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Advancing Women: Learning Effective Workplace Communications

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Author provides simple but helpful guidance to start effective workplace communication. Advancing Women: Learning Effective Workplace Communications
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Texthelp: Making Essential Digital Communications Inclusive & Accessible

For Students 9th - 10th
Online content is often made inaccessible by our choices in font type, color, and size; the lack of captions on videos and alt tags on images; our use of complicated sentence structures; and, the lack of formatting and structure - to...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Do You Know How?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will write in a technical genre. "Technical writing conveys specific information about a technical subject to a specific audience for a specific purpose. The words and graphics of technical writing are meant to be practical:...
Article
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Cross Disciplinary Proficiencies: American Diploma Project Benchmarks

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students must graduate from high school with not only a firm foundation in mathematics and English, but also with the ability to approach with confidence new and unfamiliar tasks and challenges in college, the workplace and life....
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Improving Communication Tips for Managers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The site focuses on improving communications between managers and staff. The article also discusses the real needs for workplace communication.
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Communicating at Work: Five Basic Human Needs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will learn about the five basic human needs and how to address them in the workplace through these learning activities. An assessment is included.
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University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Engineering: Types of Documents

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site offers links to types of documents used to communicate information in the workplace. They include short reports, proposals, memos, case studies, and lab reports.
Article
PBS

Pbs: American Roots Music: Historical Background

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What is American roots music? The term "American roots music" may not be a familiar one, and requires some explanation. At the beginning of the 20th Century, the term "folk music" was used by scholars to describe music made by whites of...
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Effective Communication Skills:self Assessment Exercise

For Students 9th - 10th
Take this self-assessment to learn about your communication style and habits, so you can capitalize on your strengths and identify your bad habits. Additional information about working with people who have different communication styles.