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Negotiation Workshop

Educator’s Guide

This Educator’s Guide provides an introduction and explanation for teachers to conduct classroom-based lessons. The guide includes the basic structure of the lessons, as well as objectives addressed in each lesson. The guide also includes standards addressed across the entire workshop and a guide for leading classroom circles.

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Negotiation Workshop Lessons

The lessons are divided into 13 different segments, with 1 - 3 lessons per segment.

Each lesson includes all necessary materials and resources needed to complete the lesson. Although preferred, it is not necessary to teach the lessons in consecutive order. The lessons are organized in a manner to build upon the learning objectives, starting with personal self-awareness and conflict styles, transitioning to communication skills, and ending with negotiation techniques and collaboration. Most of the lessons are designed to be instructed as discrete learning modules. Any cross-references to earlier lessons are provided within the lesson plan.

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Segment 1: Self-Awareness

  • Lesson 1: What Bugs You?
    Students will be able to identify their own and others’ conflict triggers.
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  • Lesson 2: The Emotions Wheel
    Students will be able to describe and understand how people react differently to the same situation.
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  • Lesson 3: Masking Feelings
    Students will be able to understand the ways people mask their feelings and how masked feelings are sometimes revealed.
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Segment 2: Conflict Styles

  • Lesson 1: Looking at Conflict
    Students will be able to discuss the positive and negative aspects of conflict.
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  • Lesson 2: Source of Conflict
    Students will be able to apply a framework for discussing the sources of conflicts.
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  • Lesson 3: Win-Win Solutions
    Students will be able to apply a framework for discussing the solutions to conflicts.
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Segment 3: Verbal & Non-Verbal Communication

  • Lesson 1: Emotions Charades
    Students will be able to explain how emotions can be communicated verbally and non-verbally.
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Segment 4: Listening and Gathering Information

  • Lesson 1: Listening and Information Gathering
    Students will be able to demonstrate good listening skills.
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Segment 5: Open-Ended Questions

  • Lesson 1: The Questioning Game
    Students will be able to use different types of questions to gather information.
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Segment 6: Active Listening

  • Lesson 1: The Job Interview
    Students will be able to explain how verbal and non-verbal communication affects business interactions.
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Segment 7: Problem-Solving Styles

  • Lesson 1: The Conflict Escalator
    Students will be able to outline the progression of conflict.
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  • Lesson 2: Problem Identification and Problem Solving
    Students will be able to identify conflicts relevant to their lives and brainstorm possible solutions.
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Segment 8: Moving From Positions to Interests

Segment 9: Negotiation Strategy v. Style

  • Lesson 1: I-Messages
    Students will be able to use statements beginning with “I” to convey information and feelings in an assertive, respectful manner.
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  • Lesson 2: Assertive Communication
    Students will be able to define and practice assertiveness.
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Segment 10: Integrative v. Distributive Bargaining

  • Lesson 1: I Win!
    Students will be able to identify “distributive bargaining” where there is a clear winner in a negotiation.
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  • Lesson 2: I Win Again!
    Students will be able to expand the concept of distributive bargaining with non-monetary interests.
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  • Lesson 3: Orange Exercise
    Students will be able to identify “integrative bargaining” where there is no clear winner.
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Segment 11: Competition v. Collaboration

  • Lesson 1: Chocolate Kiss Game
    Students will be able to recognize how much they have been conditioned to compete.
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  • Lesson 2: Toothpick Tower
    Students will be able to identify cooperative and competitive behaviors while completing a group task.
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Segment 12: Building Consensus

Segment 13: Simulated Negotiation

  • Lesson 1: Simulated Negotiation: The Lorax
    Students will be able to apply their negotiation and problem-solving skills in a simulated negotiation based on Dr. Seuss’s book, The Lorax.
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