5th and 6th
Grade
Conflict Resolution
When in
doubt about wondering what to do next with middle school, turn to conflict
resolution! In my opinion, there can’t be enough lessons on healthy conflict
resolution when discussing middle school students.
For this
lesson, I used a Prezi. Prezi is a pretty neat presentation creator online. I’ve
used Prezi’s for my lessons and also while I was in grad school for my own
classroom presentations. The templates provided include those from professional
all the way to silly and fun-mostly why I love this website! The kids think it’s
so cool to see something other than a normal PowerPoint and I find it definitely
keeps their interest-which is always a plus!
You can start creating your own
Prezi’s, share them with others, and see other Prezi’s other people have made.
The website is www.prezi.com
Back to
conflict resolution-My Prezi included:
- Defining conflict and resolution
- A fun video showing conflict
- Defining perception
- Fun pictures to show the students we all perceive things differently
- Defining tolerance
- Steps of conflict resolution
- Rules for fighting fair
You can find
my conflict resolution Prezi at:
After going
through the Prezi, I handed out the steps of conflict resolution and the rules
for fighting fair. I then split the students into 4-5 groups. I gave each group
a situation that may lead to a conflict. I instructed them to work as a group,
use the steps and rules, and come up with a healthy resolution to the problem.
Following
the group work, each group read their scenario aloud and shared how they would
use the steps and rules to resolve the conflict.
Overall, I
really enjoyed doing this lesson with my 5th and 6th
graders. I think the Prezi was super informative, yet fun and engaging. The
students loved the presentation and also worked very well in their groups. Some
groups even came up with their own skit to act out the scenario!
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