How to Settle Differences

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Release Date: May 16-22
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© 1992 by Universal Press Syndicate
By BETTY DEBNAM
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It's Cool to Learn
How to Settle Differences
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A conflict is a
disagreement
between one or
more people.
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Resolution is a
settlement between
them.
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How do you handle conflicts? Put a check if you:
Every day people have disagreements. It's hard to go through life
without them.
We all grow up learning how to
handle conflict by seeing how others
handle it.
Some of us learn from parents,
teachers, friends, or even Tv.
In many schools, kids are taking
lessons in conflict resolution.
By learning these skills now, they
can become better citizens who know
how to settle things. They have
learned a better way.
Conflict is not all bad. Conflict often
brings about changes. Often these
changes are for the best.
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Sam broke
Bill's new
computer game.
They were best
friends until
this happened.
Now they aren't
speaking.
Consultants: National Institute for
Dispute Resolution; Stephen V. Nordfjord,
coordinator, Writing and Speaking
Program, and Robin Amann, guidance
counselor, Montgomery County, Md.,
Public Schools; Joseph O'Brien,
professor of social studies, University of
Kansas; Federal Mediation Conciliation
Service.
Do nothing because
you realize that the
problem is
temporary and
you will just
let it go away.
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Decide to just give in
and accept the
changes
someone
wants.
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Pretend that the
problem is not there
and does not
bother you
when it really
does.
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Run away and try to avoid
the person or the situation.
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Go to a parent,
teacher or principal
and ask
them to
settle it.
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Fight and argue.
Unfortunately,
some kids are
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groWlngup
thinking
this is the
best way to
settle things.
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Conflict resolution tries to
teach you to:
• stop and think
about the consequences
before you do
something.
If you have a problem with
someone, you should:
• try to figure out if
you are part of the
problem.
Steps to settling differenceslnIP.g.bYB.ttyOebnam @ 1992unlversaIP""Syndl~t.
First person
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1. Talk about yourself
and your feelings. Don't
attack the other
person. It makes him
angry and he'll try to
defend himself. Give
your version of what .
happened.
4. You both search for solutions.
HOlt ABOUT
THIS ilEA?
The other person
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• realize that you don't always have
to win an argument. You can learn to
settle things so both people get
something of what they want. We call
this win~win.
Both ...
2. 1b show that he
was listening, the other
person retells his
version of your side of
the story.
Then he gives his
version of what
happened.
First person
3. 1b show that you
have been listening,
you repeat the other
person's point of view.
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For a solution to work, it must be:
• something you both can do.
• something that is not harmful to
yourself or others.
• something that settles the
pro~lem so it will not happen
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Both ...
5. You agree to a solution.
6. You build a future relationship
that enables you to get along
peacefully as classmates or
neighbors.
Peace Wheel
Cut out wh~1 and pOinter, and mount on a piece of cardboard. Bring it out when needed to
settle confhcts.
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• think about your feelings.
Feelings are most important because
how you feel will guide how you react
or handle things.
Get set
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• Pick a good time to talk.
• Agree that you both want to try
to settle things.
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Add a brad and pOinter
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Teacher's
Guide
For use by teachers and parents at home and at
school. For use with issue: Settling Differences
Main idea: This issue is about settling differences. The following is a list of
activities to be used with this issue. They are listed in order of difficulty, with the
easier pre-reader assignments listed first. Ask the children to do the following:
1. Circle all the smiling face,s in The Mini Page. Look through your newspaper.
Put a check on the smiling faces. Circle the ones that are frowning. Talk about your
feelings and what makes you sad or happy.
2. Read nursery rhymes and fairy tales with conflicts and talk about how they
might be solved.
3. Draw a picture of some of the things that bother you and might cause conflict.
(Examples: someone pushing, or calling someone names.) Talk about these
problems.
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4. Act out the many ways to solve conflicts. Act out the steps to solving conflicts.
5. Follow the directions on the peace whee1. Get together with a friend. Using
the wheel as a guide, write up a conflict situation from both sides and offer
solutions.
6. Look at stories in your local paper. Put an "L" for local on the conflicts
involving local people. Put an "0" for those that are out of town.
7. Make a list of20 feelings. Make up a cause for each one. Example: I feel
unhappy when _ _ _ _ _.
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