1. In nature, animals and some plants have a natural instinct when dealing with threatening situations. People also want to react to conflict quickly. How are humans different than animals when dealing with uncomfortable situations that create conflict?

2. What are the natural reactions to conflict in humans? (Fight, flee, or freeze.)

3. How can you use the energy you feel during conflict more wisely? (flow)

• What's Fair?...Windstar EARTHcamp curriculum
  Objective: To invite the kids to understand how inequalities exist in the world and often lead to conflict BUT there are ways through those conflicts. The kids CAN make a difference!
  Materials: Play money, one envelop with $300, one envelop with $100, two envelops with $50, poster boards $50, plain white paper $10, markers $20, paints $30, glitter $30, scissors $15, markers $25, pencils $10, glue $15, duct tape $5, construction paper $25. Price Sheet to be posted after the groups are formed.
  Activity: Break up the kids into 4 groups of your choosing (try to break up groups of friends for this one….but put an older camper in each group) Tell them this is a contest where each group is to make a poster that answers the question "If you could give one gift to the world, what would it be?" Your materials are for sale and your envelop contains the money you can use to purchase them. But once bought, materials can not be returned or exchanged at the *store* .
  The group with the fanciest, prettiest poster will win.
  The trick here is to have the groups work in close proximity to each other. Close enough to hear the grumbling that this isn't fair. Hopefully, before long, they will bring up a lot of options to try to make things work out. These are the responses you want them to come up with!
  When the groups have finished, allow each group to present their poster and discuss their method of designing it.
  Award the candy according to the stated criteria. . Ask "How would things have been different if everyone had the same amount of money to spend on supplies? Discuss. Be sure to thank the kids if they indeed made an attempt to make the playing field equal.
  
  
• Cool Heads/Hot Heads ...Education Development Center
  
  
• Man vs. Nature...National Park Service
  
  
• Understanding Conflict ...Peace Pledge Union
  
  
• Sticks and Stones...a Webquest activity
  
  
• Point of View...Windstar EARTHcamp curriculum
  Objective: To demonstrate that the exact same words heard by different people may create entirely different results due to their "point of view"
  Materials: Pieces of 8 1/2 x 11 scrap paper, pencils
  Activity: Have the kids spread out around the area. Pass out the paper, one to each camper.
  Tell them: THERE IS NO RIGHT OR WRONG!
  Then begin by giving these EXACT instructions (say no more than these words):
  · Fold your paper in half
  · Fold the paper again
  · Rip a small part off your paper
  · Shred a corner
  · Tear the other corner
  · Fold the corner 2 times
  · Rip another not too large piece off the paper
  · Unfold your paper and hold it up so everyone can see it.
  Wrap-Up: Ask: Why do the papers look different? Didn't everyone get the same directions? Lead a discussion about how sometimes conflicts arise because one person interprets things from one point of view and the other person from a different point of view. What are some things that might affect OUR point of view?
  
  
• Seeing Both Sides of an Issue...Peace Corps
  
  
• Brief Encounter...Peace Corps
  

Additional Educator Resources

Websites
Geology of the Grand Canyon

Building Bridges...Peace Corps

Learn Peace

Global Village

John Denver Memorial Peace Cloth

Books
The Magic of Conflict
by Thomas Crum
Simon and Schuster

Journey to Center
by Thomas Crum
Simon and Schuster

Your Conflict Cookbook
by Thomas Crum

Videos
Let Us Begin: What Are We Making Weapons For?
This powerful music video was created especially for the Windstar Foundation to raise global awareness and encourage balance in the decisions made on behalf of the peoples of the world. To indeed create a peaceful and sustainable future for all living things.

Creative Resolution of Conflict
by Thomas Crum

How would the world be different if all of our leaders were 12 years old? Consider war, peace, pollution, and hunger when answering this question.

Student Self-Evaluation

Teacher Evaluation

1. The student used the journal question as a reflection after the program.
2. The student was able to answer the self-evaluation questions.
3. The student worked as part of a group spending and sharing the funds to create a poster.
4. The student expressed through journal reflection, or verbally, why inequality in economics can cause conflict or cooperation. The student understood that the choice was their's to make.