Projects in Speech Communication
Grades 9–12
Hands-on communication projects in every chapter
- Prepare students for college and the workplace with project-based activities designed to build students’ interpersonal, group, and workplace communication skills through active learning.
- Using a consistent three-step process (prepare, present, evaluate), students learn critical communication skills from first-hand experience and reflection.
- Topics include
—interpersonal communication.
—problem solving and managing conflict.
—group and mass communication.
—public speaking.
—presentation types.
—cultural and gender communication issues
—career exploration. - Essential questions highlight relevant issues for critical thinking and analysis.
Effective, Lifelong Communication
Students engage in whole class, small group, and peer discussions about issues they will encounter in their personal, professional, and academic lives, including
- job and school interviews.
- preparing speeches to inform or persuade.
- social and ethical communication.
- writing speeches for special occasions or for competitive speech events.
- technology in everyday life.
