Describes a systematic way of increasing empathy of children through use of a daily class dialogue period, planned use of creativity techniques and action projects. (RH)

Illustrates secondary level speech communication class activities intended to teach the communication functions of ritualizing and sharing feelings and to develop students' competencies in understanding and using the functions in group and interpersonal contexts. (JMF)

The authors discuss the use of classroom games to help students prepare for future realities through exploring values and assumptions about the present and the future. They describe several commercial games and suggest that teachers (and students) also design their own games. (MF)

Reevaluates the "writing" task in business situations. Suggests that teachers broaden the scope of communication functions that they teach, adding dictation assignments to classwork. (RL)

Describes an exercise designed to help students experience the inequities of land and wealth distribution and to raise serious questions about solutions to those inequities. (FL)

Teachers can be effective health educators by setting a good example for students. (JD)

Briefly describes 15 different projects initiated by elementary school teachers which offer new ideas for motivating students. (CM)

Teachers share practical ideas for learning activities in the elementary school classroom. (CM)

Suggests a range of activities for prekindergarten and kindergarten children and teachers. (RH)

Describes a game which can be used to acquaint students with the basic elements of narrative fiction. (DD)

A teacher of gifted elementary students discusses her class's annual Shakespeare project which involves studying his life, reviewing familiar passages, and finally presenting one of his plays. (CL)

Finds that, while games are useful as a motivating device in foreign language teaching, many games decribed in the literature are not introduced because they seem to the teacher to be too complicated. Simplifications and variations of some well-known games are suggested. (IFS/WGA)

Lists the advantages of using simulation games in social studies classrooms for special education students, noting appropriate research and providing specific examples. (RL)

Notes six guidelines for selecting a research report topic. Shows how a class project on letterhead design not only fulfilled these guidelines but also developed student awareness of stylistic considerations important to effective business communication. (RL)

Discusses a money management unit helpful in explaining national and international economic systems to elementary social studies students. Individual, group, and class activities are described. For journal availability, see SO 505 448. (Author/DB)