Conflict Resolution Education Teacher Calendar 2010-2011

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Teacher s Calenda r 2010 -2011

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About This Calendar:Teachers rock! Educating our future generations may not always be easy, but it sure is important. Please accept this calendar as a token of

our appreciation for the work that you do. We hope you will nd the enclosed classroom activities, teachers tips, web resources, inspirational

quotes and world calendar days useful as you go about the work of teaching and working with young people. We believe infusing conict reso-

lution ideas into classrooms, the underlying theme of this calendar, is good for both teachers and youth alike. In the end, reductions in unneces-

sary conict and strengthened interpersonal relationships leave more time for teaching and learning.

Calendar Sponsors:This calendar, our 2nd edition, is a collaborative project developed by associates of the Conict Resolution Education in Teacher Education

(CRETE) initiative (read more about CRETE inside the back cover) and the internationalAssociation for Conict Resolution (ACR). Local

sponsors may also have helped cover printing costs in order to make the calendar available in your area. Partners working on the

calendar include:

CRETEs Conict Resolution Education Connection website based at Wayne State University. CREducation.org has been online since

2008, working hard to be THE go-to website for free educational resources related to conict resolution. Support from the JAMS Foundation

and FIPSE helped make it possible. Find out more about our sponsors and resources at http://www.creducation.org

ACRs Education Section, an extension of the former National Association for Mediation in Education. The section has a long legacy of

bringing educators and conict resolution trainers and practitioners together to promote conict resolution in educational settings. We wouldlove to have you join us! Find out more at http://www.mediate.com/acreducation

ACRs Conict Resolution Day Committee. Conict Resolution Day was conceived in 2005 by ACR to: Promote awareness of mediation,

arbitration, conciliation and other creative, peaceful means of resolving conict; Promote the use of conict resolution in schools, families, busi-

nesses, communities, governments and the legal system; Recognize the signicant contributions of (peaceful) conict resolvers; and Obtain

national synergy by having celebrations happen across the country and around the world on the same day. In 2009 CR Day events occurred in

11 states in the United States and in 7 other countries that we know of. Get involved by visiting http://www.acrnet.org/crday

A word about the SPORTS THEME:For this years graphics weve adopted a sports theme. Our intention is not to promote the competitive aspects of the sport which may some-

times get out of hand, but rather to call attention to the many opportunities that sports provide for learning social skills and working collabora-tively in teams and across cultural boundaries. For a look at some of the many ways that sports are being used to promote Conict Resolution

check out the BeyondSport.org contest entry database - http://snipurl.com/beyondsport

Welcome to the 2010-11 Conict Resolution Education Calendar for Teachers!
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The Art of Peaceby Aviva W.

2009 Winner- Grades 6-8 2009 Winner - Grades 3-5

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If Peace was a Personby Stephen P.

If Peace was a person and coming to your home,Would you welcome him in or would you leave him alone?If Peace was a person, what would you say?Go back where you came from or Id love you to stay.

Would you abandon him and be a big jerk,Or say, You do a great job, take your time but be alert,Because you know sometimes kids fight,And need to be shown wrong from right?

If you got a call that your friend was in town,Would you take Peace with you and show him around?Would you introduce him to others and show them Peace,

0r invite your friends over for a great big feast?

Now God comes with Peace so what would you do?Would you hide all your junk and pretend to look new?Would you ask for forgiveness and get rid ofthe guilt in your heart,Or pretend to act natural when you are falling apart?

Peace can bring quietness when you are in need,So next time he knocks let him plant this seed.If Peace was a person and he came up to you,Ask yourself next time, What should I do?

There is an art

An art which we lost in times gone by

An art we are beginning to startto relearn, to reach up high

And grasp it and pull it down

And study it and yearn

That earlier it had been found

So many people have been lost

But now we can learn

That art is peace

That art will help us now

From Germany to Spain to NiceOh how that art has spread were proud

To say that people everywhere

Are trying to stop war

Lots of people really care

But still we need more

So, you help out, Ill help out too

I know just what well do

Well stop and think and take a look around

then spread the art of peace ourselves

Celebrate Confict Resolution Day

October 21, 2010

The Confict Resolution Day Poetry Contest is

Accepting Entries Sept 1 - Nov 1, 2010Participate in the second annualConflict Resolution Day PoetryContest! Students are invited tosubmit a poem on the theme:

PEACE IN MY COMMUNITY

Win Cash Prizes!!!1st Place wins $100

2nd Place wins $75

All Poems must be in EnglishMaximum of 20 Lines

Poems will be judged inthree Grade Categories

3-5th 6-8th 9-12th

Full contest rules available at

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Conflict Resolution Education Ideas in the Classroom:1. Plan community building activities. The activities can focus onthemes of understanding emotions, communication, diversity andmore. (see Diversity Bingo)

2. Set expectations. Develop classroom rules together using posi-tive language. Discuss consequences if rules arent followed. Followthrough. (See Classroom Rules Revisited)

3. Use cooperative learning groups and ask the Physical Educationteacher to introduce some cooperative games. (See June activities)

4. Establish a problem solving process and introduce students tohow to use it in interpersonal conflicts. Set aside a table or cornerof the room as a cool off corner and as the problem solving area.Post rules and the process, and remind students to follow it. Trainstudents to act as mediators, if necessary. (see Conflict Resolution

Protocol link)5. Introduce students to daily or weekly class meetings for commu-nity building, teachable moments, planning, and problem solving.Have a way (such as suggestion box) where students can submittheir ideas.

