A Challenge

Please tell a
One Sentence Definition of
C O N F L I C T.
What is Conflict?
An active disagreement between
people with opposing opinions or
principles
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A situation in which someone
believes that his or her own
needs have been denied.
What Do You Think?

When you hear the word . . .

CONFLICT

What do you think and what images

come to you . . .
In a national survey of more than 2,100 students in grades 3-6
:
48% (1,046 students) said they saw conflicts happening often,
everyday, or all the time.
Top 10 Conflict Starters
Being teased or made fun of

Rumors and gossip

Name-calling

Being blamed for something

Being left out

 Being picked on for being

different

Cheating at games

Threats

Mean notes or text message

Draw a mind map based on
things you do most often
when you have conflicts
with people
 Friends? Really?
You tease a friend, he laughs, your friendship grows.
You tease a friend, he gets angry, you realise you have
hurt him. Be sorry for it.
You disagree with a friend, both of you talk it out a
solution together.
You disagree with a friend and you insist you are right
and he is wrong, you may have just lost a friend
Conflicts will always be part of our lives.

What we do to overcome the

conflicts?