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Character and Citizenship Education
Learners analyze the importance of being a socially healthy citizen. For this character education lesson, students brainstorm personal traits that they think make the world a better place. Learners compile their ideas as a class to...
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Now You Have It, Now You Don't
Fifth graders explore the value of service. In this consumer practices lesson, 5th graders investigate natural resource protection needs. Students participate in the preservation of natural resources through service learning.
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I've Been Working in the Neighborhood
Pupils explore community helpers. In this social studies lesson, students research a variety of community helpers. Pupils choose a community helper and explain why they would want to spend a day helping that worker.
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Working with Elders
Learners identify the need to help the elders within their community. In this community service lesson plan, students discuss the importance of family and what families do for each other. Learners then volunteer their time to...
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Big Words
Students discover philanthropy. In this philanthropic lesson, students read Martin's Big Words and explore voluntarily being nice to people. Students discover how they may perform acts of service for others. Extension activities are...
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Office Secretary
Students explore school secretaries. For this ELL vocabulary and language development lesson, students look at pictures of school secretaries performing various jobs and give oral descriptions of what they see. Students visit the school...
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Giving Cheer
Students explore kind behavior. In this values development and literacy lesson, students listen to The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein, then generate a class list of ways the tree helped the boy and ways in which the boy helped the tree....
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A Haring Holiday
Learners create a holiday ornament. In this Keith Haring art lesson, students use paper mache to make 3-dimensional ornaments that resemble his work. Learners cut out felt shapes of babies, dogs and angels then sew them together and...
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Dream Bag
Students discover the functions of different types of bags. In this product design lesson, students discuss they types of bags that people use and then create their own bags for their own purposes.
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Our Town
Students discover what makes a community run smoothly by reading signs and visiting various places in their community. In this social studies lesson, small groups of students take photographs of community signs and places and then ask...
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Animal Shelter Service Project
Students complete a community service project. For this community service lesson, students discuss the needs of animals in animal shelters. They contact an animal shelter and help with one of these needs.
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Community Careers
Students explore services in their community. In this community services instructional activity, students discuss community services and work in teams to list the jobs within the service. Students may also shadow a worker from that...
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Create Your Own Service Project
Students develop a community service project. In this service project lesson, students identify a concern within their community, set a goal, from a plan, and carryout a service project using the project guidelines.
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Teamwork and Leadership
Students complete activities as an analysis of leadership, teamwork, and community service. In this teamwork and leadership lesson, students discuss teamwork and read an example of it. Students participate in a teamwork building activity...
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Rain Garden
Learners build rain gardens. In this community service lesson plan, students study the effectiveness of rain gardens in allowing water to run off. Learners build a community rain garden at their school.
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Applying for a Job
Students apply for a job and create a resume. In this applying for a job lesson plan, students write a resume for themselves. Resume is designed for real world application.
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Understanding Service Learning
Students define service learning and reflect on the purpose of the Global Youth Service Day. In this service learning lesson, students discuss and define service learning projects and the role youth has in their community. Students write...
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Reflect & Celebrate
Students complete activities to learn about service learning. In this community service lesson, students answer reflection questions about community service. Students create thank you cards and letters to sponsors, government officials,...
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Holiday Giving From the Classroom
Students participate in a holiday giving activity to learn about community involvement. In this community outreach lesson, students discuss giving and receiving as well as the gift of time. Students prepare songs and holiday cards to...
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Helping Others
Students explore community service. In this character development and community lesson, students sing a song based on the fable The Lion and the Mouse. Students participate in a discussion about kindness, and generate ideas for...
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Families and Neighborhoods
Students investigate the characteristics of a neighborhood. In this communities lesson, students read the book Franklin's Neighborhood and list people and places in their community. Students create a neighborhood mural.
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My Promise
Young scholars define their own civic responsibility and create a PowerPoint presentation about their volunteer efforts. In this civic responsibility lesson, students define the word volunteer and read an article about a volunteer in...
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Why Volunteer?
Students explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning lesson, students explore the spirit of volunteering as they locate news articles or advertisements regarding the topic. Students discuss whom benefits from volunteer...
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It's All in the Making: Our Local Organizations
Students study African American nonprofit organizations. In this nonprofit organizations lesson plan, students discuss African American organizations. Students research the NAACP and NUL website. Students design posters for both groups....