Wednesday, February 25, 2009

expository lesson blog

Curriculum Standard:
Examine how cooperation and conflict among individuals, families, businesses, and government influence the distribution of resources and analyze the effect on the economy.

Draw conclusions about how regional differences or similarities in religion, resources, etc.
may lead to cooperation or conflict.

Big Idea: Students should to understand conflict/resolution and cause/effect of each.

Preparation
1. Introduce the idea of conflicts/cooperation (resolution)
2. Have the students tell of a conflict they have encountered (teacher should probably give a

direction of conflict to minimize unrully debate of beliefs).
3. Read a book as whole group, and have students pick out conflict/resolution from the story.
The teacher will assist with students' discovery of conflict/resolution if needed.
4. Use a semantic map to demonstrate ways to organize thoughts using the idea of how a conflict

may be resolved (what are some things to do to resolve problem)
5. Discuss both sides points of view on matter of dispute. (For example, how the north felt vs.

how the south felt about the Civil War. Or how the civilians felt vs. the soldiers felt.)

Guidance
1. Having general discussion/introduction of conflict/resolution concept.

2. Having students pick out conflict/resolution from the book.
3. Having students brainstorm thoughts.
4. Discussion of points of view.
5. Teacher provides direction if discussion burn out.

Application
1. Introduce ways to resolve conflict
2. Given scenarios of conflicts, have students come up with possible resolutions.


Assessment
Take up students written resolutions of given conflict to check for comprehension (content).

2 comments:

ashley douglas said...

May be spread everything out a little more. A little hard to read when bunch together.
Maybe add a book. May help other students who are struggling with the terms if they can have a book to relate to.

ashley douglas said...

Also, you may need to be careful which topics studetns may chose to talk about when refering to conflict.
This could be a subject that could very easily divide your classroom if it is not controled.