6. Allow students to express their feelings through daily check ins,regular evaluations of activities, and self-evaluations.

7. Teach listening and have students practice in pairs so the teacheris not always the focal point of listening.

8. And always, encourage students and acknowledge their postivetraits and contributions.- from the Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution andConflict Management- find lots more CRE resources athttp://www.disputeresolution.ohio.gov/

On the Spot Calming

On-The-Spot Calming Tips for TeachersYou have the power to detach from stress and anger.

Heres how:~ Breathe out the stress, breathe in the calm.~ Take slow, deep abdominal breaths.~ Focus on a calming statement, e.g., This too shall pass.~ Scan your body and release tense areas.~ Keep things in perspective. This moment of upset really will pass!Tips from Naomi Drew- http://www.learningpeace.com/

See also: How Do You Spell Stress Relief?an EducationWorld.com article athttp://snipurl.com/relaxedteachers

Planning Ahead - ImportantDates/Deadlines to Consider:Childrens Peace Drawing Contest.Submissions due September 10,2010 - http://www.nambook.org

International Day of Peace is Sep-tember 21, 2010. Find ideas onevent planning athttp://internationaldayofpeace.org/

Conflict Resolution Day is October21, 2010 - Event ideas and more athttp://www.acrnet.org/crday/

Conflict Resolution Day Poetry

Contest Entry Deadline is Nov. 1,2010 - see above address for info.

USIP National Peace Essay Contest Entry Deadline - February 1, 2011More information at http://www.usip.org/npec

Featured CREducation.org content link: Integrating Skills andTechniques into Classroom Operations - a Learning Module forPlanning CRE Infusion: http://creducation.org/cre/gotoplan

Featured Web Resource: A Conflict Resolution Protocol forElementary Classrooms (from Responsiveclassroom.org)http://snipurl.com/crprotocol

SettingtheToneFortheYear

HowtoRelieveStress

IntheTeachersPlayBook

PeaceinSwahiliisAmani

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CRETE connection: www.creducation.org

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Happiness Day

HumanitarianMother Teresaborn 1910

International Dayof the WorldsIndigenous People

ForgivenessDay

InternationalYouth Day

National SeniorCitizens Day

Civil RightsDay

International Dayfor the Remembranceof the Slave Trade &its Abolition

Friendship Day

National KidsDay

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August 2010

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Nobel Peace PrizeWinnerRalph BuncheBorn 1903

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics

can do is keep us out of war. -Educator Maria Montessori

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This variant on bingo is a good community building activity appro-priate for elementary level students. These instructions sit above agrid of characteristics such asthose illustrated to the right:Find different people for eachcategory and write their name inthe box where it applies. Feel

free to talk to people abouteach topic and try to getBINGO! Get a full-size copy ofthe bingo grid at:http://snipurl.com/divbingo

Featured Learning Modulefrom CREducation.org -

How to Use Class MeetingsAvailable online or for downloadat: http://creducation.org/cre/goto/mtgs

Featured Web Resource: Article from the Responsive Classroom -Investing in Parents During the First Six Weeks of Schoolhttp://snipurl.com/6weeks

Featured Video:24 Hour Global CeasefirePerhaps view it on the Intl Day of Peace on Sept 21?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF8U2MYwfSg

Teachers so often spend the first days of school reading over theirclassroom rules, but how well do the students really hear them? Tryan interactive approach and see if you can enlist the students. Ask:Why are there rules in sports? What would it be like if a basketballplayer tried to follow basketball rules on a baseball field? What rulesdo you think would be helpful to insure the best and most effectiveyear for all of us in class? Record these on a flipchart. Ask open-ended questions to elicit from the students some of the responsesyou believe are critical elements. At the end, you may add some of

your own ideas, if they have not emerged. Refer to these, posted inthe classroom, throughout the year, and feel free to revisit them, ifand when the need arises.Adapted from Jane Nelson, Contributed by Barbara Sugarman Grochal -C-DRUM

Begin by writing I-message on the board. Explain that today the stu-dents will learn what an I-message is and how to construct one.An I-message is a way to bestrong (assertive) without beingmean (agressive) when you areangry or upset or disappointed

with something another personhas done. The formula for anI-message is as follows:I feel ____(say your feeling)when you ____(describe the ac-tion)because ___ (say why the actionconnects to your feeling)

The I-message is differentfrom a You-message. In a

You-message, you attack theother person, make judgmentsabout him or her, sometimeseven call the person names.For example, say the class ispicking partners for an activity.You pick John, who wants to work with his best friend instead of withyou. He lets you know by pouting and mumbling, aaw! You say, Youwant to work with him? Fine! Youre too stupid to work with me, any-way!

Ask the class: How do you think John might feel about being calledstupid? Will he be more or less likely to choose you as a partner in thefuture? In this situation, what would an I-message be? Elicit possibleI-messages from the students. (For example: I feel disappointed whenyou always want to work with your best friend because I never get tospend time with you.)I-Messages can also be used to express positive feelings. (For example,Im excited that you are coming because we always have so much funon your visits.) Encourage your students to share other examples.

