Conflict student handout
- 3. Activating Prior Knowledge: Conflict Terms & Types
Situation: Ivan Proble Ham is having some trouble. He was supposed to design a cartoon
using different types of conflict. He had it mostly complete when a big gust of wind came
along and blew most of his work away! Can you help Mr. Ivan Proble Ham finish is cartoon
before the newspaper goes to print?
Using the word bank below, you will fill in the type of conflict that belongs in each square
on the chart. Finally, draw a picture or write an example that represents the correct type
of conflict.
Student Name:_____________________________ Date:_______
Person v. Person Person v. Self Person v. Society Person v. Technology Person v. Nature
Type of Conflict Definition Example
Internal struggle inside one’s
own self.
External struggle between two
forces
External struggle with the forces
of nature
External struggle against societal
rules, regulations, and guidelines
External struggle with electronic
devices or piece of technology
© Julie Faulkner
- 4. Conflict Identification Task
Card
What type of conflict is
present below?
In William Shakespeare's
Hamlet, Hamlet struggles with
when and how to carry out his
father's ghost's order to kill his
uncle, who has married Hamlet's
mother and usurped his father's
position as king.
Conflict Identification Task
Card
What type of conflict is
present below?
In Harry Potter books, Harry
engages in an ongoing battle
against Lord Voldemort, who
has sworn to kill him because
of a prophecy that he will
lead to Voldemort's downfall.
Conflict Identification Task
Card
What type of conflict is
present below?
In Jack London's short story
"To Build a Fire" a man and
his dog as they travel the
wilderness of the Yukon Trail
fighting against the bitter cold
to get to their destination.
Conflict Identification Task
Card
What type of conflict is
present below?
In the play 12 Angry Men,
Juror Eight chooses to be the
sole person to advocate a not
guilty verdict in a murder trial,
and faces the task of
changing his 11 opponents'
minds.
Answer: Person v. Self; internal Answer: Person v. Person; external
Answer: Person v. Nature; external Answer: Person v. Society; external
© Julie Faulkner
- 5. Conflict Identification Task
Card
What type of conflict is
present below?
In Star Wars Luke Skywalker
fights with Darth Vader in a
battle of good v. evil.
Conflict Identification Task
Card
What type of conflict is
present below?
In Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit
451, a fireman whose job is
to burn books, secretly
collects them.
Conflict Identification Task
Card
What type of conflict is
present below?
In the Transformer movies,
the US government battles
the Decepticons, evil robots
who want to take over the
planet.
Conflict Identification Task
Card
What type of conflict is
present below?
Yann Martel's Life of Pi is the
story of a young man who
survives a harrowing
shipwreck and months in a
lifeboat with a large Bengal
tiger named Richard Parker.
Answer: Person v. Person; external Answer: Person v. society; external
Answer: Person v. technology; external Answer: Person v. nature; external
© Julie Faulkner
