Staying Safe In A Conflict

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Staying Safe in a Conflict

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Standard(s), Essential Question(s), Big Idea(s)

LEARNING TARGET / SUCCESS CRITERIA

I will know and be able to recognize how to avoid conflicts in sports and play situations.

I will know and be able to explain how to prevent injuries from firearms.

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PRE-INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITY

Vocabulary

bully - a person who hurts or frightens others, especially those who are smaller or weaker than the bully

weapon - something used to injure or threaten someone (e.g. knives and guns)

OPENING (Engage)

Main Idea

You can take steps to avoid getting harmed by fights, bullies, and weapons. You can learn skills for solving disagreements peacefully.

Why Learn This?

Knowing how to stay out of fights can help keep you safe from injury.

WORK PERIOD (Explore/Explain/Extend/Elaborate)

READ: Staying Safe in a Conflict

What can you do to play safely with others?

All games and sports have rules. Rules help you understand how to play a game and help keep you safe from injury. When people play by the rules, everyone has a better chance of enjoying the game and not getting hurt.

In sports and games, sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. You may feel angry if someone plays unfairly, if you think you will lose, or if you do lose. However, you can learn to control your anger so the game stays fun. 

During games:

• accept wins and losses as part of the game.

• keep cool.

• disagree without fighting.

• be polite and respectful, even when you disagree or want to win.

What can you do to avoid or resolve conflict?

Conflict is disagreement. A conflict becomes dangerous when it turns into a fight. The people fighting can get injured. Sometimes bystanders get injured too. Here are some things you can do to work out conflicts peacefully.

• Use respectful words such as "I'm sorry," "Excuse me," "Please," and "Thank you."

• Practice seeing things the way others might see them. Tell them you understand how they feel.

• Look for ways each person can give a little so that everyone can live with the choice.

• Keep your voice even, quiet, and calm. If you shout, others are likely to shout even louder. If it looks as if someone isn't following the rules, calmly say how you feel about that. You can also say that you don't want to fight.

• Get help from an adult if it looks as if a fight might happen.

A bully is a person who hurts or frightens others, especially those who are smaller or weaker than the bully. Bullies usually pick on people who are alone or different in some way. To be safe, stay with a group that avoids bullies. There is strength in numbers. If a bully threatens you, here are some tips for staying safe.

• Don't react. The bully is trying to control you and get you to react. You don't have to say anything. Keep your cool.

• If a bully pressures you to do something. simply say no.

• Just walk away. If a bully follows you, get help from an adult.

Avoiding Conflicts

• Avoid being alone. Stay with others.

• Stay away from people who fight.

• Ignore insults.

• Be quick to offer a way out of a fight.

• Use polite words.

• Get help from an adult.

What can you do when you see a fight?

Fights are dangerous. People in fights can move easily from using words to using fists or weapons. If you are near a fight, you can get injured even if you are not part of the fight. The safest thing to do if there is a fight is to walk away quickly and find an adult to help. Do not try to stop a fight.

Here are some things you can do if someone tries to get you to fight:

• Back off, and give the other person more space. A person is more likely to hit if he or she feels cornered or crowded. Give the person room to walk away.

• Work to avoid fighting. Don't return insults. Don't try to make the person look wrong. Say you are willing to talk about it later. You don't have to settle the disagreement now.

• Keep things light. Try laughing at yourself. Point out that the problem isn't worth fighting about.

• Don't feel like you have to "prove" yourself.

What can you do to stay safe around weapons?

A weapon (WEH•puhn) is something used to injure or threaten someone. Two examples are knives and guns. Weapons can also be used for self-defense. Some adults keep weapons in their homes to defend themselves from intruders. Other adults use guns or knives in sports such as hunting and target shooting.

Adults have a responsibility to keep children safe from deadly weapons. Guns are especially dangerous. Guns should be locked up and kept where children cannot find them. Playing with a gun can lead to injury or death.

If you find a gun, what should you do?

• Don't touch the gun. It can fire easily, even when you don't want it to.

• If you are with your friends and they want to touch the gun, say "Don't touch it. Guns are dangerous. They can kill you. Let's leave it alone. Let's go now!"

• Walk away as quickly as possible.

• Tell an adult about the weapon. An adult should make sure it is not in a place where others can find it or pick it up.

REMEMBER...You can take steps to avoid getting harmed by fights, bullies, and weapons. You can learn skills for solving disagreements peacefully. Knowing how to stay out of fights can help keep you safe from injury.

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Standard(s)

HE4.1a - recognize the relationship between healthy behavior and disease prevention

HE4.3a - identify the characteristics of valid health information, products, and services

HE4.3b - list resources from home, school, and community that provide valid health information

HE4.5b - describe the possible consequences of an unhealthy decision and healthy alternatives when making a health-related decision

Essential Question(s)

1. What can you do to play safely with others?

2. What can you do to avoid or resolve conflict?

3. What can you do when you see a fight?

4. What can you do to stay safe around weapons?

Big Idea(s)

1. All games and sports have rules. Rules help you understand how to play a game and help keep you safe from injury. When people play by the rules, everyone has a better chance of enjoying the game and not getting hurt.

2. Conflict is disagreement. A conflict becomes dangerous when it turns into a fight. The people fighting can get injured. Sometimes bystanders get injured too. Here are some things you can do to work out conflicts peacefully.

   1. • Use respectful words such as "I'm sorry," "Excuse me," "Please," and "Thank you."

      • Practice seeing things the way others might see them. Tell them you understand how they feel.

      • Look for ways each person can give a little so that everyone can live with the choice.

      • Keep your voice even, quiet, and calm. If you shout, others are likely to shout even louder. If it looks as if someone isn't following the rules, calmly say how you feel about that. You can also say that you don't want to fight.

      • Get help from an adult if it looks as if a fight might happen.

3. Fights are dangerous. People in fights can move easily from using words to using fists or weapons. If you are near a fight, you can get injured even if you are not part of the fight. The safest thing to do if there is a fight is to walk away quickly and find an adult to help. Do not try to stop a fight.

4. Adults have a responsibility to keep children safe from deadly weapons. Guns are especially dangerous. Guns should be locked up and kept where children cannot find them. Playing with a gun can lead to injury or death. If you find a gun, what should you do?

   1. • Don't touch the gun. It can fire easily, even when you don't want it to.

      • If you are with your friends and they want to touch the gun, say "Don't touch it. Guns are dangerous. They can kill you. Let's leave it alone. Let's go now!"

      • Walk away as quickly as possible.

      • Tell an adult about the weapon. An adult should make sure it is not in a place where others can find it or pick it up.

RESOURCES / INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

• see below

DCSD Board-Approved Instruction Materials

• Your Health: Teacher's Edition - Grade 4. Harcourt Brace & Company. 1999.

Technology

• Google Sites - HPE website

• Chromebook

• large video screens for whole-class viewing

• sound system for sharing of audio

• BrainPOP - Bicycle Safety

• BrainPOP Jr. - Bullying

• BrainPOP Jr. - Fire Safety

• BrainPOP - Food Safety

• BrainPOP Jr. - Internet Safety

• BrainPOP - Lab Safety

• BrainPOP - Online Safety

• BrainPOP Jr. - Safety Signs

• BrainPOP - Water Safety