Class Discussion: What are your comments about I-messages and You-

messages? Can you see using an I-message the next time you feel upsetand think of calling somebody a name? Why? Why not?- excerpted from a longer activity prepared by Amy Martin - seehttp://teachablemoment.org/elementary/imessages.html

Activity: DiversityBingo

ClassroomRulesRevisited

Activity:I-MessagesPractice

MexicanSchoolGirls-BigSmiles!

PeaceinSpanishisPaz

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Fear of difference is fear of life itself. It is possible to conceive of conflict as

not necessarily a wasteful outbreak of incompatibilities but a normal process

by which socially valuable differences register themselves for the

enrichment of all. - Mary Parker FollettSeptember 2010Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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AutumnBegins

Patriot Day

Rosh Hashanah(Jewish)September 9-10

International Dayof Peace

Literacy Day

InterdependenceDay

National GoodNeighbor Day

Family Day

CitizenshipDay

Preserve theOzone Layer

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World Maritime Day


WelcomeBack

Students!

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Conict ResolutionPioneerMary Parker FollettBorn 1868

BrazilianEducatorPaulo FreireBorn 1921

Yom Kippur (Jewish)
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October 21, 2010 is Conflict Resolution Day. Some ideas -

1. Join this years Poetry Contest on the theme Peace in Our Community- announce local winners on Conflict Resolution Day, and then enterpoems in the national contest to win prizes (deadline is November 1).

2. Have students nominate fellow student peacemakers in theirgrade. Honor these peacemakers on Conflict Resolution Day.

3. Organize a film festival that highlights conflict resolution.Afterward, discuss peaceful conflict resolution strategies.Many popular childrens movies and television shows alreadyexplore such themes.

4. Adopt a Conflict Resolution Day proclamation, or have students write in-dividual pledges. Have your school peer mediation group, your StudentCouncil or another group of student leaders draft and adopt a ConflictResolution Day Proclamation. Have students signtheir pledge and display it prominently in schoolcorridors. Integrate the pledge into your Conflict

Resolution Day activities. School proclamation andstudent pledge templates are available at http://www.acrnet.org/crday

5. Host an art or t-shirt contest. Have students createartwork or t-shirts reflecting the theme of conflictand peaceful conflict resolution. Work with com-munity partners at art galleries, libraries or museums to display thewinning entries.

6. Have your students create a puppet show exploring ways to deal withconflict peacefully. More CR Day info at http://www.acrnet.org/crday

SLANT is a management tool for teachers that encourages Positive Non-Verbal Behavior and Active Listening. When a teacher says SLANT, studentswill learn to do the following:

Sit Up -Lean ForwardAct InterestedNod your HeadTrack the Speaker

Directly instruct and model the active listening techniques to students.1. Sit up - Model for students how to sit up in their seat, hands on desks, legsbeneath their desk. 2. Lean Forward - Again show students how to appropriate-ly lean forward to the speaker while sitting. 3. Act Interested - Teach students

the importance of hanging with the topic. Even if the topic is uninterestingor perhaps confusing, if you act interested by paying attention, you are demon-strating important nonverbal communication skills to the teacher.4. Nod your head - Demonstratethat by nodding the head, it con-veys important nonverbal commu-nication skills that you are listen-ing and that the speakers topicmatters to your learning. Finally,5. Track the Speaker - This is theidea of having your eyes move in

the direction that the speaker ismoving.

Have fun with your students dem-onstrating these important non-verbal communication skills thatemphasize active listening. For anactivity, create community in theclassroom by having students createa poster with the acronym SLANTand its meaning. Hone their orallanguage skills by teaching students

how to present SLANT and itsmeaning to classes in primarygrades. For instance, a pair of 4thgrade students can teach a 1st grade class how to SLANT with the use of theposter and their understanding of how to best model SLANT behavior.Contributed by Christina Cassinerio and Mediator Mentors.

Unscramble these sentences to discover some peaceful quotes.

ti kseat wto ot kaspe het uthrt - noe ot psaek

dan eno ot rhea - rnyhe viadd htrouae__ _____ ___ __ _____ ___ _____ - ___ __ ________ ___ __ ____ - _____ _____ _______

ceeap nca nylo eb hiedacev yb desntdunanirg -belrta niienets_____ ___ ____ __ ________ __ _____________ -______ ________

ti si isblseop ot ievl in capee - hamaatm ihgadn

__ __ ________ __ ____ __ _____ - _______ ______

Celebrate ConflictResolutionDay!

Activity: PositiveSLANT

ANSWERS

Ittakestwo tospeakthetruth - one tospeak andone tohear.-Henry DavidThoreauPeacecanonlybeachievedbyunderstanding-AlbertEinstein

Itispossibletoliveinpeace-MahatmaGandhi

AClassroominBali...

PeaceinIndonesianis

Kedamaian

PhotobyFlickr userMariskar

ScrambledQuotes!

