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Key Teaching Strategies: Small- and large-group
activities and experiential learning strategies.
Type of Material: Implementation guide and
mediation training curriculum.
Cost: $35.
Lesson Plans for Peer Mediation Training. 1995.
Daniel Joyoe, Etta Smith, and Jo Ezzo, Cleveland
Mediation Center, 3000 Bridge Avenue, Cleveland,
OH 44113.
Phone: 216–771–7297
Audience: Grades K–12.
Focus: To teach communication skills, especially
“listening” and mediation skills.
Key Teaching Strategies: Games, exercises in awareness
of self and others, and small-group role-playing.
Type of Material: Detailed lesson plans, including
materials, objectives, and time needed.
Cost: $150 per set. Not available for purchase
without training within the school system.
Lessons in Conflict Resolution for Grades 4–6. 1994.
New Mexico Center for Dispute Resolution, 620
Roma NW., Suite B, Albuquerque, NM 87102.
Phone: 800–249–6884
Audience: Grades 4–6.
Focus: To develop an understanding of conflict,
styles of conflict, feelings, anger management,
communication skills, and problem solving.
Key Teaching Strategies: Small- and large-group
cooperative activities, brainstorming, role-playing,
personal reflection, and other experiential learning
strategies.
Type of Material: Booklet.
Cost: $20.
Managing Conflict: A Curriculum for Adolescents.
1989. Noreen Duffy Copeland and Melinda Smith
(editors). New Mexico Center for Dispute Resolution,
620 Roma NW., Suite B, Albuquerque, NM
87102.
Phone: 800–249–6884
Audience: Grades 7–12.
Focus: To teach communication, problem-solving,
and anger management skills to youth in residential
or correctional settings. This is the first in a series of
three publications designed to implement mediation
and conflict resolution for youth involved in the
juvenile justice and corrections systems.
B–11
Key Teaching Strategies: Role-playing, selfreflection,
small- and large-group activities, and
some written exercises.
Type of Material: Fifteen-lesson curriculum with
student handouts.
Cost: $35.00
Mediation and Conflict Resolution for Gang-Involved
Youth. 1992. Sara Keeney, Jean Sidwell, and
Melinda Smith, New Mexico Center for Dispute
Resolution, 620 Roma NW., Suite B, Albuquerque,
NM 87102. NCJ 141474.
Phone: 800–249–6884
Audience: Grades 6–12.
Focus: To provide training for those working with
gang-involved youth. Contains mediation training
activities, lessons in conflict resolution for youth,
and recommendations for conducting multiparty
youth mediation.
Key Teaching Strategies: Small- and large-group
activities, role-playing, and other experiential
learning strategies.
Type of Material: Standard school materials.
Cost: $35.
Mediation for Kids. 1992. Fran Schmidt, Alice
Friedman, and Jean Marvel, Peace Education
Foundation, 1900 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami,
FL 33132–1025. NCJ 160389.
Phone: 800–749–8838
Audience: Grades 4–7.
Focus: To improve communication skills and
understand the causes of conflict as students
learn the mediation process.
Key Teaching Strategies: Role-playing, discussion,
and cooperative activities.
Type of Material: Teacher’s guide, student
handbooks, and posters.
Cost: Complete set, $74.95; teacher’s guide
including student pages, $23.95.
Mediation: Getting to Win/Win! 1994. Fran Schmidt
and James Burke, Peace Education Foundation,
1900 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL 33132–1025.
NCJ 160387.
Phone: 800–749–8838
Audience: Grades 8–12.