In your group 1 person should be the mediator, 1 person plays the role of each conflicted person. Decide possible outcomes. Choose the best solution for all parties involved. Write your response under the scenario. Scenario 1 Three Girls- The Situation: Scarlette, Mara, and Claire have been best friends for a long time. However, Mara and Claire have been having a lot of conflicts recently, and Scarlette has taken it upon herself to refer the three of them to peer mediation. Mara’s Story: Scarlette, Claire and I all used to be friends, but Claire and I drifted apart. I don’t hate her- we just don’t have much in common. I still am good friends with Scarlette though, so there are times when I run into Claire. A couple of times I’ve teased her, but I didn’t mean anything by it. I thought it was just friendly joking. Then I found out she was crying, saying I’m a bully. I honestly didn’t know I was hurting her, but she shouldn’t be saying things like that about me to other people! If she was really feeling that terrible she should’ve told me how she was feeling, not try to pull Scarlette into this. Mara’s Goal: Claire needs to take jokes less seriously. And she shouldn’t go around talking bad about me when all I did was make a few jokes! Claire’s Story: Scarlette, Mara and I all used to be friends, but I always thought Mara was kind of mean. She has this way of teasing people. Eventually Mara and I drifted apart, but I’m still really good friends with Scarlette. Unfortunately, this means I still sometimes have to see Mara. I don’t know what Scarlette sees in her. A few times, Mara has made fun of me about things I’ve said. I told Scarlette how I felt, and she said she’d talk to Mara, but Mara continued to say things when I’d run into her. Why would she be friends with someone who is mean to me? Claire’s Goal: I just want Mara to stop teasing me, and I want Scarlette to stand up for me more... It hurts me that she knows Mara is being so mean, but does nothing about it. But above all I just want the teasing to stop. Scarlette’s Story: I have been friends with Mara and Claire forever. We used to all be friends, but Claire and Mara drifted apart. They don’t really have that much in common, but I have things in common with both of them. Mara can be kind of blunt and tease people. I know she doesn’t mean to hurt anyone, but sometimes people who aren’t good friends with her take it the wrong way. This has happened a few times recently with Claire. She told me how she felt, and I said I’d talk to Mara about it, but I never did. I am really sorry about how things have turned out. I want to be friends with both of them, but it is really hard if they hate each other. Scarlette’s Goal: I want them to either get along and be friends, or stop getting into so many conflicts. I think Mara shouldn’t tease so much, but I also think Claire should realize she doesn’t mean any harm. PEER MEDIATION PROCESS: Scenario 2 Street Art- The Situation: Tamara and Malcolm have been best friends for a while, but after being assigned to do a project with a kid Reise, Malcolm has been spending less time with Tamara. Jealous that her friendship with Malcolm is being lost to Reise, she reports a vandalism incident by Malcolm as revenge. Tamara’s Story: I’ve always been best pals with Malcolm; I mean we grew up together and went to the same school since kindergarten. But ever since he’s been hanging out with Reise, I can tell that kid is a bad influence. I don’t know what else they’re doing, but I know they’ve been tagging school property. I wasn’t sure, but I know Reise is a self-proclaimed “street artist.” The other day I saw Malcolm hiding spray paint cans in his backpack, so I reported some new graffiti that popped up. Tamara’s Goal: Malcolm is a good kid at heart, but I just needed to show him how bad of an influence Reise is. If he gets in trouble for this, hopefully they’ll stop hanging out. Malcolm’s Story: Tamara and I were really good friends, but she reported me to the school for tagging! Just because I was putting spray cans in my backpack doesn’t mean I put up that graffiti! I mean, I might’ve sprayed something but that doesn’t give her the right to rat me out like that. She’s just jealous because now I’m hanging out with Reise and not her. And it’s art, not graffiti. Haven’t you ever heard of Banksy? Malcom’s Goal: She shouldn’t have reported me like that; its not cool. I’m just finding a way to express myself, and she wants to ruin it because she doesn’t want me hanging out with Reise anymore. PEER MEDIATION PROCESS: Scenario 3 The New Friend- The Situation: Thomas and Carla have been best friends since first grade. They have the same friend group, but they hang out with one another the most. However, Carla became friends with a new girl named Emma, and since then Thomas has said that they don’t hang out as often. Both got into a fight about it, and were referred to peer mediation. Thomas’ Story: I’ve been best friends with Carla since first grade, and we hang out all the time. We have a bunch of other friends, but we have always been the closest by far. Then I noticed, since 9th grade started, Carla has been a bit more distant. At first I thought maybe she was upset with me, but then I found out she was hanging out with this new girl Emma all the time. Whenever I’d ask her about it, she’d either act annoyed or dismiss me like it didn’t matter. We’re hanging out less and less the more she’s with Emma. The other day she tried to talk with me; I asked her if she’d rather talk with Emma, seeing that we don’t really anymore. She flipped out on me, and we both got in a huge argument. Thomas’ Goal: I just want my best friend back... I want her to know that she’s excluding me, cutting me off because she’s hanging out with Emma more and more. I just want her to hang out with me just as much as we used