Designed for a K-12 curriculum, this curriculum guide provides 18 lessons on the causes, effects, and resolution of violence and disruption. The series of lessons are divided into three categories of six lessons written for kindergarten through grade 4, grades 5 through 9, and grades 9 through 12. Each lesson includes educational objectives, instructional strategy, and suggested activities. The suggested activities contain discussion topics, role-playing activities, and student research projects. The titles of the lessons include the following: (1) Shades of Violence; (2) Violence and Symbols; (3) Coming Up Short; (4) Turf 'N Territory; (5) Getting Along; (6) International Conflict; (7) Violence and Values; (8) More Than Meets the Eye; (9) What Is a Man?; (10) Groups: A Difference in Purpose; (11) The Gang and the Nation; (12) The Value of Life; (13) Violence: Thought and Action; (14) Scratching the Surface; (15) The City of Brotherly Shove; (16) Labor-Management Confrontation; (17) Response to Violence; and (18) Perspectives of Violence. (DE)