Three 50 minute class periods which includes the field trip
The learner will:
Copies of the community's street map
Video recorder/digital camera
Anticipatory Set:
Ask the learners to share what they would do if they were truly in need of something. Ask them if they think everyone would approach 'getting their needs met' in the same way. Ask them if they sometimes don't express their need, but hope that someone will recognize it and do something about it. Challenge them to share how someone might know when there is a need if it is something that is not always visible or expressed, such as hunger. Tell them that today they will be taking a field trip to the local organization that yesterday's speaker represented, but that a few things need to be discussed before actually going there.
Assessment:
Assign a journal entry, that would have the learners reflect on their field trip experience by describing a need served by the organization they visited. Describe how this organization ,and others like, it provides a valued service in the community and whether or not they would consider this type of organization to be a good place to work in the future, expanding that to include a responses as to Why? or Why Not?
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Lesson Developed and Piloted by:
Adrian LaMarAll rights reserved. Permission is granted to freely use this information for nonprofit (noncommercial), educational purposes only. Copyright must be acknowledged on all copies.