Curated OER
Humpty Dumpty Webquest
Students explore and dramatize the nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty." They explore a variety of nursery rhyme websites, and listen to, dramatize, and recite Humpty Dumpty. Students also answer comprehension questions and sequence the...
Curated OER
Size, Shape, and Color
Pupils demonstrate that they can identify simple geometric shapes and compare them by color and size accordingly: by the main shapes, sizes, and color. They comprehend the names of the sizes, shapes and colors in the target language.
Curated OER
Investing
Students collect data on investments and draw conclusions. For this algebra lesson, students analyze exponential graphs as they relate to money. They discuss the cause of an account balance being high or low.
Curated OER
Hidie Ho H!
Students become more familiar with the letter and sound of h by using the poem, Humpty Dumpty. They are given a sequencing sheet, a pair of scissors, crayons, and a piece of construction paper and told to put pictures in the correct order.
Curated OER
Make Your Own "Weather" Map
Students create their own "weather" map using data from x-ray sources. They analyze and discuss why it is important to organize data in a fashion in which is easy to read. They compare and contrast different x-ray sources using a stellar...
Other
Communication Is Wonderful, if It Ever Takes Place
This is a brief, but insightful article about the importance of communication, how we communicate, and why we sometimes fail to communicate.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Facs: Communication
This lesson plan is to help students identify good listening and talking skills. The different kinds of communication are verbal, written, and non-verbal. Included in this instructional activity are activities for each type of...
Other
Wghill.com: Body Language and Non Verbal Communications
This site contains links about body language and non verbal communication skills. The links are about making good body language and non verbal communication skills such as eye contact and smiling.
Biz Move
Biz Move: Master Your Non Verbal Communication Skills
This article dicusses many aspects of nonverbal communication - eye contact, facial expressions, distance, paralanguage, and more. This is a very good introduction to the subject.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Other Communication Styles: Lesson 2
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand that different cultures may attribute very different meanings to a wide range of non-verbal symbols. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Other Communication Styles."
Other
Life Long Earning: Communication Skills
Brief definitions of communication skills terms along with examples of how a student might combine these skills into projects and real-world applications.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Boundless Communications: Understanding Language
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.
College Grad
Job Hunter: The Nonverbal Interview Technique
This article discusses the non-verbal communications skills that need to be mastered in order to succeed in an interview.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Cultural Communication Styles: Lesson 2
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand that communication symbols and styles vary in meaning and application between cultures. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Cultural Communication Styles."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Encoding Information: Lesson 2
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand that information can be encoded in multiple ways during communication. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Encoding Information."
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Teacher Resources: "Deer Talk" Activity
For this activity, students will learn to recognize how deer use non-verbal communication for mutual protection and interaction within a group and the importance of this language to the survival of the group.
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: Intercultural Communication: Gestures
In this learning module, students will recognize common gestures and identify the meanings associated with those gestures.
Peace Corps
Peace Corps: Culture Matters Workbook
In-depth and thoughtful look at culture and the role it plays in our lives. Site includes lessons and handouts, articles about how non-Americans view Americans, what it's like to be from a different culture, the roots of American culture...
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon: Facial Expression Analysis
Introduces facial expression and the steps to understanding what the expressions mean. Includes pictures and links.
University of Pennsylvania
U Penn Library: Dreiser's Critical Reputation
A scholarly paper on Theodore Dreiser's "Sister Carrie" and the problem of using words to communicate as opposed to tone and other non-verbal means.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Life's Little Questions: Investigate the Yawn
Explore observational psychology by conducting an informal study on yawning. Present an oral essay before a group while continually interrupting the talk with yawns, observe the reactions of the audience and ask them to explain their...
Curated OER
Carnegie Mellon: Facial Expression Analysis
Introduces facial expression and the steps to understanding what the expressions mean. Includes pictures and links.
Curated OER
Carnegie Mellon: Facial Expression Analysis
Introduces facial expression and the steps to understanding what the expressions mean. Includes pictures and links.
Curated OER
Carnegie Mellon: Facial Expression Analysis
Introduces facial expression and the steps to understanding what the expressions mean. Includes pictures and links.