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Kendall, Diane S. – Intercom, 1981
Presents a learning activity in which secondary students read about and analyze the legal institutions of an African tribe called the Ibo. Students compare the Ibo's precolonial system of resolving disputes with the U.S. system. (AM)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Language Arts
Stillman, Peter R. – Intercom, 1978
A series of activities to help junior high school students build a conceptual model of communication. Through games and reading selections, students become familiar with dialect and jargon; consider the thesis that language is behavior; and understand how easy it is to fail to communicate with other people. (Author/AV)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Dialects, Idioms, Interpersonal Competence
Stillman, Peter R. – Intercom, 1978
Activities to increase student awareness of problems related to learning to communicate with others. Students develop profiles of their classmates and role play scenes from their partners' daily lives. (Author/AV)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Friendship, Interpersonal Competence, Junior High School Students
King, David C. – Intercom, 1978
A series of activities to help junior high school students understand that common barriers to communication are cultural differences, ethnocentrism, prejudice, and misinterpretation. (Author/AV)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Problems, Cultural Differences, Ethnocentrism
