Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Communication

Melissa Goodwin, MS, is a writer, techie, scientist, and mother of two children. She promotes the 3 Cs to facilitate learning for educational and private organizations.Catherine Sommervold, EdD, helps organizations and leaders incorporate the 3 Cs, manage change, and make decisions. She is an executive, coach, and writer who lives in South Dakota with her husband and three sons.

Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Communication: Strategies to Increase Students' Skills is affirming, giving specific names to the work I already do in my classroom. Additionally, it was simple. Teaching, on the whole, is not a complicated process. If educators are passionate and engaged, our students will do the same. This book acknowledges what we do well and gives us encouragement to continue building creative, communicative, critical young minds.

• PrefaceIntroductionSection I: Background and DefinitionChapter 1: Asking the Right QuestionsChapter 2: Consilience in the 21st CenturyChapter 3: How We Got HereChapter 4: The 3 CsSection II: Strategies for Using the 3 CsChapter 5: CreativityChapter 6: Critical ThinkingChapter 7: CommunicationAppendix: Lesson Plan ExamplesLesson Plan TemplateMath Lesson PlanScience Lesson PlansReading/Literature Lesson PlansU.S./World History Lesson PlanArt Lesson PlanPhysical Education/Health Lesson PlansReferences