Content Standard:

4.12.5 Apply strategies to prevent or resolve interpersonal conflicts

without harming self or others.

Learning Objective:
I will be able to demonstrate how to use the DECIDE process to
handle conflict in a healthy way.

Multicultural Objective:
Students will be able to analyze how their cultural norms and
values have influenced how they resolve conflict.
Link to video if it didn’t play automatically:

https://youtu.be/17ZZ6DeExdI
Video Discussion:
Discuss the following questions with your group.

1. What would you have done in that situation?

2. Whey do you think she made that decision?

3. Do you think she regrets that decision, why or

why not?
Warm Up Question:
Answer this question on your guided notes.

Give an example of a
conflict you’ve had with
someone and how you dealt
with it.
 D.E.C.I.D.E.
Define the problem:
Identify the problem
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Explore Options:
List possible choices
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Consider Consequences:
Include + and - results
 D.E.C.I.D.E.
Identify your values:
Which values related
to the decision?
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Decide and act:
Make a plan of action
 D.E.C.I.D.E.
Evaluate results:
Review your decision
-How’d it work out?
-Affected your life?
-Affected others?
-What’d you learn?
-If you could do it over again,
what would you do?
 Video Example:
Scenario:
Coworker is doing
something illegal but he is
my friend and his fiancé is
my best-friend.
 Found out friend at work is breaking
Define Problem:
the law.

Explore Options: Report it or do nothing.

Report it: may lose friendship

Consider Consequences:
Do nothing: may get fired or arrested

Identify Values: Friendship, loyalty, law, job

Do nothing: she told her friend to act

Decide and Act:
like she knew nothing

Wrong decision: friend was arrested

Evaluate Results:
and she may lose her job.
Personal Values Inventory

Complete the personal values

inventory worksheet
 Scenario Examples:
Scenario:
Choose from a pile of cards
for various scenarios.

(Student groups work together)

Students can volunteer to role play the scenarios.

Discussion Questions:
Discuss the following questions with your group.

1. Each person, explain their rationale for your decision to

your group.

2. Most of our values are influenced by our cultural norms,

each student will explain how their cultural norms
influence their values and their decisions.

3. Discuss why empathy is an important factor when

dealing with conflict.
 Student Example
Scenario:
Use your warm-up
scenario and go through
the six step process.
(Students work alone)
 Closure:
How is empathy
helpful when
resolving conflict?