Students investigate the skills necessary to become an assertive person while examining the strengths of communication that is needed. The benefits of being assertive are also covered. Teachers demonstrate and model the assertive behaviors.

Learners identify and discuss different types of conflicts in which they have been involved, discuss positives and negatives about how conflicts were resolved, and role play situations discussed to practice conflict resolution skills.

Students work together with a partner in which they blindfold. With their partner, they must communicate directions to them that allows them to make it across the spook walk. To end the lesson, they discuss the communication skills they...

Students discuss the importance of good listening skills. In groups, they participate in various scenerios in which they practice reflective and active listening. To end the lesson, they complete a listening quiz and compare it to one...

Young scholars role play a visit to the doctor's office to practice communicating their symptoms to a health professional. They view an internet example of a patient discussing a medical issue with a doctor and then pair up to share...

Students distinguish between effective and ineffective communication techniques and apply their knowledge of successful interactions with authority figures to workplace situations. They also use teamwork, communication, and analytical...

Students with disabilities are tested in the use of language and taught the skill of asking for repetition in order to gain clarification and thus improve comprehension. They are assessed according to the practice of asking with...

Students practice their speaking skills by sharing information during show and tell about one object. Before giving their speech, they must analyze the relationship and space between them and the audience. They are evaluated by a...

Students work in groups to create silent videos or still images that define or represent adjectives. They share their creations with the other groups in class to see if they can determine the adjective their project represented.

Third graders discover the main purpose for totem poles was to communicate with others. In groups, they compare and contrast the four types of totem poles and the various symbols used. They write their own stories based off of pictures...

Students work in teams, participate in the "Lifeboat Game." Discussion following the game helps students process the activity to realize teamwork skills they used to facilitate meeting their game goal. Students identify and relate the...

Learners communicate non-verbally while playing a game. They get other students in the room to sign a form, without speaking. They continue to collect signatures, until one of them who has been chosen to control the game winks at them....

High schoolers review career options, resumes, and job applications. They compile a job portfolio using the items listed on the job kit page then write resumes and cover letters.

Learners work in pairs to improve their communication skills through a drawing activity. They draw a figure on their papers and describe to each other what was drawn.

Students examine the journals from Lewis and Clark and identify how they spoke without using words. They participate in a game in which they use non-verbal communication with each other. They write their own journal entries to complete...

Students are given different paragraphs from a story called David's Day. They are to place their paragraph on a scalce from happy to sad. They are to identify behaviors which would make David feel better.

Students practice how to be a good listener. They take a pre-test and then discuss their results. They also practice "I" messages in which they state how someone else's behavior is affecting them.

Fourth graders read aged letters that describe communities or stops along the route of the early Pony Express. Each day they mark on a map where the letters come from and chart the Pony Express route. They compare to today's mail and...

Students conduct interviews of several resource people such as the school counselor, school nurse, or librarian to describe how these resource people could be helpful to them with family or sexual health concerns.

Students describe their family in their new language French. They use adjectives, and proper gender. Then they describe how the family is alike and different.

Students fine tune their communication skills to include expressing the ideas of others, as well as their own opinions. They must practice a number of times before feeling comfortable using them in every day conversations.

Young scholars experience how to make decisions other than by default, by whim or chance, on the basis of emotions, or because of influence from others. They can make sound, healthy decisions by using a modification of the scientific...

Students analyze the benefits of teamwork and communication techniques. In this teamwork and communication lesson, students participate in a teamwork and communication activity. Students also complete a related worksheet.

Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concept of transportation and focus upon carpooling to work. They role play the skill of asking for a ride and making arrangements for a transportation schedule. Students reflect...