Communication Arts (BA)
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Building Bridges - Creative Wordworking 
Building Bridges - Crazy About Books
Building Bridges - Voices from the Past
Building Bridges - It's all in the Family
Building Bridges - A Parent's Guide to Public Speaking
Building Bridges - Teaching Resources
Communications 1 - Picking Up the Pieces 
Communications 2 - Putting It Together
Communications 3 – The Perfect Fit
Communications Group Activity Helper’s Guide
Communications Toolkit: Fun Skill-Building Activities
Intended for youth who enjoy creative writing, these materials contain ideas to stimulate self expression including sections on keeping journals, writing poetry, and other enjoyable ways to have fun with words.
National 4-H Council (4-H Mall)
Building Bridges - Crazy About Books
For youth who enjoy reading, this project includes a variety of enjoyable and creative activities for creating a book discussion project.
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Building Bridges - Voices from the Pasts
An inter-generational heritage project which teaches interviewing techniques, builds listening skills, and includes tips for putting together a finished project that can be publicly shared with others.
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For parents in busy families, this manual contains tips, games, exercises, activities and special projects that strengthen communication, promote literacy and creativity and help families develop healthy strategies for dealing with conflict.
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National 4-H Council (4-H Mall)
Building Bridges - A Parent's Guide to Public Speaking
Intended to help parents who want to support their child's public speaking efforts without getting in the way, this handbook discusses what's helpful and what's not.
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Building Bridges - Teaching Resources
Teaching activities, handouts, and program planning suggestions for 4-H agents and other youth educators to help them teach youth and adults about interpersonal communication, conflict resolution, creative expression, and public speaking.
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Communications 1 – Picking Up the Pieces
Youth engage in nonverbal, verbal, and written activities that stretch and strengthen personal communication skills. Encrypting codes, writing songs, giving directions, dealing with bullies, and making a statement through art are a few of the exciting activities. (40 pages)
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Communications 2 - Putting It Together
Youth practice and gain confidence in communicating in a variety of situations. They gain confidence as strong communicators as they present oral reasons, plan and present speeches, communicate assertively, practice making a good first impression and mentor others. (40 pages)
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Communications 3 – The Perfect Fit
Youth polish their communication skills and develop a public presence by speaking in public, exploring communication careers, writing resumes, interviewing for a job, developing presentations, dealing with anxiety and much more! (40 pages)
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Communications Group Activity Helper’s Guide
Helpers support youth as they interact, and strengthen personal communication skills through skillathons, communication games, demonstrations and creating advertisements. (40 pages)
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Communications Toolkit: Fun Skill-Building Activities
The toolkit provides fun, easy and meaningful communication activities for many youth settings. Hands-on activities help kids build on their skills in public speaking, writing, graphics, and video, media and technology.
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