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Key Teaching Strategies: Role-playing, case studies,
games, performances, reading and writing
assignments, videos, and classroom discussions.
Type of Material: Teacher’s manuals, student
activity books, and videos.
Cost: Not available for purchase without first
attending the Program for Young Negotiators’
training seminar on negotiation.
Peacemaking Skills for Little Kids, Pre K–K. 1993.
Fran Schmidt and Alice Friedman.
Peacemaking Skills for Little Kids, Grade One. 1996.
Doris Berkell, Karen Kotzen, and Sandy Rizzo.
Peacemaking Skills for Little Kids, Grade Two. 1996.
Elyse Brunt, Alice Friedman, Fran Schmidt, and
Theresa Solotoff.
Peace Scholars: Learning Through Literature, Grade
Three. 1996. Diane Carlebach.
Peace Education Foundation, 1900 Biscayne
Boulevard, Miami, FL 33132–1025.
Phone: 800–749–8838
Audience: Grades pre-K through 3.
Focus: Peacemaking Skills for Little Kids, Pre K–K,
teaches listening and communication skills, explores
emotions, and stresses cooperation and cultural
tolerance, introducing students to the I-Care Rules
and the PEF’s conflict resolution model. Peacemaking
Skills for Little Kids, Grade One, focuses on giving
students a more indepth understanding of the I-Care
Rules, stressing cooperative learning and reading,
writing, and problem-solving skills. Peacemaking
Skills for Little Kids, Grade Two, continues to build
on the skills begun in the previous books, providing
lessons and extension activities that can be incorporated
into traditional academic subjects. Peace
Scholars: Learning Through Literature, Grade Three,
uses a collection of ethnically diverse stories and
folk tales to enhance students’ conflict resolution
competency and teach cooperation, self-esteem,
empathy, and other life skills.
Key Teaching Strategies: Puppetry, discussion,
music, experiential learning, cooperative activities,
role-playing.
Type of Material: Teacher’s guide, student handbooks,
poster, puppets, audiocassettes, and buttons.
Cost: Complete set of materials for each title,
$119.95; teacher’s guide including student pages,
$23.95.
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Time Out To Resolve It! A School-Based Conflict
Resolution Program. 1994. Citizenship & Law-
Related Education Center, 9738 Lincoln Village
Drive, Sacramento, CA 95827.
Phone: 916–228–2322
Audience: Grades K–12.
Focus: To teach decisionmaking, problem-solving,
and communication skills that help students resolve
their own conflicts peacefully.
Key Teaching Strategies: Individual, small- and
large-group work, practice, and discussions; roleplaying;
active, cooperative learning activities;
performance-based assessment.
Type of Material: Student and adult training manuals,
implementation manual, classroom lesson plans
linked to middle and high school subject matter, and
videotapes.
Cost: Currently available only in conjunction with
training.
TRIBE: Conflict Resolution Curriculum for Middle
School. 1994. Dee Edelman, Copper Coggins,
Debbie Rios, and Kathryn Liss, The Mediation
Center, 189 College Street, Asheville, NC 28801.
Phone: 704–251–6089
Audience: Grades 6–8.
Focus: To reduce violence and promote cooperative
problem solving through win/win strategies, anger
management, and communication and decisionmaking
skills.
Key Teaching Strategies: Role-playing, cooperative
learning, metaphorical activities, group dialog, and
simulations.
Type of Material: Sequential curriculums for grades
6–8 and classroom poster.
Cost: Teacher manual, $20; classroom poster, $8.
Violence Intervention Curriculum for Families. 1996.
Violence Intervention Curriculum for Juveniles. 1996.
New Mexico Center for Dispute Resolution, 620
Roma NW., Suite B, Albuquerque, NM 87102.
Phone: 800–249–6884
Audience: High-risk youth ages 12–18.
Focus: To give youth strategies to control impulsive
behaviors, manage personal behavior, make informed
choices, and acknowledge the consequences
of their own actions for themselves and for others.