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Zapped! (Non-Verbal Communication)
Students communicate non-verbally while playing a game. They get other students in the room to sign a form, without speaking. They continue to collect signatures, until one of them who has been chosen to control the game winks at them....
Odyssey of the Mind
Odyssey of the Mind Curriculum Activity: GREAT TO COMMUNICATE
Humans love to communicate and they do it in so many different ways. The class investigates how people have used new inventions and technological innovations to communicate. They are divided into groups of three or four and given the...
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Effective Communication: Listening, Speaking, Writing, Interpreting
Help young learners become active listeners and strong public speakers with a set of activities that range from paraphrasing, to discussions, and self-reflection. Additionally, the lessons address social media skills and non-verbal...
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Fabulous Felines
Students learn how cats communicate with humans. In this non verbal communication lesson plan, students learn how cats communicate with humans. Students discuss how they communicate their thoughts and feelings and the differences between...
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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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Treasure Hunters
Students design an on campus treasure hunt to find various architectural vocabulary words which they then create definitions for on the blog page on the Environmental Design website.
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Challenge to Communicate
Students use Lewis and Clark's journals to identify the forms of non-verbal communication they used. They discover the problems they faced on their journey and how they overcame them. They practice using the non-verbal language of the...
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Communicate - Without Talking?
Students discuss and define communication and identify different ways of communicating with people. Students then practice team building and non-verbal communication skills as they work silently in small teams to put puzzles together.
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Social: Emotions, Health, and People
Picture cards can be a fantastic tool that learners can utilize to communicate their emotions and needs. This set of cards illustrates not only basic emotions, such as happiness, fear, or anger, but also certain illnesses a person might...
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Non-verbal Cues
Young scholars distinguish between verbal and nonverbal communication. In this communication series lesson plan, students identify the emotions portrayed by photos shown. They role play examples of good and bad listening skills.
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Leadership: Communicating With Your Peers
Young scholars explore communication by using non-verbal cues. In this body language lesson, students utilize blindfolds to communicate with classmates through words only, then use only physical actions to communicate and compare the...
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Challenge to Communicate
Pupils examine the journals from Lewis and Clark and identify how they spoke without using words. They participate in a game in which they use non-verbal communication with each other. They write their own journal entries to complete...
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ASL: Lesson 5
Sign language is an effective way to communicate with those special needs, hearing, impaired, and non-verbal pupils. This lesson provides a highly structured way to learn or teach ASL. Included are multiple links to images, descriptions,...
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4-H Communication Activity Page (Extension)
As part of the curriculum, students are expected to practice public speaking. Using this short activity sheet, with 20 questions, learners can explore the world of public speaking.
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Teaching Lewis and Clark: Challenge to Communicate
Students note instances in the journals of Lewis and Clark where they relied on non-verbal communication (sign language.) They discover some basic sign language and play a game in which they must use their new sign language skills to...
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Measurement
Learners investigate non-standard linear measurement. In this cross curriculum measurement lesson, students listen to the book Measuring Penny by Loreen Leedy, and identify pages in which non-standard measurement is used. Learners work...
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Canine Companions
Learners interpret canine verbal and non-verbal communication. In this dog communication lesson, students discuss dog communication through bark and body language. Learners study the 'reading canine body postures' worksheet and write...
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The Personal Touch: a Lesson in Expository Writing
Shake hands with all of your class members, sending a different verbal message as you go along. Give them practice in expository writing by having them describe the handshake and how it makes them feel. This is an exploration of...
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Interrupting and Disagreeing Politely
Explore communication by completing argument related worksheets. Learners discuss appropriate ways to communicate with someone they are having a disagreement with and what techniques are not polite. Students read example arguments and...
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Technology-Based Lesson on Letter Writing
Second graders discuss the non-verbal ways to communicate. They word process letters to their teachers expressing five of their favorite things to do after school. They set up e-mail and send their letters to an e-pal.
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Giving and Receiving Compliments
Students explain why giving sincere compliments is important. In this communication lesson, students describe ways to compliment someone either verbal or nonverbal. They discuss their ideas in class.
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Teddy Bear Project
Students take home an Australian Teddy Bear home and draw pictures, photograph, write or verbalize stories of what the bear did at their home. They make a book that is sent to their partner class.
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Body Language
Students practice communication skills. In this body language lesson, students compare verbal and nonverbal communication as they analyze body language and learn how it conveys emotions.
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Communication
Students brainstorm the different ways about how to tell someone "no". Individually, they evaluate how they communicate with others and how they can improve. To end the lesson, they work with a partner to practice listening and...