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Columbus Day

Halloween

World TeachersDay

ConictResolution

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International Dayof Older Persons

Vegetarian Day

World FarmAnimals Day

World Post Day

World AnimalDay

IntergenerationDay

World Space Week(October 4-10)

World Habitat Day

International DayFor Natural DisasterReduction

UNICEFDay

International DayFor the Eradicationof Poverty

Make a DifferenceDay

Media ReformDay

World FoodDay

WorldDevelopmentInformationDay

UnitedNations

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Disarmament Week

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Democracy Day

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October 2010

If we are ever to have real peace in this world we shall

have to begin with the children. - Gandhi

Indian NonviolenceActivistMahatma GandhiBorn 1869
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Several hundred years ago, long before there were states, the Peacemakerwas born. The Peacemaker carried a message of peace during a time whenfive tribes in the northeastern part of North America were often at warwith each other. The tribes suffered greatly because of lost lives. As themen fought & died in battles, there were fewer people to gather food forthe tribe & tribes often went hungry. The legend says that Hiawatha, a

good man of the Onondaga Nation, was chosen by the Peacemaker to helpthe five tribes stop fighting with each other to make life better for all thepeople.

He gathered all the chiefs of each of these tribes and took one arrow fromeach chief. He held up one arrow and broke it. He told the people that itis as easy to break that one arrow as it is to break the rest of them, if theyare not united. He explained that tribes workingtogether in peace makes all of the tribes strong.He then asked each chief if he would help histribe to stop fighting. When the chief agreed,he gave him a new arrow. When all the chiefs

agreed, he took their new arrows and tied themtogether in a bundle. He then passed the bundlearound and asked each chief to try to break thebundle of arrows. They could not break the bun-dle. Hiawatha then explained that the Nationsworking together in peace are like the bundleand cannot be broken.

When peace had successfully been spread among the fivenations, the people gathered together to celebrate. Theyuprooted a white pine tree and threw their weapons into thehole. They replanted the tree on top of the weapons andnamed it the Tree of Peace, which symbolizes the GreatLaw of Peace that the five nations, collectively known as theHaudenosaunee came to live by. The four main roots of theTree of Peace represent the four directions and the pathsof peace that lead to the heart of Haudenosaunee territory,where all who want to follow the Great Law of Peace are wel-come. At the top of the Tree of Peace is an eagle, guardianof the Haudenosaunee and messenger to the Creator.

ACTIVITY: Have the class create a Tree of Peace in the classroom (use con-struction paper for the tree). Brainstorm a list of ways that everyone in the

class might get along better (no mean words, bullying, etc.). Agree to buryactions and words that create a negative environment. Based on the Haude-nosaunee Guide for Educators provided by the National Museum of theAmerican Indian - See it and more athttp://snipurl.com/nmai

The Education Section of the Association for Conflict Resolutionprovides a set of Recommended Standards for School-Based PeerMediation Programs. These standards are designed to enhance qualityand stimulate thought among youth andadult participants in peer medi-ation programs. This documentis designed to be helpful in:

Designing and implementingprograms

Developing and selecting cur-ricula

Ensuring that programs arewelcoming and accessible to all

Funding programs

Improving established pro-

grams Promoting programs

Providing professional develop-ment

Setting guidelines for research

Get it online at:http://www.mediate.com/acreducation/

MIX IT UP at Lunch Day is November 9, 2010Mixing it up helps students become more comfortable inter-acting with different kinds of people. The event is a simplecall to action: take a new seat in the cafeteria. By making themove, students can cross the invisible lines of school division, meet new

people and make new friends. More info and tools at:

http://www.tolerance.org/mix-it-up/lunch-day

CREducation.org Featured Resource:Check out some of the resources and videos in theClassroom Management collection online athttp://creducation.org/cre/goto/cm

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We could learn a lot from crayons; some are sharp, some are pretty,

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PacistDorothy DayBorn 1897

November 2010Diwali (Jain,Hinu, Sikh)
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BuildCommunityWithClassMeetings

Materials Needed: Paper and Paint (crayons, markers, or pastelscould also be used) Think of an idea or an emotion. Experiment with

a variety of marks (smooth,slow, graceful, short, orderly,

jagged, quick, chaotic) and col-ors (cool, warm, bright, muted).

Paint the emotion or idea with-out making objects or people.

Now try painting the idea ofconflict. Paint the emotionsthat one would feel when inconflict. Then paint the emo-tions that one would feel when

conflict is resolved. Share your results!

For more ideas on infusing conflict resolution and art,see the Western Justice Centers Art Start Cards kit

available online athttp://www.westernjustice.org/peer_mediation.htmlActivity contributed by Abbie Genzink

I LIKE YOU - an affirmation song for youngchildren This is a song for young children thatpromotes affirmation of self and others. It issung to the verse of Skip to My Lou.

1. I like you; theres no doubt about it.I like you; theres no doubt about it.I like you; theres no doubt about it.You are my good friend.

2. You like me; theres no doubt about it.You like me; theres no doubt about it.You like me; theres no doubt about it.

I am your good friend.

3. I like me; theres no doubt about it.I like me; theres no doubt about it.

I like me; theres no doubt about it.I am my good friend.

It is important that children choose their partners for the song sothat they feel comfortable saying I like you. In the first verse, as Ilike you is sung, children point to their partners; in all verses on nodoubt about it they move open hands in the air while shaking headsindicating no; on I am your good friend partners shake hands.In the second verse, as you like me is sung, children point firstto their partners and then to themselves. In the last verse, children

point to themselves and on I am my good friend, hug themselves.This song should be used only after children have shared a greatdeal of self and others-affirmation, in which case it can be a movingexperience.

