Much has been written recently about the danger of secondhand smoke. Laws have been passed to limit that exposure in offices, transportation centers, and public areas. But what about apartment buildings, condos, public housing, and other...

Everyone has the right to a smokefree workplace, but those who work in casinos are exposed to so much secondhand smoke that they can suffer the same ailments as heavy smokers themselves. Learn more about the effects of secondhand smoke,...

Students explore the universal themes they find in the complete set of One World Posters, including art, history, literature and music.

This video lesson focuses on concrete and abstract language by defining them in a comparison form, providing examples of each, and providing practice in the form of listing words and asking students to classify them as concrete or abstract.

This slideshow focuses on how to revise writing using concise language by eliminating unnecessary words and redundancy, avoiding generic phrases, using active voice and familiar terms, and looking for just the right words to convey...

This slideshow lesson focuses on using concise language by eliminating wordy construction in writing. It explains why writing needs to be concise and ways to do so by eliminating unnecessary passive tense, wordy constructions, and words...

This slideshow lesson focuses on formal language. It reviews the basics of formal language and the need to know your audience. It explains how to change various types of informal language into formal language and provides examples....

This interesting map of India from the Perry-Castaneda Collection shows the three major language families in India along with the percentages of the minor religions in the country.

Details the official languages spoken in Kenya.

Includes short profiles of Noam Chomsky and B. F. Skinner, details of their ideas on language acquisition, the limitations of each perspective, and a chart of similarities and differences between their theories.

Learn how to greet a friend in eight different languages

This lesson discusses informal language and when it should be used. SL.9-10.6 Adapt to task/formal

Slideshow that explains how body language affects and influences others. Gives you information on how to make a good first impression.

This slideshow focuses on removing unnecessary qualifiers and intensifiers to make writing more concise. It defines each term, gives examples, shows how removing them does not affect sentence meaning, and provides a partial list of each.

This slideshow lesson compares writing to meat; lean meat is healthier for you as is lean writing. It lists common phrases to eliminate, explains intensifiers and suggests using them sparingly, provides a wordy paragraph and the trimmed...

This slideshow lesson focuses on identifying unnecessary modifiers and removing them from your writing. Rule of thumb: if the adjective does not tell the reader something the noun absolutely cannot, eliminate it. It provides student...

This lesson discusses limiting the use of elevated language in writing.

This lesson discusses the goal of concision in writing. It is 10 of 10 in the series titled "Concise Language."

This lesson introduces the concept of redundancy in writing. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Concise Language: Avoiding Redundancy."

This lesson discusses how to replace negatives with affirmatives. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Concise Language: Reframing Negatives."

This lesson goes over removing obvious information. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Concise Language: Stating the Obvious."

A brief introduction to the unifying elements of Arabic culture--language and religion--in a collection of images from around the Arabic world.

A short pictorial introduction to Hungary, with explanatory notes that describe the Hungarian language and some of the architectural highlights of the Hungarian capital Budapest.

A short pictorial introduction to Ireland, with explanatory notes that describe the Irish language, people, and landscape.