The Butter Battle Book
By Dr. Seuss
Conflict Resolution, Knowledge is Power, Peacemakers for Life, Celebrating Differences
12 min. without interruption (definitely abridgeable)
24 min. with discussion prompts.
OLDER KIDS – 4th at the youngest, ideally 5th & up
Long and short of the story is this – two groups of people who disagree over something not as important as they think it is – and this causes them each to engage in a weapons race for a hypothetical war that they never started. Which, of course, amounts in two soldiers standing on either side of a wall, glaring at each other, holding buttons keyed to detonate doomsday devices.
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Conflict Resolution, Knowledge is Power, Peacemakers for Life, Celebrating Differences
12 min. without interruption (definitely abridgeable)
24 min. with discussion prompts.
OLDER KIDS – 4th at the youngest, ideally 5th & up
Long and short of the story is this – two groups of people who disagree over something not as important as they think it is – and this causes them each to engage in a weapons race for a hypothetical war that they never started. Which, of course, amounts in two soldiers standing on either side of a wall, glaring at each other, holding buttons keyed to detonate doomsday devices.
Available in Snell Library.
Back to Fall Themes
Back to Spring Themes
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Long and short of the story is this – two groups of people who disagree over something not as important as they think it is – and this causes them each to engage in a weapons race for a hypothetical war that they never started. Which, of course, amounts in two soldiers standing on either side of a wall, glaring at each other, holding buttons keyed to detonate doomsday devices.
ULTIMATE CONFLICT RESOLUTION BOOK – from a THIS MATTERS (actions matter) perspective. Site called teachpeace provides some more background here. A bit like The Zax, might be solid “second week” reading, if The Zax was read first. If you want to vet the book first, happened upon a page that links to it in its entirety here – or you can watch it on youtube. This book is great for students old enough to understand the implications of a lack of peace.
For a comprehensive review of debriefing: https://www.teachingchildrenphilosophy.org/BookModule/TheButterBattleBook
ULTIMATE CONFLICT RESOLUTION BOOK – from a THIS MATTERS (actions matter) perspective. Site called teachpeace provides some more background here. A bit like The Zax, might be solid “second week” reading, if The Zax was read first. If you want to vet the book first, happened upon a page that links to it in its entirety here – or you can watch it on youtube. This book is great for students old enough to understand the implications of a lack of peace.
For a comprehensive review of debriefing: https://www.teachingchildrenphilosophy.org/BookModule/TheButterBattleBook