts are ignored, avoided, settled in an unsatisfactorily way or even left unsettled, people suffer great pain and disappointment. Conflict may be caused through jealousy, selfishness, name callings and others.
Material: Role play
Learning Activity:
1 Teacher will introduce the lesson by having the student’s role play a scene in which a conflict develops. (Pre-planned). Students will discuss what was observed and say what could be different.
2 Students will observe a role play in which a conflict was developed and resolved. Students will discuss the cause of the conflict and how it was dealt with.
3 Students and teacher will explore the issue of conflict with emphasis on its effects.
4 Teacher will ask students to relate the topic to everyday situations
5 Students will be asked to identify situations that may result in a conflict.
6 Teacher will ask students to discuss how these