---
title: Handling Conflict
description: Students will read a conflict comic and discuss conflict resolution.
image: https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/handling_conflict-001-1.png
---

**Subject: SEL (Social-Emotional Learning)**

**Lesson Length: 15 - 20 mins**

**Topic: Conflict Resolution**

**Grade Level: 4, 5, 6**

**Standards / Framework: **

- [CASEL: RESPONSIBLE DECISION-MAKING](https://casel.org/fundamentals-of-sel/what-is-the-casel-framework/#interactive-casel-wheel)

**Brief Description:**  Students will read a conflict comic and discuss conflict resolution.

**Know Before You Start:** Students should understand what **conflict** is and be familiar with some resolution strategies.

**Hook:**

- Have students think of a conflict they recently had at home or at school. Have them give a thumbs up if they handled the conflict well, thumbs in the middle if they handled it so-so, or thumbs down if it was challenging to handle.
- Discuss some helpful ways to resolve conflicts. 

**Activity:**

- Have students read the comic about a conflict between peers. Have students record their thoughts on the following reflection questions:  
    - What is this story’s conflict?
    - What do the main characters want?
    - How can the characters work together to bring success to the situation?
    - Would you have handled this conflict differently? If so, how?
- Have students create a comic based on a conflict they've encountered and resolved.

**Closure:**

- Have students share their comics with the class. 
- Reflect on how different people handle conflict differently.
- Highlight that there is no wrong way to handle conflict as long as it’s kind, appropriate and ends in an agreement.

**Differentiation:**

- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Provide sentence frames as needed for conversation and writing.
- Provide visuals of conflict resolution strategies.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.

**Resources:**

- Comic to print or display: [Comic](https://share.pixton.com/qba756a).
- Suggested Reading: 
    - [The Squirrels Who Squabbled](https://amzn.to/3oRJDHM) by Rachel Bright.

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- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/2078530841190330368/thumbnail.png) Elementary School ](https://content.pixton.com/elementary-school)
- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/2078531110531739648/thumbnail.png) Middle School ](https://content.pixton.com/middle-school)
- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/2004983473167663104/thumbnail.png) Playground ](https://content.pixton.com/playground)
- [![](https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/thumbnail-sports-1.png) Sports ](https://content.pixton.com/sports)

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