LESSON 6- I INITIATE ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE SOLIDARITY AND PEACE

•   Define peace as working effectively with others towards a common goal

•  Explain how peace leads to decisions based on fairness and equality

•  Show the relationship of peace and respect for diversity

•  Discuss how peace leads to global solidarity

•  Express one’s personal opinions and insights on current national issues and

      government programs

• Propose and initiate activities that support peaceful resolutions and efforts toward global solidarity

•    Define peace as working effectively with others towards a common goal

•  Explain how peace leads to decisions based on fairness and equality

•  Show the relationship of peace and respect for diversity

•  Discuss how peace leads to global solidarity

•  Express one’s personal opinions and insights on current national issues and

      government programs

• Propose and initiate activities that support peaceful resolutions and efforts toward global solidarity

 The following steps are a compilation of the most often used and well-tested methods of settling disputes.

Explain the statements in each number and show how they contribute to ensuring PEACE.

  1. Define the conflict. What is the source of conflict? Focus on the problem, and not the person with the

problem. If you do that, a climate of cooperation, not competition, is enhanced. 

   2. Work on active listening. Conflicts become worse when the parties concerned try to talk more rather than listen to each other. Listening well is an act of caring.

   3. Choose an appropriate place to resolve the conflict. Move away from the battleground. Too many emotions are revived there.

   4. Start with what are the “doables.” Restoration of peace cannot be done quickly. If it took a long time for the dispute to begin, it will take time to end it.

   5. Develop forgiveness skills. Forgiveness looks forward, vengeance looks backward.

 The students will answer the activity after the lesson.