to. Carla’s Story: I’ve been best friends with Thomas since first grade, and we are always constantly hanging out together. Recently, I met this girl, Emma, and it turns out she plays the violin like me! She even listens to the same music as I do. Thomas and I aren’t very musically similar, like Emma and I. So I’ve been hanging out with her a lot, and I can tell Thomas is getting pretty worked up about it whenever he asks who she is. Finally, when I wanted to talk to him, he said in a snarky tone, “Wouldn’t you rather be talking to Emma?” Now we’re in a huge argument over this. Carla’s Goal: Thomas has been saying that we never hang out anymore, but we definitely do, just a little less than usual. He’s just overreacting because I have a new friend. All I wanted to do was branch out a little in high school and make some new friends, but I’m not throwing him away; he’s still my best friend. He’s just really rude whenever we bring up Emma. PEER MEDIATION PROCESS: Scenario 4 Mutual Flirt- The Situation: Emerald and Autumn broke out into a fight during class, yelling at each other so much that the teacher had to escort them to the office. They are to go to peer mediation to resolve their issues. Emerald’s Story: I’ve always had a crush on Kent, but he and Autumn have been talking a lot lately. She loves to rub it in my face whenever she’s flirting with him. Whenever I start talking to Kent, she loves to barge in and interrupt, and then start talking to him herself. But today, I mustered up enough courage to ask him to be my Valentine. He politely turned me down, saying that he was flattered, but he was already going out with Autumn that day. I would’ve just walked away, but Autumn came up and told him, in front of me, “Aren’t you glad you’re going out with me and not that loser?” I started yelling at her for being so mean, and she started screaming back. Emerald’s Goal: I’m sick of Autumn constantly trying to make me feel worthless in front of Kent. She knows I have a crush on him, but she’s always finding ways to make me feel terrible. She has to get in some sort of trouble for this. Autumn’s Story: I’ve always liked Kent, but when I heard Emerald liked him too, I had to get revenge on her. Last year, she went out of her way to embarrass me in front of the whole class. So every time I see them talking I go up to him and start flirting a lot. Now we are going out for Valentine’s Day. She tried asking him to be her Valentine, and I thought maybe she was trying to embarrass me or steal him or something, so when he turned her down I was really happy. I said something about him dating me and not her, and she started screaming in my face. Autumn’s Goal: She’s been looking for a way to embarrass me again, I just know it. But I finally have something good, and she just can’t stand that Kent likes me more. She had no right to just scream at me because he turned her down. PEER MEDIATION PROCESS:

In your group 1 person should be the mediator, 1 person plays the role of each conflicted person. Decide possible outcomes. Choose the best solution for all parties involved. Write your response under the scenario. Scenario 1 Three Girls- The Situation: Scarlette, Mara, and Claire have been best friends for a long time. However, Mara and Claire have been having a lot of conflicts recently, and Scarlette has taken it upon herself to refer the three of them to peer mediation. Mara’s Story: Scarlette, Claire and I all used to be friends, but Claire and I drifted apart. I don’t hate her- we just don’t have much in common. I still am good friends with Scarlette though, so there are times when I run into Claire. A couple of times I’ve teased her, but I didn’t mean anything by it. I thought it was just friendly joking. Then I found out she was crying, saying I’m a bully. I honestly didn’t know I was hurting her, but she shouldn’t be saying things like that about me to other people! If she was really feeling that terrible she should’ve told me how she was feeling, not try to pull Scarlette into this. Mara’s Goal: Claire needs to take jokes less seriously. And she shouldn’t go around talking bad about me when all I did was make a few jokes! Claire’s Story: Scarlette, Mara and I all used to be friends, but I always thought Mara was kind of mean. She has this way of teasing people. Eventually Mara and I drifted apart, but I’m still really good friends with Scarlette. Unfortunately, this means I still sometimes have to see Mara. I don’t know what Scarlette sees in her. A few times, Mara has made fun of me about things I’ve said. I told Scarlette how I felt, and she said she’d talk to Mara, but Mara continued to say things when I’d run into her. Why would she be friends with someone who is mean to me? Claire’s Goal: I just want Mara to stop teasing me, and I want Scarlette to stand up for me more... It hurts me that she knows Mara is being so mean, but does nothing about it. But above all I just want the teasing to stop. Scarlette’s Story: I have been friends with Mara and Claire forever. We used to all be friends, but Claire and Mara drifted apart. They don’t really have that much in common, but I have things in common with both of them. Mara can be kind of blunt and tease people. I know she doesn’t mean to hurt anyone, but sometimes people who aren’t good friends with her take it the wrong way. This has happened a few times recently with Claire. She told me how she felt, and I said I’d talk to Mara about it, but I never did. I am really sorry about how things have turned out. I want to be friends with both of them, but it is really hard if they hate each other. Scarlette’s Goal: I want them to either get along and be friends, or stop getting into so many conflicts. I think Mara shouldn’t tease so much, but I also think Claire should realize she doesn’t mean any harm. PEER MEDIATION PROCESS: