Social conflict II

Social Studies J.S.S 3 First Term

WEEK 5

Social conflict II

Performance Objectives

Students should be able to:

      1. Discuss the causes of conflict.

Content

Causes of conflict

Conflict can be caused by the following:

1. Selfishness: Selfishness often goes with cheating. This will normally generate conflict because the person cheated will negatively react to claim what belongs to him.

2. Resources: When individuals or group compete for resources such as money, materials etc it results in conflict.

3. Lack of co-operation: When people fail to work together as a team, it eventually leads to disagreement, misunderstanding and division.

4. Territory: When people or groups of people are competing over a particular boundary to their land, it brings about…