Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Bitesize: Different Ways to Communicate Online

For Students K - 1st
There are many different types of communication technology. They all have different strengths. It is important to think about which type of communication is best for each occasion. Learn about five different methods of online...
Article
Other

Personal Site: One to One Communication

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal site provides users with essential information on developing personal communication skills through mail and talk.
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Driving to Town Late to Mail a Letter

For Students 9th - 10th
This poem shares the story of the poet wasting time by driving around on a snowy night.
Handout
Other

Albury Local Internet: Internet Netiquette

For Students 9th - 10th
A list of general do's and don'ts for Internet etiquette for e-mail and chat.
Activity
Other

Smalltown Marketing: How to Make a Super Brochure or Mailing Piece

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents information on the purpose of brochures, mistakes to avoid, how to write brochure copy, and how to structure brochure.
Unit Plan
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Lives on the Railroad: Salisbury, North Carolina 1927

For Students 9th - 10th
Replica of the Salisbury, North Carolina railway station teaches about riding and working on the railroad in the 1920s when railroads were a central part of American life. Railroad lines crisscrossed the country. They carried people,...
Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Air and Space Museum: America by Air: Early Commercial Aviation

For Students 9th - 10th
Commercial airlines took flight soon after the Wright brothers' famous first flights. Read about how the U.S. government encouraged the development of air travel.
Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: Star Route Service

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of the contract service for carrying the mail, called Star Route Service. You can read a brief explanation of the Star Route scandal that came to a head during the term of Chester A. Arthur.
Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: You've Won a Prize!: Grades 3 5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars learn what spam is, the forms it takes, and then identify strategies for dealing with it. They compare junk mail to spam, learn tips for handling spam safely, and use those tips to answer questions on the student handout...
Activity
Other

Odyssey of the Mind: Tug O War

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work in groups as they use everyday objects (tissue, toothpicks, mailing label, straw, rubberband, Styrofoam cup, paper) to create "links that will be joined together to form a chain in a tug-of-war."
Activity
Other

Creating Brochures That Sell

For Students 9th - 10th
Quick review of purposes of company brochures, includes styles, copyediting, and other considerations in their production.
eBook
Other

Help for Growing and Starting Your Small Business

For Students 9th - 10th
"From 200+ ways to be your own boss and how to calculate your start-up costs to sample business plans and more all from Business Know-How."
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Middle Ages for Kids: A Knight's Armor and Weapons

For Students 3rd - 8th
Study a knight's armor and weapons from the Middle Ages and Medieval times including chain mail, metal plate armor, lances, and siege weapons on this website.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: History: Pony Express for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the Pony Express from the Old West on this site. Riders would swap horses at stations to deliver the mail faster to and from California.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Email Clarifying Questions

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
At the end of this lesson, students will demonstrate the use of commas, clarifying questions, and a friendly letter format by sending an email. Email is part of student's lives, and it is part of the digital landscape they will need to...
Article
University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 315: 1909 Sears Roebuck Catalog

For Students 9th - 10th
An informative article on what Americans could have bought from the Sears-Roebuck catalog back in 1909. This is a transcript of an accompanying radio broadcast.
Activity
Randall Davis

Esl Net World: What Is the Internet?

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource is a good tutorial introduction to the Internet and its basic parts provided for by ESL NetWorld.com. It describes a short history and the different components of the Internet.
Activity
Other

Webfoot.com: A Beginner's Guide to Effective Email Page Layout

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This website focuses on page layout and more specifically the length of paragraphs and lines as found in emails.
Article
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Letter Writing

For Students 4th - 6th
Provides an overview on how to write a letter.

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