Filled with outstanding exercises and concepts that highlight key conflict solving strategies, this book will provide educators with a wealth of ideas for classroom use. Included are comprehensive lessons about the nature of conflict and violence, effective communication, problem solving, mediaiton, interpersonal negotiation and anger management. Other lessons focus on dealing with verbal abuse, discrimmination and prejudice. The authors also highlight important teaching strategies which will help teachers create "the peaceable classroom," one in which students can feel comfortable expressing themselves and teachings can be transferred more effectively.