FALL SEMESTER CURRICULUM
- Unit 1: Peace by P.E.A.C.E. at a Glance
- How does conflict affect everyone?
- What is Peace by P.E.A.C.E.?
- What will we do together?
Activities: conflict web, community rules, introduce journals and the peace box.
- Unit 2: The Conflict Breakdown
- What is the Peace by P.E.A.C.E. conflict model?
- How can we look at conflicts as a series of steps?
Activities: Introduction of the Peace by PEACE conflict model.
- Unit 3: The Climb of Courage
- What is a Vine and how will it help us?
- How do we climb the Climb of Courage?
Activities: Discussion of useful ways to resolve a conflict, human knot.
- Unit 4: Conflict and Community
- How can violence in schools affect the community?
Activities: Discussion of an article about conflict, community conflicts, and shocker.
- Unit 5: Pride
- How do we feel when we do something good?
- How can we be proud without hurting others?
Main activities: Skits and discussions about self-esteem and pride.
- Unit 6: Communication
- How do body language and word choices influence interactions with others?
- How can we communicate our feelings without starting a conflict?
Activities: Body language game, Martian shoe tie, discussion of I-statements.
- Unit 7: Negotiation Skills in Conflict
- What are the steps of negotiation?
- How can we negotiate to solve a conflict?
Activities: Discussion of negotiation, problem solving skits.
- Unit 8: Compromise in Conflict
- Questions we answer: What is compromise?
- How can compromise help resolve conflicts?
Activities: Trip to the moon, compromise skits.
SPRING SEMESTER CURRICULUM
- Unit 9: Reviewing Peace by P.E.A.C.E
- What did we learn last semester?
- What is a win-win game?
Activities: Review of last semester’s topics, introduction of win-win games.
- Unit 10: Point of View
- Does everyone look at things the same way?
- Is it bad to have a different point of view?
Activities: Martian shoe tie, point of view exercise, sprocketeers and zizmers.
- Unit 11: Conflict in Real Life
- How is conflict relevant to all of us?
- How do choice and consequence apply in real life?
Activities: Buzzing up, discussion of 2 articles about conflict.
- Unit 12: Dealing With Bullying
- What is bullying?
- What are the consequences of bullying?
- What are solutions to being bullied?
Activities: Identify and discuss behaviors that resemble bullying.
- Unit 13: Diversity
- Why is diversity important?
- How can communication affect conflict?
Activities: Define diversity and related concepts, stand-up sit-down, zombie.
- Unit 14: Co-operation
- How do games relate to our lives?
- Why is it okay to ask other people for help?
Activities: Discussion of cooperation article, swamp boards, trouble knots.
- Unit 15: Make Your Peace Game I
Activities: Play an example of a win-win game, begin assembling the class’s game.
- Unit 16: Make Your Peace Game II
- What does our Peace Game need?
- What do we remember from this year?
- What are we doing at festival?
Activities: Finish the class win-win game, discuss festival.
