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Worksheet #10: Transportation and Communication
In this transportation and communication learning exercise, students answer short answer questions about transportation and communication for the county they live in. Students answer 5 questions.
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We All Need Speed Limits
Pupils consider fluency and speed of reading. In this speed limits lesson, students discuss the importance of speed when reading and how the rate affects comprehension and listening skills. Teacher models think aloud as a strategy.
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Tuesday Tours: Communication
Students explore communication skills. In this career traits instructional activity, students are introduced to Eric Berne's Transactional Analysis Model of Communication. Students discuss the impact of verbal and nonverbal communication...
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Operation: Communication
In this communication worksheet, students create ways to communicate in different situations. Students are given 4 different situations.
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The Human Animal
Students explore non-verbal communication. In this animal communication lesson, students study body language and other forms of non-verbal communication. Students write a summary of their findings to discuss with the class. This lesson...
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Random Scenes
Young scholars perform a group pantomime. For this cooperative efforts lesson, students are placed in small groups and must work as a team to pantomime a scene chosen at random. The young scholars will engage in a reflection and class...
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Music: Follow the Drinking Gourd
Fourth graders use movement to express a concept. In this interdisciplinary instructional activity, 4th graders listen to the book, Follow the Drinking Gourd, which demonstrates the types of 'communication' used by slaves traveling the...
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Creative Dramatics
Learners create a pantomime. In this cooperative learning lesson, students are given a scenario to pantomime. Learners work in small groups and then create and perform a pantomime for the class.
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Changes In The New Nation: New Beginnings
Students consider the role of American newspapers in the revolution and plans for new government. In this early American history lesson, students determine how communication provided by newspapers contributed to the organization of the...
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Transportation and Communication
Learners take an in depth look at communication. In this communication lesson plan, students discuss the effectiveness of codes, languages, and transportation in communication. Learners participate in a problem solving activity that...
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Summarizing
Fifth graders write summaries. In this summarizing lesson students decide which events of a chapter in a book are important to summarizing. Students also create a title for the chapter based upon the contents of the chapter. Students...
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Prepositions
In this prepositions activity, students read examples of prepositions in transportation, time, communications, and when not to use them. Students then click on "continue with the exercise" at the bottom of the page to fill in 12...
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Do Not Open Until May 2000!
Students create a time capsule. In this time capsule lesson, students collect and record data about themselves to be stored in a time capsule that will be opened at the end of the year.
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Silent Movie
Students examine the impact of movies and television. In this communication lesson, students share filmstrips that lack sound and determine the genre of the segments. Students discuss popular movies and television shows from different...
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Learning to Communicate with Dogs: The Importance of Training
Learners learn the importance of communication especially when it comes to animals. Students are shown video clips of a dog displaying unwanted behavior. Learners participate in a class brainstorm where they list ideas of how people...
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Greetings
Students participate in greeting new people. In this greetings instructional activity, students greet people after modeling by the teacher. Sample rituals include, "Hello, how are you?; My name is...What is your name?"....
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Communication and Listening Skills
Students explore the attributes of effective communication. In this communication lesson plan, students determine how to effectively send and receive messages as they role-play the process.
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Language, Communication, and Successful Conflict Resolution
Students consider how communication skills may diffuse conflict. In this conflict resolution lesson, students play a word game and discuss how vocabulary may contribute to creating conflict of diffusing it.
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Communication – The Total Impact of Your Message
Students explore the facets of verbal and nonverbal communication. In this conflict resolution lesson, students discover multicultural communication dynamics as they discuss the implications of gesture and tone. Students practice verbal...
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Communicate with a Truck Driver
Eighth graders explore the truck driving profession and ways they use to communicate. In this truck driving lesson, 8th graders visit websites and use Twitter and podcasts to track a trucker's progress travelling through the United...
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Communication - An Introduction
Students define communication and identify its components. In this communication lesson, students read, discuss, and internalize the four pages of communication elements that include charts, vocabulary, and methods.
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Honesty in Writing
Eighth graders analyze the conveyance of honesty in written products. In this writing skills instructional activity, 8th graders discuss bias and fabrication in writing. Students practice sincere writing as they write statements...
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Dragon's Jewels
Students play a game about dragons and jewels to learn cooperation, coordination, communication, and to have fun. In this dragons and jewels lesson plan, one group of knights guard the jewels, and one group of dragons try to get the jewels.
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Wall to Peace: Deconstructing Divisions Among People and Cultures
Students analyze quotes and poetry related to relationships in society. In this civics instructional activity, students participate in small group debate game and focus on communication skills that reinforce civil discussion. Students...