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).