MS.33 Approaching New People
This is a LifeKnowledge middle school lesson (MS.33, “Approaching New People”) that teaches students personal and social skills for initiating relationships with others. Through role-plays, card-based group activities, and a teacher demonstration, students explore the benefits of approaching new people and practice helpful skills such as eye contact, handshakes, etiquette, repeating names, self-introduction, and listening.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Identify the benefits of approaching new people.
- Demonstrate skills helpful when approaching new people.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 50 minutes.
- Grade level
- Middle School
- Materials
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- Index cards-one per student, left at students' seats
- Blank paper-one per student
- Music, something fun and recognizable-oldies are always good
- Deck of cards
- MS.33.Assess-one per student
- MS.33.TM.A
- MS.33.TM.B
- MS.33.AS.A
- Unit
- Stage Two of Development-WE
- Problem Area
- How Do I Initiate Relationships with Others?
- Precepts
- H3: Develop and maintain relationships.
- Key Terms
- None provided
- Resources
- Coles, Joan, and Elizabeth Post. Emily Post's Teen Etiquette. New York, NY: Harper Collins, 1995. Newstrom, John, and Edward Scannell. The Big Book of Team Building Games. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1998. Post, Peggy. Everyday Etiquette. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 1999.
- Evaluation
- Written test
Downloads & Links
Lesson plan
Presentation
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NL-ENG.K12.4Communication Skills – Students adjust their use of spoken, written, and visual language to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and for different purposes.