Using Anger Constructively Subjects: Social Studies • Language Arts • Grade Levels: 3-12 Procedure: Like conflict, anger can have constructive results for society. It has motivated social change and growth. Have each student research one of the following people and report on what injustice angered them and the type of social action they were inspired to take. Other interesting questions concern what conflicts they encountered and how they responded. Martin Luther King Jr. Jane Addams Susan B. Anthony Ralph Nader Lucretia Mott Rachel Carson Dorothy Dix Joan Baez Ida Tarbell Gloria Steinem Mohandas K. Gandhi Emma Goldman   · Have students locate newspaper accounts of people who are using their anger constructively and destructively.   Discussion: What did you learn from this activity? How might you use anger constructively? What is an issue in society that makes you angry?   Reprinted from Peace Is The Whole World Smiling, 1994, with permission from Colonial Hills School. CURRICULUM INDEX
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