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Centervention: Body Language Activities Using Telephone Game

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
In this activity, students will play the game of "Telephone" in two different ways. Students will first play "Telephone" with the traditional version of the the game and then only communicate via their body language.
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Yale University

Yale: Avalon Project: Telephone Communication From Robert Coulondre

For Students 9th - 10th
Communications between the French ambassador to Germany and the French minister of Foreign Affairs concerning the German invasion of Poland.
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Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Antonio Meucci

For Students 9th - 10th
A short biography about Antonio Meucci, best known for developing a voice communication apparatus that several sources credit as the first telephone.
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Technology of the 1800s

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Article considers the inventions and innovations in communication, transportation, and manufacturing that drove America forward in the nineteenth century. Includes a link to an interactive history of...