Curriculum Map
Course Title: Public Speaking
Grade: 9 to 12
Unit (Name/Number): Listening Skills
Pacing: 5 to 8
Essential Question(s): Why is listening an important communication skill, and how can listening skills be improved?
Content/Key Concepts
Hearing versus Listening
Kinds of Listening and
Critical Thinking
Standards
Key Vocabulary
CC.1.5.9-12.C,
CC.1.5.9-12.D
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hearing
listening
CC.1.5.9-12.A,
CC.1.5.9-12.B,
CC.1.5.9-12.C
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appreciative listening
empathic listening
comprehensive listening
critical listening
Learning Activities/Resources
Self-evaluation of listening
PowerPoint comparing/contrasting
hearing and listening
Chapter 3 of The Art of Public
Speaking textbook
Provide types of listening
examples, through use of video,
skits, movie segments, etc.
Listening identification activity
Hypothetical situations of listening
Following directions activity
Evidence of Learning
(Assessments; Performance Tasks)
Chapter 3 quiz
Pre and post listening
evaluation
Presentation of one example
of each type of listening
Quiz on Types of Listening