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Process Curriculum
Conflict Resolution: An Elementary School Curriculum.
1990. Gail Sadalla, Meg Holmberg, and Jim
Halligan. NCJ 138316.
Conflict Resolution: A Secondary School Curriculum.
1987. Gail Sadalla, Meg Holmberg, and Jim
Halligan. NCJ 138329.
Community Board Program, Inc., 1540 Market
Street, Suite 490, San Francisco, CA 94102.
Phone: 415–552–1250
Audience: Grades K–7 and 7–12.
Focus: To help students become aware of their
choices in conflict situations. Elementary curriculum
includes more than 80 activities focusing on building
effective communication and problem-solving skills.
Secondary curriculum focuses on enabling students
to reduce the tensions and hostilities associated with
conflict.
Key Teaching Strategies: Role-playing, recordkeeping,
group discussions, brainstorming,
demonstrations, small- and large-group work,
and experiential practice of skills.
Type of Material: Classroom curriculum of more
than 300 pages in a three-ring binder for easy
copying of handout materials.
Cost: $44 each.
Conflict Resolution for Kindergarten through Grade 3.
1995. Linda Dunn, Pat Lewis, Lynda Hall, Eileen
McAvoy, and Cynthia Pitts, Mediation Network
of North Carolina, P.O. Box 241, Chapel Hill, NC
27514–0241.
Phone: 919–929–6333
Audience: Grades K–3.
Focus: To teach the basics of listening skills,
“I”-messages, anger management, choice and consequences,
feelings, perception, diversity, and negotiation.
Includes a section on how to make conflict
resolution part of regular classroom activities.
Key Teaching Strategies: Discussion/dialog, simulation
games, role-playing, and interactive activities.
Type of Material: 191-page teaching curriculum,
scoped and sequenced.
Cost: $20.
B–5
Conflict Resolution in the Schools: A Manual for
Educators. 1996. National Institute for Dispute Resolution
and the National Association for Mediation
in Education, 1726 M Street NW., Suite 500,
Washington, DC 20036.
Phone: 202–466–4764
Audience: Educators.
Focus: To show educators how to diagnose conflicts,
handle difficult confrontations, and implement appropriate
mediation and problem-solving strategies
for classroom conflicts, violence, and community
divisiveness.
Key Teaching Strategies: Introduces the concepts
and skills of conflict resolution that can be practiced
in the classroom and throughout the school
community.
Type of Material: Book.
Cost: $35.
Conflict Resolution: Strategies for Collaborative
Problem Solving. 1992. Ellen Raider and Susan
Coleman, International Center for Cooperation and
Conflict Resolution, Teacher’s College, Columbia
University, Box 53, New York, NY 10027.
Phone: 212–678–3402
Audience: Educators, parents, and youth leaders.
Focus: To teach adults conflict resolution skills that
will enable them to work collaboratively to resolve
disputes within their homes, communities, and
workplaces, so that they can become role models
for their children and colleagues.
Key Teaching Strategies: Experiential exercises
and role-playing with audio/video feedback geared
for the adult reader.
Type of Material: Participant manuals and
train-the-trainer guide.
Cost: Not available for purchase without training
within school system or at a teacher’s college.
The Conflict Zoo. 1996. Suzin Glickman, Natalie
Johnson, Gina Sirianni, and Judith Zimmer,
National Institute for Citizen Education in the
Law, 711 G Street SE., Washington, DC 20003.
Phone: 202–546–6644
Audience: Grades 3 and 4.