Scenario 2 Street Art- The Situation: Tamara and Malcolm have been best friends for a while, but after being assigned to do a project with a kid Reise, Malcolm has been spending less time with Tamara. Jealous that her friendship with Malcolm is being lost to Reise, she reports a vandalism incident by Malcolm as revenge. Tamara’s Story: I’ve always been best pals with Malcolm; I mean we grew up together and went to the same school since kindergarten. But ever since he’s been hanging out with Reise, I can tell that kid is a bad influence. I don’t know what else they’re doing, but I know they’ve been tagging school property. I wasn’t sure, but I know Reise is a self-proclaimed “street artist.” The other day I saw Malcolm hiding spray paint cans in his backpack, so I reported some new graffiti that popped up. Tamara’s Goal: Malcolm is a good kid at heart, but I just needed to show him how bad of an influence Reise is. If he gets in trouble for this, hopefully they’ll stop hanging out. Malcolm’s Story: Tamara and I were really good friends, but she reported me to the school for tagging! Just because I was putting spray cans in my backpack doesn’t mean I put up that graffiti! I mean, I might’ve sprayed something but that doesn’t give her the right to rat me out like that. She’s just jealous because now I’m hanging out with Reise and not her. And it’s art, not graffiti. Haven’t you ever heard of Banksy? Malcom’s Goal: She shouldn’t have reported me like that; its not cool. I’m just finding a way to express myself, and she wants to ruin it because she doesn’t want me hanging out with Reise anymore. PEER MEDIATION PROCESS: Scenario 3 The New Friend- The Situation: Thomas and Carla have been best friends since first grade. They have the same friend group, but they hang out with one another the most. However, Carla became friends with a new girl named Emma, and since then Thomas has said that they don’t hang out as often. Both got into a fight about it, and were referred to peer mediation. Thomas’ Story: I’ve been best friends with Carla since first grade, and we hang out all the time. We have a bunch of other friends, but we have always been the closest by far. Then I noticed, since 9th grade started, Carla has been a bit more distant. At first I thought maybe she was upset with me, but then I found out she was hanging out with this new girl Emma all the time. Whenever I’d ask her about it, she’d either act annoyed or dismiss me like it didn’t matter. We’re hanging out less and less the more she’s with Emma. The other day she tried to talk with me; I asked her if she’d rather talk with Emma, seeing that we don’t really anymore. She flipped out on me, and we both got in a huge argument. Thomas’ Goal: I just want my best friend back... I want her to know that she’s excluding me, cutting me off because she’s hanging out with Emma more and more. I just want her to hang out with me just as much as we used to. Carla’s Story: I’ve been best friends with Thomas since first grade, and we are always constantly hanging out together. Recently, I met this girl, Emma, and it turns out she plays the violin like me! She even listens to the same music as I do. Thomas and I aren’t very musically similar, like Emma and I. So I’ve been hanging out with her a lot, and I can tell Thomas is getting pretty worked up about it whenever he asks who she is. Finally, when I wanted to talk to him, he said in a snarky tone, “Wouldn’t you rather be talking to Emma?” Now we’re in a huge argument over this. Carla’s Goal: Thomas has been saying that we never hang out anymore, but we definitely do, just a little less than usual. He’s just overreacting because I have a new friend. All I wanted to do was branch out a little in high school and make some new friends, but I’m not throwing him away; he’s still my best friend. He’s just really rude whenever we bring up Emma. PEER MEDIATION PROCESS: Scenario 4 Mutual Flirt- The Situation: Emerald and Autumn broke out into a fight during class, yelling at each other so much that the teacher had to escort them to the office. They are to go to peer mediation to resolve their issues. Emerald’s Story: I’ve always had a crush on Kent, but he and Autumn have been talking a lot lately. She loves to rub it in my face whenever she’s flirting with him. Whenever I start talking to Kent, she loves to barge in and interrupt, and then start talking to him herself. But today, I mustered up enough courage to ask him to be my Valentine. He politely turned me down, saying that he was flattered, but he was already going out with Autumn that day. I would’ve just walked away, but Autumn came up and told him, in front of me, “Aren’t you glad you’re going out with me and not that loser?” I started yelling at her for being so mean, and she started screaming back. Emerald’s Goal: I’m sick of Autumn constantly trying to make me feel worthless in front of Kent. She knows I have a crush on him, but she’s always finding ways to make me feel terrible. She has to get in some sort of trouble for this. Autumn’s Story: I’ve always liked Kent, but when I heard Emerald liked him too, I had to get revenge on her. Last year, she went out of her way to embarrass me in front of the whole class. So every time I see them talking I go up to him and start flirting a lot. Now we are going out for Valentine’s Day. She tried asking him to be her Valentine, and I thought maybe she was trying to embarrass me or steal him or something, so when he turned her down I was really happy. I said something about him dating me and not her, and she started screaming in my face. Autumn’s Goal: She’s been looking for a way to embarrass me again, I just know it. But I finally have something good, and she just can’t stand that Kent likes me more. She had no right to just scream at me because he turned her down. PEER MEDIATION PROCESS: