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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Should You Trust Your First Impression?

For Students 9th - 10th
You can't help it; sometimes, you just get a bad feeling about someone that's hard to shake. So, what's happening in your brain when you make that critical first judgment? Peter Mende-Siedlecki shares the social psychology of first...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Networking for the Networking Averse

For Students 9th - 10th
Networking can seem so hard- but not if you have the right advice. Lisa Green Chau outlines how being proactive and always saying yes can lead to future opportunities. [3:30]
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Facs: Communication

For Teachers 6th Standards
This lesson will engage students in discovery learning. Through various tasks, 6th graders will learn the characteristics and challenges in daily family life that may be experienced when living independently. Communication skills are...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Nice Kids Finish First: Study Finds Social Skills Can Predict Future

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Nice Kids Finish First: Study Finds Social Skills Can Predict Future Success" by Audie Cornish, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be...
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Handout
Other

Rmit University: Rmit Counselling Service: Talking to People [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This material on people skills discusses how to develop and maintain people skills. It also contains a section in the middle about the importance of receiving messages (listening) and common barriers to doing so.
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Handout
University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Learning to Be Assertive

For Students 9th - 10th
A one-page information page on learning how to be assertive.
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Lesson Plan
Other

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.