From Childrens Songs for A Friendly Planethttp://www.crc-global.org Contributed by Priscilla Prutzman

Each year over 1,100 high school students submit entries to theNational Peace Essay Contest. First-place state winners receive schol-arships (up to $10,000!) and are invited to Washington for a five-dayexpenses paid awards program. The topic for the 2010-2011 Con-test is Governance, Corruption, and Conflict. To participate, stu-

dents are asked to answer the question: For those whohope to prevent violent conflict, how can their efforts toreduce, if not eliminate, corruption best contribute tobuilding sustainable peace - using two cases of coun-tries in transition from war to peace?For more about the essay contest, visit

http://www.usip.org/npec Deadline: Feb. 1, 2011

Featured Calendar Day:Human Rights Day is ob-served by the international community onDecember 10th. It commemorates the day in1948 the United Nations General Assemblyadopted the Universal Declaration of HumanRights.

Featured CREducation.org Resource: Great

Collection of Online Videos related to CRE -http://creducation.org/cre/goto/vids

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A Story and Art ProjectShare the following true story with yourstudents:

One night in World War I, soldiers inHungary crawl on their bellies through

the dead landscape of war, tryingto avoid the enemy. Because of thefighting, there are no standing trees,no rabbits, no birds, no houses orbuildings, no squirrels, no people, noevidence of life as they inch mile aftermile in the mud and darkness. Nota single creature crosses their paththrough the weary ordeal.

At dawn, when the sun breaks throughthe darkness of the terrifying night, thesoldiers come across one tree that isstill alive. All the birds in the area have come to the only shelter that stillexists for miles around. Birds that dont normally occupy close quartersare sharing the tree. And the birds are singing. One by one, the soldiersstand up. Their fear of being shot by the enemy is not as strong as theirgratitude for the signs of life before them.

The image of the mural students construct is based on the idea that theearth is the Singing Tree of the solar system - perhaps of the Milky Wayand beyond. The third planet from the sun is teeming with different lifeforms in unlikely combination, surrounded by emptiness for billions of

miles. Life seems to be a rare and precious occurrence. Everything thatdivides us is not as important as this fact.

Students work together with older or younger students or community mem-bers to create a mural that depicts our earth floating alone in the universegrowing a tree that includes leaves depicting the things most precious tothem.

A pdf booklet explaining it all is available at http://snipurl.com/singingtreebk See also http://snipurl.com/stinstructionsfor moreinstructions.

This activity has been developed by Laurie Marshall based on the 1939

book The Singing Tree written by Hungarian author Kate Seredy. More onLauries work is available at http://www.soulemporium.com

Featured Event: No Name Calling WeekJanuary 24-28 2011 is national No Name Calling Week.Find out more and get ideas for participating athttp://www.nonamecallingweek.org

Giving Compliments, Acknowledgements, and Appreciations

Giving Compliments is the first step in having Class Meetings asdescribed by Jane Nelsen in her book Positive Discipline. Compli-ments focus on what others do (rather than what they wear or howthey look): accomplishments, helpfulness to others, anything some-one might feel good about - such as helping to resolve a conflictpeacefully. It is good to brainstorm some possible complimentsbefore you do this the first time.

One way to do compliments is to invite one of the participantsin a circle to say something they have done for which they wouldlike a compliment. The person next to them says, Good Job!

__________(the persons name)for __________________ (what theperson did.) The participantreceiving the compliment says,Thank you. Then the next per-son tells the group somethingfor which they want a compli-ment and this proceeds aroundthe circle. This is a greatactivity to use to create a more

positive atmosphere in a class.Contributed by Marsha Blake-way

Featured CREducation.orgResource: World RegionSummaries of ConflictResolution in EducationInitiatives Visit

http://www.creducation.org/cre/global_cre/world_regions to learn more about the great CRE work

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The following choral reading is from Kathleen Cochrans early childhoodcurriculum called A Community of Learners from Creative Response toConflict. The numbers at the beginning of the lines are to use if you wantto have a choral reading; divide the class into four groups and have eachgroup read their numbered lines. Follow-up activity: After the chant readBest Day of the Week by Nancy Carlsson Paige and find the place in thestory where Angela got steady.

Get Steady1 When your heart beats fast1 And your feelings start to boil,2 Dont shove,3 Dont shout,4 Get steady.

2 When youre so upset2 You can hardly speak,4 Dont give up,1 Dont give in,3 Get steady.

4 You can take a deep breath,1 You can count to ten,3 Make a picture3 In your mind,2 And calm down!4 You know you can

All GET STEADY!

Contributed by Marsha Blakeway, who reports this is a popular activity withthe second graders at Maury Elementary School in Washington, D.C.

Objective: To teach children at any age, even adults, how people can dothings in a different way than you do and it is still OK. And also that, when-ever one is learning something new it can feel weird and the desire is torush back to the way it was, but by getting comfortable with doing thingsin different ways we a) broaden our view of life and b) realize that doingthings differently can accomplish the same result.

