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Focus: To teach students to identify words and
actions that can lead to conflict, to understand the
perspectives of all parties involved in a conflict,
and to develop skills for conflict management.
Key Teaching Strategies: Critical thinking, problem
solving, cooperative learning, role-playing, interviews,
group dialog, brainstorming, and other experiential
learning strategies.
Type of Material: Elementary curriculums.
Cost: Not available.
Creative Conflict Solving for Kids, Grade Four. 1991.
Fran Schmidt and Alice Friedman. NCJ 160386.
Creative Conflict Solving for Kids, Grade Five. 1985.
Fran Schmidt and Alice Friedman.
Creating Peace, Building Community, Grade Six.
1996. Judy Bachoy.
Creating Peace, Building Community, Grade Seven.
1996. Judy Bachoy.
Peace Education Foundation, 1900 Biscayne
Boulevard, Miami, FL 33132–1025.
Phone: 800–749–8838
Audience: Grades 4–7.
Focus: Creative Conflict Solving for Kids, Grade Four,
introduces the Rules for Fighting Fair and the fouls,
the mediation process, empowerment skills such as
peer refusal and assertive language, and ways to
enhance conflict resolution skills and communication
techniques. Creative Conflict Solving for Kids, Grade
Five, focuses on students’ perceptions of conflict by
using news clippings and real-life conflicts and encouraging
them to employ conflict resolution skills
using goal-setting techniques. Creating Peace, Building
Community, Grade Six, and Creating Peace, Building
Community, Grade Seven, are designed to help students
gain a strong sense of self-worth, values, and
the ability to empathize with others as they learn
conflict resolution skills. The sixth-grade materials
focus on character development, cultural awareness,
community building, conflict analysis, and
aggression control. The seventh-grade materials
address effective communication and empathy
development; bully, victim, and bystander issues;
self-empowerment; and applying peacemaking
skills in the real world.
Key Teaching Strategies: Brainstorming, cooperative
activities, problem solving, role-playing,
simulation, and experiential learning.
B–6
Type of Material: Teacher’s guide, student
handbooks, and poster.
Cost: Complete set of materials for each title,
$89.95; teacher’s guide including student pages,
$23.95.
Fighting Fair: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. For
Kids, Grade Eight. 1990. Fran Schmidt and Alice
Friedman. Peace Education Foundation, 1900
Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL 33132–1025.
Phone: 800–749–8838
Audience: Grade 8.
Focus: To teach nonviolent techniques for solving
conflicts. Combines conflict resolution with the
history of the civil rights movement.
Key Teaching Strategies: Brainstorming, cooperative
activities, problem solving, role-playing,
simulation, and experiential learning.
Type of Material: Teacher’s guide, student
handbooks, poster, and video.
Cost: Complete set of materials, $139.95; teacher’s
guide including student pages, $23.95.
Helping Kids Handle Conflict: A Guide for Those
Teaching Children. 1995. National Crime Prevention
Council, 1700 K Street NW., Second Floor,
Washington, DC 20006. NCJ 158977.
Phone: 202–466–6272
Audience: Adults working with youth ages 5–12.
Focus: To provide classroom-based activities that
supplement conflict management sessions and to
introduce the philosophy of conflict management
to a school or community.
Key Teaching Strategies: Short-term, selfcontained
activities for teachers of young persons.
Type of Material: Book, activities, followup activities,
related children’s books, worksheets, and
standard letters to parents.
Cost: $24.95.
Life Negotiations: The PYN Curriculum for Middle
Schools. 1996. Jared R. Curhan. Program for Young
Negotiators, 20 University Road, Cambridge, MA
02138.
Phone: 888–832–2479
Audience: Grades 6–9.
Focus: To promote the use of collaboration, communication,
and empathy, and foster an environment in
which individuals can learn to cope with differences
in a productive manner.