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Article
ReachOut USA

Reach Out Usa: Express Yourself

For Students 9th - 10th
ReachOut fact sheets are written by young people for young people and edited by a mental health professional. This page has suggestions for how to relieve tension and express yourself through activities such as art, writing, and sports.
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Handout
Integrated Publishing

Integrated Publishing: The Communication Process

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
With text and diagrams, this article surveys the communication process, which consists of a message being sent and received, either verbally or nonverbally.
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Unit Plan
Other

Cyber Talk/about Communications

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Links to several articles on interpersonal communication. Titles include "Know Your Style of Communication,"Listening as a Communications Skill," "Acknowledgment when Talking and Communicating Skills," "Conversations and Attending when...
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Lesson Plan
HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Following Directions

For Teachers 2nd - 7th Standards
Through this lesson plan, students demonstrate their understanding of the importance of following directions.
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Lesson Plan
American Forum for Global Education

American Forum for Global Education: Move, Feet, Move

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Making good choices is the economic principle explored here at the American Forum for Global Education. Children learn to "identify alternative choices in conflict situations" through the use of verbal and nonverbal cues.
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Handout
Museum of the City of San Francisco

Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco: When the Pony Express Was in Vogue

For Students 3rd - 8th
The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco provides this article from the 1925 San Francisco Newsletter on the Pony Express, the first transcontinental U.S. Mail service.
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Handout
University of Nebraska

University of Nebraska: Positive Parental Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
This article provides a list of positive things parents can do to help their teens, such as communication, supervision, participation, values, role modeling, and not giving in. Article can be found on page 7 of the PDF document.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Show and Tell

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson where students bring in items with which they play for "show and tell." After items have been described, those that are alike and those that are different are listed.
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Article
Character Lab

Character Lab: Great Expectations: Ask for What You Want

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This author cites an example from her own life that proves why communicating exactly what you want is so important in all aspects of life.
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Article
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Invention of Telephone

For Students 2nd - 8th
Explores the history of the telephone invention.
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Other

Queendom: Communication Skills Test

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Take the simple test. You may become aware of your strengths and/or weaknesses as a communicator. SL.9-10.1c Active Partic, SL.11-12.1c Questions/Part