1. ARMS: Have everyone cross their arms the way they always do. Onceeveryone has, ask them to cross them the other way. There will be somelaughter as they try to do it and get confused. Then, when everyone has

their arms crossed the other way and quieted down, ask them how it feels?If you saw someone else doing this, would you think they are wrong sinceit is not the way most everyone else does it? If you did this enough, do youthink you could get comfortable crossing your arms a different way?2. LEGS: If children are sitting on the floor have them cross their legs theway they normally do. Then have them change and put the other leg ontop. (The knees bent, ankles crossed kind of way, not with legs straight.)Ask the same kind of questions.3. Could use other examples such as have a boys and a girls shirt. Havethe girls put on the boys shirt and button it and the boys put on the girlsshirt and button it. Ask if they notice any difference and if it is awkward to

button the reverse way. Neither is wrong, just different, and differenttakes time to learn.

Wrap up: Ask people what they learned from this exercise; how they feltdoing something different. Discuss. Look for answers like:1. Hard to learn new things, always want to go back to the old way (likeprinting vs. cursive writing for 3rd graders.)2. That its good to be open to new ways of doing things, even if you dontdo them the same way. (Tolerance)3. That when you have a disagreement with someone, maybe it is better tolisten and look more closely to what the other person is doing before just

telling them they are wrong or stupid and making them feel bad. In fact,they could ask to learn from the other person and actually make a newfriend. (Use any number of playground examples.)Contributed by Barbara L. Beatty, Dispute Solutions, Phoenix, Arizona

In honor of Black History Month, consider doing a lesson onRalph Bunche, a lesser-known peacemaker. Bunche was born inDetroit in 1903, and orphaned at a young age and raised by his

grandmother who was herself born a slave.

In 1950 Bunche was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace for his successfulmediation of a series of truce agreements between the new nation of Israel andfour Arab neighbors, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. It was the first, and todate it remains the only, time that all the parties to the Middle East conflictsigned armistice agreements with Israel. In being awarded the Peace Prize,Bunche became the first person of color in the world to be so honored.Lesson plans geared to different levels are available from Nobel Peace Laure-ates.org and PBS - See http://www.nobelpeacelaureates.org/r_bunche.html orhttp://www.pbs.org/ralphbunche/ respectively.

Featured Web Video: Who is Ralphe Bunche?- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpnyh7mCe6Y

Featured CREducation.org Resource: Anti-Bias Education Collection inthe CRE Catalog - See http://snipurl.com/antibias

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This is a communication exercise to practice a helpful way to listen andreflect information. It is especially useful for mediation training. Thepurpose here is to practice separating out the content (facts or thoughts),the feelings (spoken and expressed through body language) and the val-ues (what is important). It is helpful to brainstorm a list of feeling words(happy, sad, angry, frustrated, etc.) and a list of values (honesty, fairness,family, safety, etc.) Ask everyone to keep what is said confidential.

Directions: Divide into groups of four.- Choose one person to begin -- that person talksabout an upsetting situation or about peoplewho annoy me.- The second person listens carefully for contentinformation (facts and thoughts of the speaker);- the third person listens for feelings-both spokenand underlying;- the fourth person listens for the valuesexpressed by the speaker.

The speaker should talk for 1-2 minutes. Then the three listeners, one at atime, paraphrase the content of the communication and reflect thefeelings and the values heard. Each listener begins with the phrase What Iheard you say is... Conclude by asking the speaker if you missed anythingand paraphrasing anything else that is said. Repeat this process until eachperson has a chance to be in each role. The goal here is to listen for under-standing in different ways, not to try to solve the problem.

Discuss what it felt like to be a speaker; which listening role was easiest ormost challenging and why; what you learned from this exercise about con-flict or conflict resolution.

This is adapted from an exercise in The Mediators Handbook by Jennifer E.Beer and Eileen Stief, New Society Publishers. See http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37533094 Contibuted by Marsha Blakeway

Objective: To see how people find different ways to meet the same needsType of Activity: Small group Discussion; Time: 20+ minutes;Materials: One handout with two columns titled, Everyone in our group has fundoing this and Some people in our group have fun doing this; Make a poster

of the Universal Human Needs list (http://snipurl.com/humanneeds)Process:1. Display a Needs List and talk about the need for FUN.2. Demonstrate for class: Sit in a circle with three volunteers. Say something

like, One way I meet my need forfun is by swimming. Is that funfor you too? If everyone in thesmall group says yes, then writeit in the column on the handoutlabeled EVERYONE. If not, writeit in the column labeled SOME.Pass the handout to the personnext to you in the circle. He sayssomething that is fun for him andrepeates the process.

3. Break into groups of 3-5students each and ask them tofollow your demonstration andfill their chart. (Note: Ask them tothink of ways they have fun thatdont create problems for others).4. Meet back in large circle to sharewhat they noticed and what theylearned in this activity.

DISCUSSION OPTIONS: Make thestatement, We all have the samebasic needs. However, the things we choose to do to meet those needs may bedifferent from what others choose. Ask for examples from their small groups,or use a Venn diagram of overlapping circles to represent the discussion on theboard.

Activity contributed by Deborah Densonbased on one in the book TheCompassionate Classroom by Sura Hart and Victoria Kindle Hodson. See moreat http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57351402

Kidshealth.org has some good materials exploring sportsmanship withdifferent age youth. Start with a discussion such as -

Describe what it means to be a good sport.1. What behaviors demonstrate good sportsmanship? What

behaviors dont?2. How do kids learn sportsmanship? Who or what affects this the

most? Why?3. Why is it important to be a good sport? How does good sports-

manship affect the way you feel while playing a game? Howdoes unsportsmanlike behavior affect how you feel and play?

