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Language Arts: Gr. 4 Peacemakers, Inc.

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Teacher Resources on Conflict:

Red Grammar's Homepage
http://www.redgrammer.com/
Red Grammar's Teaching Peace album address such topics as acceptance of diversity, self-esteem, and cooperation. This site has links to some of that music.

Teaching Students To Be Peacemakers
http://www.clcrc.com/pages/peace.html
Lessons based on the report Teaching Students To Be Peacemakers: Results Of Five Years Of Research Why Teach Students To Be Peacemakers (http://www.clcrc.com/pages/peace-meta.html).

Little Planet Times
http://littleplanettimes.com/
This web site encourages kids to read and write with The Little Planet Times, a newspaper created by and for kids. Top stories creatively present monthly themes, like conflict resolution. Readers can find out what's new in the "School Spotlight" or check out the Entertainment section for movie reviews or sports news. "Creative Corner" invites readers to view work of others or submit original poems, stories or artwork.

Pretzels
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson009.shtml
Pretzels, selected by Educational World as one of the best classroom activity for 97, is a weekly activity that allows the exchange of compliments and criticism among the students in your class can help resolve conflicts and teach children how to properly handle conflict.

When Conflicts Arise
http://friendscouncil.org/web/PeaceTestimonies/conreslansdowne.html
This site discusses how you can help children develop strategies needed to manage conflicts and several processes to do this.

Peer Conflicts in the Classroom ERIC DIGEST - Edyth J. Wheeler
http://www.parenthoodweb.com/Library/ERIC_PeerConflicts.htm

A Brief Introduction to Conflict Analysis and Resolution
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8945/conf.html

Resolving Conflicts
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/resolvingconflicts/index.html
A lesson plan from DiscoverySchool.com on resolving conflicts.

NASD: Resolving Family Conflicts
http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d001201-d001300/d001244/d001244.html
Here is the National Ag Safety Database's lesson/worksheet on resolving conflicts.

Writing a Skit       [top]

Quotation Marks: Direct and Indirect Quotes
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/grammar/g_quote.html
Handout from Purdue's OWL, online writing lab.

Skits, Plays, & Scripts
http://www.eduscapes.com/42explore/skits&plays.htm
A huge collection of links to how to perform skits, write scripts and more.

Writing/Performing One Act Plays
http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/140.html
A teacher's lessons plan on writing a play and putting the play on.

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