Curated OER
How Prophet-able Are You?
Pupils examine the role of prophets/advocates in society and define qualities and characteristics of an effective prophet. They list qualities of prophets and discuss which characteristic is most important.
Curated OER
Let's Put a Spin on Things: Graffiti Role Play
Fourth graders examine what is and what isn't graffiti. They role-play various scenarios, research the Graffiti Hurts website, and discuss when graffiti should be reported to local law enforcement.
Curated OER
Government and Parliament
Twelfth graders discover how the government works in the United Kingdom and the functions of the Parliament. They hold a mock election and campaign.
Curated OER
Civil liberties: Fundamental freedoms
Students explore civil liberties. They list and describe the fundamental freedoms guaranteed to Canadians. Students illustrate how Charter rights are applies. They examine current issues and suggest how the courts might apply Charter...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Boundless Communication: What You Can Accomplish With Public Speaking
This activity lists and discusses the benefits of public speaking including personal satisfaction, critical thinking, career advancement, social connections, and influence the world around you.
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Lumen: Boundless Communications: Significance of Ethics in Public Speaking
This lesson focuses on the importance of ethics in public speaking including being honest, free from plagiarized content, no falsehoods or conflict of interest, and free from abusive language. It also discusses the qualities of an active...
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Lumen: Boundless Communication: History of Public Speaking
This lesson offers a brief history of public speaking drawing upon the Western thought from Greece and Rome with Aristotle and Cicero. It lists and discusses the periods and the major speakers of each period.
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Lumen: Boundless Communications: Interaction in Public Speaking
This lesson focuses on interacting with your audience when delivering a presentation including direct questions and answers and body language.
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Lumen: Boundless Communications: Speaking in the Real World
Learners will learn practical tips for speaking in non-academic settings. SL.9-10.6 Adapt to task/formal. CSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.6
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Graffiti Wall: Discussing and Responding to Literature
New ways of thinking about text, collaboration with group members, and presentation skills are all developed with this instructional activity which could be applied to almost any novel read in class. Includes student handouts, an online...
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Lumen: Boundless Communications: Learning How to Speak Publicly
This site provides a variety of ways for people learn how to speak publicly and the best practices in preparing and presenting speeches. SL.9-10.4 Presentation
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Lumen: Boundless Communications: Speaking in the Real World
This lesson focuses on providing practical tips for speaking in a non-academic setting such as a wedding, charity event, or interview.
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Lumen: Boundless Communications: Understanding Bias in Language
This lesson focuses on bias in language such as gender and cultural bias and how to avoid them in public speaking. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.2.e
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Lumen: Boundless Communications: Managing Anxiety
This lesson focuses on tools to overcome a fear of public speaking caused by two types of anxiety, situational anxiety (stage fright) and trait anxiety.
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Lumen: Boundless Communications: Types of Public Speeches
This lesson focuses on the types of public speeches including informative, persuasive, and speeches for special occasions. It also discusses the difference between informative and persuasive speeches. SL.11-12.6 Speaking tasks
Other
Odyssey of the Mind Curriculum Activity: My Robot and Me
In this activity learners are asked to come up with ways a robot could help them. They are then required to write a humorous story about that robot and present it to the class. This activity encourages students to be creative while also...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Sl.4.4: Orally Report on a Topic or Text
Links to 75 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.4.4: Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to...
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 14: Who Rocks Your World?
In this lesson, a subject of high interest to students is the vehicle for teaching skills that may be perceived as boring to students. Nominating a performer for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame allows students to recognize...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What Makes a Good or Bad Leader?
After deciding on the criteria of a good leader, young scholars research either a good or bad leader, create a class presentation of that person which focuses on his/her impact on history. Students then write and perform a three to four...
CPALMS
Cpalms: A Piece of Cake
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will present their opinion through drawing, writing and speaking. Students will enjoy discussing their favorite animals, pizza and cake. Students will learn about...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Boundless Communications: Rehearsing the Speech
Learners will learn ways and reasons to rehearse for a speech.
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Lumen: Boundless Communications: Preparing Sensory Enhancements
This site provides four links to information about the effective use of sensory enhancements such as audio visual to your speeches. These include the do's of using sensory enhancements, the don'ts of using sensory enhancements, design...
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Lumen: Boundless Communications: Contextual Factors to Consider
In this Boundless Communication presentation, students will learn about contexts to consider when preparing a speech including physical, the psychology of audience, audience opinion of you and topic, and audience knowledge of the topic.
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Lumen: Boundless Communications: Deploying Style Effectively
This lesson focuses on rhetorical devices and how to use them effectively in public speaking. These include alliteration, antithesis, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, personification, repetition and parallelism, and simile and metaphor.