Follow-up with one of the age-appropriate activities (decide if a player isbehaving as a good sport or not, make a skit about sportsmanship, etc.)found here: http://kidshealth.org/classroom/

Three-PartListeningExercise

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This is activity that you can use to help evaluate class participationand at the same time be teaching observation skills and watching thedynamics in mediation. Remember, its not always what they say buthow their non-verbal messages are coming across as well.

Assign each student a partner to observe. Their task is to observe

the three specific skills identified below and evaluate on a scale of 1to 4 their partners effectiveness. The partner does not know whotheir observation buddy is. At the end of the week, they will receivetheir evaluation sheet so that they can make improvements in theirnon-verbal/leadership skills.

Listening ______Eye contactNot talking while another isNo side conversationsQuality input, helping the subject

Focus on speakerNot distractingGroup Dynamics ______

Appropriate commentsEngaged or distractingNew groupingsHelpful or hurtfulMakes ConnectionsGolden Rule

Leadership _______

InitiativeFollow throughRisk Takinggive your opinionmake connections

Problem SolvingTrouble ShootingPositive Role Model

Contributed by Joan Packer and Kristen John,

Conflict Resolution Specialists, Fairfax County Public Schools

More resources at http://snipurl.com/crfcps

I Pledge Allegiance to the WorldTo Care for Earth and Sea and Air

To Cherish Every Living ThingWith Peace and Justice Everywhere!

As the author notes, the World Pledge is not meant as a substitutefor the US Pledge of Allegiance, but rather as a supplement to pro-vide children with an impetus to gain better understanding about theplanet on which they live, the people who inhabit it, and the ecosys-tem of which they are a part. The pledge was developed by LillianGenser at the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies at Wayne StateUniversity. Posters and study guide are available - seehttp://snipurl.com/wpledge

Restorative Inquiry is a way of talking with a student or students about asituation using nonjudgmental active listening (see questions below). It is aform ofRestorative Practice. Restorative Practices focus on repairing harmand restoring relationships when misbehavior occurs. The fundamentalunifying hypothesis of restorative practice is disarmingly simple: thathuman beings are happier, more cooperative and productive, and morelikely to make positive changes in their behavior when those in positionsof authority do things WITH them, rather than TO them or FOR them. Thishypothesis maintains that the punitive and authoritarian to mode and thepermissive and paternalistic for mode are not as effective as therestorative, participatory, engaging with mode.

Restorative Questions I -- To respond to challenging behavior- What happened?- What were you thinking of at the time?- What have you thought about since?- Who has been affected by what you have done? In what way?- What do you think you need to do to make things right?

Restorative Questions II -- To help those harmed by anothers actions- What did you think when you realized what had happened?- What impact has this incident had on your and others?- What has been the hardest thing for you?- What do you think needs to happen to make things right?

Learn more via the International Institute for Restorative Practiceswww.iirp.org and by visiting the CREducation.org RJ Resourcescollection available via http://creducation.org/cre/goto/rp

Activity: ObservationBuddies

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Solving Problems(sung to Mary Had a Little Lamb)If youre having a problem, a problem, a problemIf youre having a problem, you can remember thisGo to another game and play, stop and think, walk awayOr talk it out, apologize, take turns and share today

We all can win, we all can lose, we ig-nore, we ex-cuseTell them to stop and make a deal, its always best to choose.If youre having a problem, a problem, a problemIf youre having a problem, you can work it out.

Original version by Gordon R. Watkins & Bonnie Watkins 1995Revised & contributed by C.J. Salkowski, 2010

Indian-AmericanNonviolence ActivistArun GandhiBorn 1934

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In this activity, appropriate for 1st-3rd graders, students participate in adiscussion of a shared reading of the illustrated book Two Bad Ants.Students then create a T-chart comparing the perspectives offered of antsand humans in this piece.

Materials and resources: Copy of Two Bad

Ants by Chris Van Allsburg. The books website http://snipurl.com/2badants gives a plotsynopsis and suggestions for key comprehen-sion questions. Students will need a copy of ablank t-chart (see http://snipurl.com/tchart )to chart the ants and human point of view andwriting tools.

Suggested Procedure:* Do a read aloud of the book, askingengaging questions and calling forpredictions from students.* Draw students attention to the picturedperspective of the ants in the story,comparing the descriptions of what the ants

experienced to what the humans in the story experience.* Model for students how to begin a t-chart, which compares these two dif-

ferent points of view of the ants and humans.* Students work individually or in pairs to complete the comparison t-chart.* Students share their charts with others, retelling the story using the point

of view of the ants and then the humans.

Suggested Follow up Activity:

* Read aloud the following scenario:Setting: The playground at recessCharacters:Tom and Lee, two third grade studentsThere is a basketball laying on the ground underneath the hoop and no

one appears to be playing with it. Lee is talking with friends nearbyand Tom comes over to the ball and starts to take some shots. He thenstarts to dribble away from the hoop. Lee runs over and yells at Tom toput the ball down.

Youre stealing my ball!! yells LeeBack off! Im just playing with it. I didnt know it was yours, I wouldnt

steal this piece of crap, Tom yells back.Both boys face off, angrily and continue to name call back and forth.

