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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Common Features of Conflict: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand the features common to all conflicts. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Common Features of Conflict."
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Article
Mind Tools

Introducation to Communication Skills

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article reveals the purpose of communication: to get your message across to others. This may seem elementary, but the process that involves both the sender of the message and the receiver is complex and can lead to confusion and...
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Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Collective Intelligence (Grades 9 12)

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students analyze the statement, "The whole is better than the sum of its parts," to understand the concepts of synergy and collective intelligence. They consider both the benefits and drawbacks of using collective intelligence in...
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Writing Persuasive Letters

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A lesson plan that prompts young scholars to write persuasive letters and lobby for issues they feel strongly about.
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Handout
Biz Move

Biz Move: Overcoming Communication Barriers How to Overcome Noise in Communication

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Discusses communication barriers, particularly in the work environment, and examines how to overcome them. Barriers discussed include noise, faulty feedback, poor media selection, mental barriers, poor word selection, time and space...
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Professional Doc
Other

Center for Human Systems: Team Conflict How to Manage It

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This site describes different kinds of conflict that occur in groups, and then it provides information on managing those conflicts. SL.11-12.1b Group Rules, SL.11-12.1d Resolve/Synthesize
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Handout
Lectric Law Library

'Lectric Law Library: Quorum

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site gives a legal definition of the term, Quorum.
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Professional Doc
Mind Tools

Mind Tools: Problem Solving Skills

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Discover the four basic steps in problem solving: defining the problem, generating alternatives, evaluating and selecting alternatives, and implementing solutions. The first step, defining the problem, is discussed in detail. Links to...
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Professional Doc
Colorado State University

Csu Writing Guides: Working in Groups

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Resource includes helpful advice and information about working together and writing in groups (collaborative writing). Provides nodes on such topics as purpose, ideas, decision-making, and more.
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Article
Other

Getting to the Point With Interest Based Negotiations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site defines interest-based negotiation, gives an example, and provides five good negotiation habits.
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Article
Other

Work 911: Cooperative Communication

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site defines "Cooperative Communication" and provides examples and information as to how to apply it. Although the article is geared toward the workplace, it applies to all forms of communication, especially when negotiating....
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Article
Other

Focusing on Interests Rather Than Positions Conflict

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains six rules to follow that will reduce conflict and increase cooperation when negotiating.
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Article
Other

Negotiation Styles in Mediation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article presents five styles or methods most often used by negotiators and methods of dealing with each.
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Website
Other

Survival Tips on Robert's Rules of Order

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides tips and guides to following Robert's Rules of Order in a practical setting. Content addresses many of the issues that come to pass during committee meetings and summarizes how Robert's Rules of Order addresses each...
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Handout
Brown University

Brown University: Debates

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Use this resource to learn how to engage in collaborative discourse and argumentation enhances student's conceptual understandings and refines their reasoning abilities. Be sure to click on the links to other resources.
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Article
Other

Inter Link: Achieving Effectiveness Through Team Communication

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Article discusses how to achieve better team communication. Lists the components of team communication along with barriers to effective communication. Also provides a section on feedback. SL.9-10.1d Possitive Communication Stratagies,...
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Graphic
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Conflict Map

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This graphic organizer focuses on conflict: identifying the conflict, listing possible resolutions, and determining the cause of the conflict. It can be used as a reading tool, a writing organizer, or solving a real-life conflict.
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Article
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Guidelines for Making the Program Work

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The article provides guidelines that will help you avoid management problems.
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Article
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Meetings That Deal With Conflict

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The site provides guidelines for facilitating a meeting that deals with conflict.
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Elements of Speech Communication

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson discusses the elements of speech communication including the speaker, message, types of channels, audience, and feedback.
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Handout
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Helping Your Audience Listen More

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on helping your audience listen better by offering strategies such as read feedback cues, employ strategies for maintaining audience focus, use strategies to maximize audience understanding, build credibility, and...
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Handout
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Conclusion

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on writing the conclusion of your speech including the role of the conclusion, summarizing ideas, signaling the end, and managing Q&A.
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Understanding Language

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on understanding the language, both verbal and non-verbal, of your speech. It discusses the importance of language, word choice, purpose and audience, ways of thinking about language, venue and occasion, and delivery.
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Managing Q&a

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on answering questions after or during an informative speech including how to prepare for Q&A by anticipating questions and practicing with a friend or colleague and methods of receiving and answering the questions.