3. Students will learn skills to solve inter-personal problems. (Illinois Learning Standards 24.A.4b)  http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/phg24.html   (4.A.4b; 4.B.4d; 4.B2d)  http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/english/eng4.html

4. Students will realize the impact of unhealthy decisions. (Illinois Learning Standard 23.B.4 http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/phg23.html

5. Students will see themselves as part of a social system. (Illinois Learning Standards 21.B.4 and 18.B.4) http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/phg21.html  http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/sog18.html

6. Students will learn active listening skills. http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/english/eng4.html (Illinois Learning Standard 4.A.3a; 4b; 4.A.5a and b)

Teacher Links/Resources

Articles:

http://www.ualr.edu/~coedept/bs/ldsg.html "Training a Class in Discussion Skills." Barbara Stanford presents guidelines and training activities for discussion skills.

http://www.ualr.edu/~coedept/bs/AHCLIT.html "Conflict and the Story of Our Lives." Barbara Stanford again presents curriculum for conflict resolution; she uses literature and everyday experiences to help students understand conflict and literature.

http://www.mediate.com/articles/index.cfm?doc=foster2.cfm&title=Good%20Communication%20Starts%20with%20Listening "Good Communication Starts with Listening." Nancy Foster, J. D., presents suggestions for effective listening skills.

http://www.education-world.com/a_admin/admin136.shtml "Critical Friends Groups: Catalysts for School Change." This short article suggests a way for teachers to learn from colleagues and students.

http://www.ascd.org/pubs/cu/social.html "The Social Side of Schooling." This is the lead article in ASCD's newsletter Curriculum Update, Fall, 1999.

http://www.search-institute.org/archives/wssd.htm "What Should Schools Do?"

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/necc98.htm "WebQuests: A Strategy for Scaffolding Higher Level Learning"

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/webquest/webquest.html "WebQuests in Our Future: The Teacher's Role in Cyberspace"

http://www.batnet.com/oikoumene/arbover.html An explanation of different ways to solve problems. The author prefers mediation because it seeks common ground.

http://www.eg.bucknell.edu/ecst/webexam/index2.html From this page one could write an exam or take sample exams (for fun!).

http://www.qvctc.commnet.edu/classes/conflict/confclas.html This is the conflict resolution homepage with many useful links from Quinebaug Valley Community Technical College in Danielson, CT.

Bibliography:

http://www.search-institute.org/archives/index.htm Bibliography of material on the 40 assets

Government policy:

http://www.ed.gov/pubs/Harassment/ "Protecting Students from Harassment and Hate Crime." This is the government "Guide for Schools" which contains policy.

Program Announcement:

http://chicagotribune.com/community/viewPromo/0,2921,sat_sked,00.html "11^th Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Volunteer Training Conference." This announcement of a workshop given Saturday, November 6, 1999, in Chicago, lists topics and local resource people who could help teachers to improve communication with students.

Research assistance:

http://toolkit.imsa.edu/doc/TopTen/ "Top Ten Search Tips." Search tips from the IMSA library pages. Students might like to try their "toolkit" too.

Survey:

http://www.yale.edu/implicit/measure3.html "Measure Your Implicit Attitudes." This site offers different attitudes towards others who are unlike them in age, race, or gender.