Fighting Fair Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for Kids

Challenge your students to resolve conflicts with skills - not fists - within the framework of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s philosophy of nonviolence. FIGHTING FAIR: DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. FOR KIDS provides many opportunities for students to apply the skills, strategies, & values of nonviolence to their daily lives & to explore nonviolence as a method of social change. The FIGHTING FAIR program includes: A provocative eighteen-minute, award winning video which shows a coach helping a group of angry kids resolve a conflict on the basketball court. Vivid scenes of the civil rights movement are used as backdrop to help the young people understand the dynamics of nonviolence. A comprehensive teacher's guide with 43 reproducible student pages. FIGHTING FAIR involves students in brainstorming, role playing, problem solving, responsible decision making, & mediation. A colorful poster of the Rules For Fighting Fair provides students with guidelines to "fight back effectively & nonviolently. "...a valuable acquisition for school libraries, for use in guidance & social studies classes & conflict resolution workshops."--School Library Journal. "The strong man is the man who can stand up for his rights & not hit back."--Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Schmidt, Fran is the author of 'Fighting Fair Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for Kids' with ISBN 9781878227089 and ISBN 1878227084.