Lesson 2: This is how we do it

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What solutions do we have to the problems?

Learning objectives The students reflect upon their mechanisms of conflict resolution and develop an understanding of different viewpoints and different personalities and behaviour.
Student tasks The students offer their opinions about the problems and generate proposals for solutions.
Resources Flipchart, pencils.
Methods Group work.

Lesson description

The teacher presents the list of problems or conflicts from lesson 1 again. The students sit in groups of four. They choose two problems or conflicts from the list to work on in their group.

Each group works on two different problems or conflicts.

The students discuss their different ideas for solving the conflicts or problems so that the solutions only affect the intended group or person (depending on whether the problem falls into the category of a common or an individual problem).

The students write down their ideas and illustrate a poster with the two problems or conflicts and the possible ways to resolve them. They underline the solutions they prefer as a group.