Webliography

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Conflict Resolution

Conflict Resolution Network
http://www.crnhq.org/
Audience: Teachers, Students and Peacemakers of all ages

This is the site of the Conflict Resolution Network, a tremendous hub of free conflict resolution materials. In their own words: “Our vision is to create conflict-resolving community in a culture of peace and social justice. Conflict Resolution builds stronger and more cohesive organisations and more rewarding relationships. So we make Conflict Resolution skills, strategies and attitudes more readily and universally accessible.”

Lesson Plans
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/page/3038.html
Audience: Kindergarten to high school classrooms

Here are simple, thoughtful and well-structured lesson plans that look easy to implement in kindergarten to high school classrooms. They are organized by grade level and topic.

Teacher Prep
http://www.ericdigests.org/1996-2/conflict.html
Audience: Teacher resource

Kathryn L. Girard's "Preparing Teachers for Conflict Resolution in the Schools," published by ERIC Digest, is an excellent background essay that you should read to understand the reasons for investing time and resources in conflict resolution in your classroom and at your school.

Resource Bibliography
http://www.headstartinfo.org/infocenter/cm_classroom.htm
Audience: Teacher resource

Head Start Information and Publication Center, part of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, produced this "Annotated Bibliography of Peace Making and Conflict Resolution in the Classroom." Each features of this publication list has a brief commentary to give you an idea of what they are like.

Classroom Activities
http://www.esrnational.org/cap/elementary.html
Audience: Elementary school classrooms

This page is “Kids’ Conscious Acts of Peace, Classroom Activities for Teaching Students How to Wage Peace at School and at Home.” There are seven ways they suggest helping kids live peacefully, like helping students begin to define peace by drawing a picture or writing a story about a time they remember feeling peaceful. The site features simple, common sense ideas.

Conflict Resolution Links
http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/health/conflict/
Audience: Teacher Resource

Teach-nology.com has compiled a list of links on the topic of conflict resolution. Each link has a short summary of the activity. While the content is free, the page does have quite a bit of advertising that could easily confuse or distract young students, but the variety of content featured is valuable.

Coping With Violence and Disasters
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/violence.cfm
Audience: Teachers

The website of the National Institute of Mental Health features a section on “Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters.” This topic can apply to tragedies such as hurricanes as well as encountering intimidation and violence at school or in the home.