Do Now: Write down the issues that you think are very important to you and that you would be interested in talking about.
Homework: No homework.
Inquiry: What is peace? What is conflict? What examples of peace and conflict occur in our everyday lives? How can we resolve conflict in peaceful ways?
Objective: SWBAT read, write and think critically, develop their own questions about themes that matter to them, and reflect on their own identity within a complex world.
Agenda:
- Do now. Hand in slips of paper.
- Part A: What is peace? Write down words that you associate with peace.
- In groups of two, make a “Peace Statue” and a “Conflict Statue” related to the topic I give you: teacher/student, parent/child, grandparent/grandchild, family, friends, strangers, siblings, teammates.
- Reflect as class how each statue expresses peace. As they hold the statue position for 15 seconds, student shout out words that they associate with their statue. (Add to Part A)
- Part B: What are examples a peace and conflict that we have in this classroom? Pass your paper to a partner and the partner should write one way to resolve an example of conflict in a peaceful way. (We will think about how to resolve conflict in favor of peace later.)
- Read Malcolm X, By Any Means Necessary: “A New Message”
- Part C 1: What were examples of peace that were present in his new message? How was peace extended in this new message?
- Part C 2: Choose one vocabulary word that relates to peace or conflict. Explain what you think it means and how it relates to peace or conflict.
