Animals of Conflict

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  1. Hi, everyone.
  2. This is Mrs Harold.
  3. I'm the fifth grade teacher for science and social studies
  4. at North Salem Elementary.
  5. And I'm going to introduce one of the Sanford Harmony
  6. lessons called the Animals of Conflict.
  7. So conflict is something that inevitably happens.
  8. People disagree on things all the time.
  9. It's the way that you address the problem that either
  10. makes it a positive or a negative outcome.
  11. So, um, what is conflict?
  12. What are some everyday problems that we have?
  13. You argue with the sibling, someone might be talking behind
  14. your back.
  15. There might be a disagreement at recess about where the
  16. ball landed in four square.
  17. Or maybe your parents won't let you do something and
  18. you disagree with that.
  19. So is conflict positive or negative?
  20. It depends on how you approach it.
  21. Conflict could be a positive thing.
  22. How is that conflict helps us realize something needs to
  23. change or that someone isn't happy with particular situation.
  24. It can bring people closer together when, um, the conflict
  25. is eventually resolved, and it also gives people the opportunity
  26. to share their feelings.
  27. So today I'm going to introduce What are these three
  28. types of ways of problem solving and we're going to
  29. kind of approach it through a metaphor and assign each
  30. one of the types to a particular animal.
  31. People who are owls when they approach problem solving or
  32. conflicts. They have these different characteristics.
  33. They try to think of many ways to solve problems.
  34. They are thoughtful.
  35. They tried to come up with solutions that work for
  36. everyone they negotiate.
  37. Suggest compromises.
  38. So meeting in the middle not everybody gets exactly what
  39. they want.
  40. But everyone gets a little bit of what they want,
  41. and they tried to take into account others perspectives and
  42. feelings. So consider for a moment would this be a
  43. positive way of resolving a conflict or maybe a negative
  44. way of resolving a conflict or an approach to resolving
  45. conflict? Another type of person would be considered a turtle.
  46. So what does the turtle personality dio in a conflict
  47. situation? They may hide from conflict.
  48. They might be slow to respond, or they avoid conflicts
  49. or the people involved in the conflict.
  50. They may be afraid to share their feelings or to
  51. disagree with others.
  52. They might not speak up because they don't want to
  53. cause problems in the first place.
  54. or they avoid people or situations that make them feel
  55. uncomfortable. And then the last type of, um, conflict, So
  56. resolution that we have is a shark.
  57. So what does a shark type of person do?
  58. They may be forceful.
  59. They take control of the situation in the conflict there,
  60. trying to win at all costs.
  61. They might try to intimidate others or put them down.
  62. They would be viewed a scary.
  63. And they may even use physical force to get their
  64. way or to win.
  65. So now that you've heard each one of those, maybe
  66. you could think about, um, are you one of those
  67. types of people?
  68. And be honest with yourself?
  69. Um, also, you might not fit completely into one category.
  70. Maybe you're a little bit of both, but or all
  71. three. Perhaps, um, but consider what you might do in
  72. a conflict situation.
  73. What are you most like?
  74. In the next few minutes, you're going to complete an
  75. activity that will address the animals of conflicts and how
  76. each type of person al turtle or shark may, um,
  77. resolve a conflict