* Students work individually or in partners to complete a t-chart as wascompleted for Two Bad Ants, this time describing the point of view ofTom and Lee in regards to the basketball.

* Students share the Tom and Lee charts with whole class

* Discuss what happened because Tom and Lee had different points of viewabout the basketball. (Did Lees reaction seem logical, considering theway the event looked to him?Did it seem okay for Tom toplay with the ball if no one wasusing it?)

* Ask students to discuss theconnection between these twosets of comparison charts.Consider the world appearing

to be entirely different to theants and humans and Tom andLee.

CLOSING COMMENTS: Theevents in our lives are alwaysinterpreted differently by differ-ent people, depending on theirpoint of view. When a conflictoccurs, you can be sure thatthere are at least two differentpoints of view in play. Conflict

resolution invites all points ofview to be discussed and val-ued. BONUS DISCUSSION: Whatis a possible peaceful solution to this scenario?Contributed by Karen DeVoogd -Mediator Mentors

Method: In groups of three, one student clenches his/her fist. As ateam the other two students need to figure out a way to unclench

this students fist. Give them thirty seconds to figure it out.Processing Questions:What happened?How did you get the person to unclench his/her fist?What worked? What didnt work?What did you do to overcome the challenges?

Contributed by Joan Packer and Kristen John,

Conflict Resolution Specialists, Fairfax County Public Schools

More resources at http://snipurl.com/crfcps

Featured CREducation.org Resource:Learning Module on Anger Management - Seehttp://creducation.org/cre/goto/anger

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UtopianRobert OwenBorn 1771

PacistBertrand RussellBorn 1872

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Peace ActivistFather Daniel BerriganBorn 1921

EnvironmentalistRachel CarsonBorn 1907

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Cooperative GamesCooperative games are good for promoting team building, trustdevelopment, self esteem and communication. They emphasizeparticipation, challenge, and FUN rather than defeating someone.Cooperative games emphasize the play rather than the competition.There may be competition involved, but the outcome of the competi-tion is not losing and sitting out the rest of the game. Instead, it mayinvolve switching teams so that everyone ends up on the winningteam.

This is a versatile game that promotes teamwork and communicationand that multiple group sizes can play. The goal is to figure out howto untangle the human knot without letting go of hands.

Recommended age: 12 and up.

Form groups of about 10 people each. Have each group standing,facing towards each other, ina circle. Each person shouldbe standing shoulder to shoul-der. First, instruct everyone tolift their left hand and reachacross to take the hand ofsomeone standing across thecircle. Next, have everyone lifttheir right and reach across totake the hand of another per-son standing across the circle.

Make sure that no one is hold-ing hands with someone standing directly beside the person.

To play, the groups must communicate and figure out how to un-tangle the knot (forming a circle of people) without ever letting goof any hands. Folks may need to shift their grip due to the angle andbodies, but they should not let go. The game typically takes 15-30minutes to complete. You can impose a time limit if you wish tomake it more challenging. When you are done with the Human Knotactivity, ask some debriefing questions such as How well did yougroup work together? What strategies did your group adopt? How did

it feel to solve the puzzle? etc. - Having a camera on hand is alsorecommended for some fun candid shots! Variations: To increasethe difficulty level, you can either (1) blindfold some of the players or(2) require that the game be played silently (no talking).

This is a good activity for trustbuilding and demonstrating the powerof cooperation. Procedure: Have everyone stand in one circle, ar-ranging themselves so that someone about the same size as themis on either side of them. Everyoneturns to the right. Step incloser to the center and put

your hands on the waist ofthe person in front of you.Concentrate on the personin front of you sitting com-fortably on your knees, andtrust that the person behindyou will guide you, too. Firstdo a trial run. On the countof three the group is goingto bend down, touch bot-toms to the knees and comeright back up to make surethey are all standing closelyenough together. Ready? 1, 2,3... Then ask them to readjusttheir positions if necessary.Now we are going to sit downand then clap our hands... Again... This activity usually amazespeople by what they can do in solidarity.

Procedure: This game can be played anywhere, indoors or out. Thegoal is similar to Hide and Seek, except that it hides first. Every-one else then tries to find it. When someone finds it, they hidewith it in the same spot. The game ends when everyone finds and

joins the hiding spot of it.

Games from the free Guide to Cooperative Games for SocialChange by Adam Fletcher and Kari Kunst available online athttp://www.commonaction.org/gamesguide.pdf

Featured CREducation.org Resource: Conflict ResolutionInteractive Online Games Collection - Seehttp://www.creducation.org/cre/crday/games/

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1st US CongressWoman & PacistJeanette RankinBorn 1880

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School Mediation Associates, a well-established provider of peer mediationtraining and resources, developed the following illustrations of the peermediation process. These may be useful for discussion about what goes onas mediators work toward deeper understanding and conflict resolution. Formore information on School Mediation Associates or to subscribe to theirnewsletter, visit www.schoolmediation.com A pdf of these peer mediationillustrations is available online at http://snipurl.com/pmillustrated

About Peer MediationStudent peer mediation programstrain students to guide other stu-dents involved in a dispute throughthe mediation process. Mediationis a voluntary, informal, structuredprocess in which an impartial thirdparty, called a mediator, helps dis-puting parties to generate and eval-

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