Conflict Resolution

Grade 7–8 History/Geography: Through the four principles of conflict resolution, students will learn how to be responsible, active citizens and will practice these principles through a scenario where they act as the War Cabinet.

• Strand: Citizenship Education 
• Grade 7 - Strand A: Physical Patterns in a Changing World 
• Grade 8 - Strand A: Global Settlement, Patterns, and Sustainability

Grade 7–8 Language (English or French): Learn how to be an active listener during a conflict and express opinions in ways that are respectful for others, then practice this through engaging in a debate pretending to be the war cabinet.

• Strand: Oral and Non-Verbal Communication

Grade 7–8 Health: Learn different social-emotional learning skills that can use when resolving conflict helping students manage their emotions, create healthy relationships and self-awareness, and participate in critical thinking.

• Strand A: Social-Emotional Learning Skills

Grade 7–8 Drama: Learn about dealing with conflict when working in a group and then role play as government ministers in the war cabinet, using a real scenario from when this was used as a military base.

• Strand: Creating and Presenting

Grade 7–8 Science and Technology: Explore how humans interact in different systems and how science and technology overlaps with human society, while proposing solutions to different conflicts.

• Fundamental Concept: Systems and Interactions

Grade 9 Geography: Learn how to be responsible, active citizens and use this learning to respond as the war cabinet to nuclear war affecting our environment.

• Strand: Citizenship Education

Grade 10 History: Learn about Canada's response to the Cold War while also learning how to respond to conflicts like the Cold War as a responsible citizen, using a historical training scenario. 

• Strand: Citizenship Education
• Strand D: Canada, 1945–1982 
• Strand E: Canada, 1982 to the Present 

Grade 10 Civics: Learn the principles of conflict resolution and apply these while acting as the different government ministries responding to a potential Cold War conflict. 

• Strand: Citizenship Education
• Strand B: Civic Awareness 

Grade 9–10 Language (English or French): Learn how to be an active listener during a conflict and express opinions in ways that are respectful for others, then practice this through engaging in a debate pretending to be the war cabinet.

• Strand: Oral Communication

Grade 9–10 Health: Learn four different principles for conflict resolution that will help to improve students interpersonal skills and then apply these skills in a debate pretending to be government ministers in the war cabinet during the Cold War.

• Strand 1: Living Skills

Grade 9–10 Drama: Learn about dealing with conflict when working in a group and then role play as government ministers in the war cabinet, using a real scenario from when this was used as a military base.

• Strand A: Creating and Presenting

History and Citizenship Education (I–II): Examine the social phenomenon of the Cold War and learn about how to be an active citizen while resolving a potential conflict from this period.

• Competency 1: Examines social phenomena from a historical perspective 
• Competency 2: Interprets social phenomena using the historical method 
• Competency 3: Constructs his/her consciousness of citizenship through the study of history 

Geography (I–II): Learn about how to best approach conflicts and issues, then propose solutions to a global issue used as a training scenario during the Cold War.

• Competency 1: Understands the organization of a territory 
• Competency 2: Interprets a territorial issue 
• Competency 3: Constructs his/her consciousness of global citizenship 

Language English or French (I–IV): Learn how to be an active listener during a conflict and express opinions in ways that are respectful for others, then practice this through engaging in a debate pretending to be the war cabinet.

• English - Competency 1: Uses language/talk to communicate and to learn 
• French - Compétence 3 : Communiquer oralement selon des modalités variées 

Drama (I–IV): Learn about dealing with conflict during a unified performance and then students create their own dramatic work, role playing as government ministers in the war cabinet.

• Competency 1: Creates dramatic works
• Competency 2: Performs dramatic works

History of Quebec and Canada (III–IV): Using the Cold War as a backdrop, learn the four principles of conflict resolution and apply them while pretending to be the war cabinet making decisions in this time.  

• Competency 1: Characterizes a period in the history of Quebec and Canada 
• Competency 2: Interprets a social phenomenon 
• Specific Periods:
  • 1945–1980: The modernization of Quebec and the Quiet Revolution
  • From 1980 to our times: Societal choices in contemporary Quebec