Website
Other

A Primer on Parliamentary Procedure

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource lists the basic principles of holding a meeting and using the Parliamentary Procedure.
Unit Plan
Other

Partnership for 21st Century Skills: Skills Map for the Arts [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Arts education is part of the backbone of the 21st Century skills movement. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills had designed a map that provides examples of collaboration, communication, creativity, innovation, critical thinking,...
Unit Plan
Other

Partnership for 21st Century Skills: Skills Map for the Arts [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Arts education is part of the backbone of the 21st Century skills movement. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills had designed a map that provides examples of collaboration, communication, creativity, innovation, critical thinking,...
Article
Other

Communication Is Wonderful, if It Ever Takes Place

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a brief, but insightful article about the importance of communication, how we communicate, and why we sometimes fail to communicate.
eBook
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Albion: The Core Rules of Netiquette

For Students 9th - 10th
Excerpts from the book "Netiquette" which gives etiquette rules for using the Internet. Ten rules with explanations are presented.
Website
Other

Building a School Web Site

For Students 9th - 10th
A basic introduction to building Web sites. Includes getting started, communication, publishing power, files, words, pictures, color, links, and standards links.
Article
Other

Managing the Grapevine

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains an excellent description of this form of communication. Dealing effectively with the grapevine is fully explained. Reasons for communicating through a grapevine and how to effectively manage it are given.
Handout
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Pony Express: History of the Pony Express

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the beginnings of the Pony Express, the requirements to be a rider, and find out why this mail delivery system ended.
Website
Other

Ncte Framework for 21st Century Curriculum and Assessment

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An overview of the updates for the national standards for English Language Learners in a 21st century community. Set by the National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association, this site includes elements of...
Website
Other

Ncte Framework for 21st Century Curriculum and Assessment

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
An overview of the updates for the national standards for English Language Learners in a 21st century community. Set by the National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association, this site includes elements of...
Website
The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute: The Case Files: History of Communications

For Students 9th - 10th
Look back in time at some of the people who invented the first technologies for communicating across time and distance that form the foundations of today's information society.
Article
Other

University of St. Francis: Sam Walton

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the life and work of Sam Walton.
Website
Other

Introducing Plain Language

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site by Plain Language Online states that plain language "begins with the needs of the reader," which will determine why and how the writer writes. It goes on to elaborate on audience and purpose, idea organization, use of...
Graphic
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Help

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides a series of visual aids. Students will be able to communicate their need for assistance with the signs included on these pages.
Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: Fifteen Objects That Changed Postal History

For Students 9th - 10th
Useful information about the history of the postal system and about the changes in postal and transportation technologies that have made the U.S. Postal Service what it is today.
Graphic
Grammar Check

Grammar Check: 20 Writing Mistakes Even Native Speakers Make (Infographic)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This GrammarCheck infographic provides tips for fixing common writing mistakes. Information on errors related to homophones, apostrophes, commas, participles, and sentence structure are included.
PPT
TES Global

Tes: Emotions

For Students 1st - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This PowerPoint presentation contains art pieces that deal with different emotions. Students will analyze the art pieces and the associated emotions.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Eye Witness Reporting

For Teachers 5th
In this activity, the students will develop a briefing for a T.V. evening news program that summarizes their experiences surviving in the Amazon rainforest. The students will have the opportunity to role play as interviewer and...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Universal Language of Engineering Drawings

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice the ability to produce clear, complete, accurate and detailed design drawings through an engineering design challenge. Using only the specified materials, teams are challenged to draw a design for a wind-powered car....
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: For Those Back Home

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students review information learned during the past five lessons and activities of the Introduction to Engineering unit. Working in teams, they create flyers and short quizzes about various types of engineering to share with the class...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Hello, Are You Listening?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students gain a basic understanding of the engineering components behind telecommunications, in particular, the way telephone communication works to link one phone to another for conventional landline and cellular telephones. During this...
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Evening News

For Teachers 5th
In this lesson, the students will summarize their experiences in the Amazon rainforest by developing and presenting a briefing for a T.V. evening news program.
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Detail Drawings: Communicating With Engineers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are introduced to detail drawings and the importance of clearly documenting and communicating their designs. They are introduced to the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Y14.5 standard, which controls how engineers...
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: See the Genes

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Through this concluding activity and its associated activity, students experience one valuable and often overlooked skill of successful scientists and engineers- communicating work and ideas. Students create posters depicting their...