Lesson Plan
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- Lesson Plan Title: Story Time and Dealing with Conflict
- Concept /Topic To Teach: How to deal with others being mean to them in an appropriate manner/ reasonable emotional reaction
- General Goal(s): Help children deal with conflict; help them to see different ways of dealing with conflict; help them to see what emotions are normal when being bullied
- Specific Objectives: Allow the children time to think of different ways to deal with conflict and how their actions would be effective or ineffective
- Required Materials: Sheet of paper for students; pencil for each student
- Step-By-Step Procedures:
Story: Johnny and Bobby were playing during recess. George comes up to them and takes
their toy away. George and Bobby are good friends, but Johnny and George are not
very good friends. What would you do if you were Bobby? How would you feel?
2. Ask the children to write down their responses on a piece of paper. Allow the students several minutes to
write down their responses.
3. Ask for volunteers to say what they would do or how they would feel. Then ask them why they feel their
action would be effective. If a student says an answer that is not a healthy way to deal with things, pose
questions to have them respond with an answer that is a healthier way of dealing with it. Example: A little boy
says that he would go hit George. You could reply "But that would hurt George, we don't want to do that,
do we?" Hopefully, he will reply no and you can suggest an alternative or restate an answer that someone
else had already given. Ask whether or not the fact that George is good friends with Bobby would affect
how they deal with the situation, i.e. have George go talk to Bobby because he might be more likely to give
back the toy.
4. After hearing multiple reactions and solutions, ask the class which would be the best reaction and why they
believe it would be effective.
7. Assessment Based On Objectives (#4): See how the children come up with solutions. For children who come up with ways that are unhealthy, such as hitting, continue giving examples that would be better, but do not discourage the child. Help them come up with their own solutions. One can see how the children do on dealing with conflicts by hearing their responses and also by hearing their reasoning.
8. Adaptations (For Students With Learning Disabilities): One can read the story and then repeat the question a few times so that the students are able to hear the questions multiple times and are able to have time to think about it. Or the teacher can provide a written prompt for the children to read and then write about. Allow a little more time to write down their answers. The teacher could also do this exercise with a single student so there can be more discussion about why a response would be appropriate or inappropriate.
9. Extensions (For Gifted Students): Ask them why they think George took their toy and how the reason he took it will influence their decision on how they deal with the conflict.
10. Connections To Other Subjects: English; By having the children write their response, they are practicing their writing skills as well as their creativity. By trying to imagine which would be the best outcome, they have to imagine what would occur after each action.
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