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December 2008: Conflict Management
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Why Weed Conflict Management Titles?
Dealing with conflict is a part of life. Students should have access to materials that contribute to their better understanding and negotiation of conflict situations. Titles should outline constructive methods for responding to effectively resolving disputes. Provide students with materials that support healthy discussion and sharing of feelings, offer tips for conflict management and dealing with emotions, and encourage awareness and empathy. Update the collection with these Heinemann-Raintree titles! |
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Criteria for Weeding Conflict Management Titles
- Check the 302s and 303s.
- Check materials that have a copyright of more than 5 years.
- Titles should include relevant, real-world information on topics, such as: bullying, fighting, and school violence.
- The collection should include materials that provide assistance and guidance on coping with anger, handling stress, and dealing with emotions.
- Incorporate titles that provide content on additional resources and list contact information for assistance agencies.
- Weed materials that rarely circulate using the circulation statistics. However, be careful not to dispose of titles that contain valuable material. An item's circulation history is not always an accurate measure of the item's use. Students may use these titles to glean specific slices of information rather than as take-home reads.
- Titles should be free of gender and racial stereotypes.
- Soiled pages
- Brittle, yellowed paper
- Missing pages
- Worn edges or corners
- Broken spine
- Dirty cover
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Consider Weeding Titles Like:
A Children’s Book about Being Destructive [1988, LCCN: 00269895]
Children in Conflict: Problem Stories for Primary Grades [1974, LCCN: 77354484]
Communications in Teaching [1972, LCCN: 73940938]
Conflict Resolution through Communication [1973, LCCN: 72012007]
New Ways of Managing Conflict [1976, LCCN: 75023216] |
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Consider Updating with These
Heinemann-Raintree Library Titles:
from COMMUNICATING (Grades 3-5):
Body Language
from EXPLORING TOUGH ISSUES (Grades 4-6):
Why Are People Prejudiced?
from KIDS' GUIDES (Grades 2-4):
Playground Survival
from RAINTREE FUSION: SOCIAL STUDIES (Grades 4-7):
Did You Hear the News?: History of Communication
from THE REAL DEAL (Grades 4-6):
Bullying 
from TOUGH TOPICS (Grades 1-3):
Bullying,
Fighting,
Peer Pressure |
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Or These Titles from Other Publishers:
The Courage to be Yourself: True Stories by Teens about Cliques, Conflicts, and Overcoming
Peer Pressure [Edited by Al Desetta, c2005, ISBN-13: 978-1-57542-185-8.]
Dealing with Bullies [Pam Scheunemann, c2004, ISBN-13: 978-1-59197-560-1.]
Kids Talk about Bullying [Carrie Finn; illustrated by Amy Bailey Muehlenhardt, c2007,
ISBN-13: 978-1-40482-315-0.]
Odd Girl Speaks Out: Girls Write about Bullies, Cliques, Popularity, and Jealousy
[Rachel Simmons, Editor, c2004, ISBN-13: 978-0-15-602815-8.] |
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Other Weeding Guides:
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