Week 2  (Jan 20 - 26, 2014): 

This week we will begin to explore strategies to address conflict nonviolently, including conflict analysis and conflict styles.

Objectives:

1. To understand the role of conflict analysis in managing conflicts

2. To develop conflict analysis skills

3. To identify various conflict styles and consider the advantages/limitations of each 

Activities:

1. Peace/Not Peace

1. Personal conflict analysis activity

2. Conflict styles assessment 

3. Conflict styles- advantages/limitations activity

Task 1: Peace/Not Peace (Days 1-3, January 20-22)

a. Imagine a scale of 1-10 with 1 representing Absolute Peace and 10 representing the complete opposite - Not Peace. Go to the Google Community here and read the three statements in the Peace/Not Peace Statements Tab. Write what number you give for each statement, ranging from 1 to 10 and share how you feel about each statement. 

b. Reply to at least two other people's comments.

c. Starting January 22, join the discussion about the exercise here.

Task 2: Personal Conflict Analysis (Days 2-4, January 21-23)

a. Read the Elements of Conflict PDF Elements of Conflict.pdf

b. Think of a personal conflict that you have been involved in and analyze the conflict using the Analyzing a Conflict handout Analyzing a Conflict.pdf. If you have time, do the same conflict analysis exercise using a conflict in your community or a national/international conflict. 

c. Starting January 23 Join the discussion about conflict analysis.

Task 3: Conflict Styles (Days 5-7, January 24-26)

a. Complete the conflict styles assessment online.

b. Go to the Google Community discussion of conflict styles here.

Task 4: Office Hours: Sunday, January 26, 2:00 pm GMT (Day 7; January 26)

Join the Hangout on Air (HOA) on Sunday, January 26 at 2:00 pm GMT to have a conversation about bringing the ideas discussed during the week into your classroom. To join the HOA, go to the Virtual Studio for instructions. The link for the HOA will be posted 15 minutes before the start of the session.

Use the World Time Zone Converter to calculate what 2:00 pm GMT is in your local time.

HELPDESK: Technical questions? Go to the Helpdesk Page of this wiki and post your question in the comments section at the bottom of the page.