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Purpose:

The identification of the services provided by for-profit, nonprofit and governmental organizations and the drawing of community map that not only identifies the various services provided by these community organizations but also maps areas of need in the community form the intent of this lesson.

Duration:

Three 50 minute class periods which includes the field trip

Objectives:

The learner will:

  • differentiate between nonprofit, for profit, and governmental organizations.
  • map areas of need and non-profit organizations in the community. 
  • describe how community services are provided by nonprofit organizations.                                        

 

Materials:

 

  • Copies of the community's street map 

  • Video recorder/digital camera

 

Teacher Preparation:

If a walking 'field trip' around your community is prohibitive, then transportation services for a field trip will need to be made in advance of this lesson.

Instructional Procedure(s):

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.

  • Using the completed Student Survey on Philanthropy found in Lesson One (Attachment One), generate a list on the board which summarizes the information. Discuss the results. 
  • Review vocabulary words from the previous lesson, emphasizing the difference between for profit organizations, nonprofit organizations, and government organizations.
  • Explain that the class will be visiting the guest speaker's organization. Ask the learners if they have ever visited or volunteered at that organization or a similar one.  As a prelude to the visit, ask the learners the following questions about they think they can expect during their visit: 
    • What type of people will they meet? 
    • How will the place look? 
    • Will there be many clients/employees there? 
    • Is this a place where one might like to work in the future?
  • Inform the learners that they will be given a map of the route to complete while walking or riding the bus to the organization's site. On the map they are to mark areas they see that might be in need of some attention, as well as any organizations they might see along the way. The objective is to map the community for needs and identify at least five organizations that may or may not be in a position to meet these needs. To help expedite this process, devise map symbols for the learners to use.  (NOTE:  It is recommended that the nonprofit organization being visited be informed of the planned arrival time and that photographs be taken of student interactions while walking to or riding the bus and while touring the nonprofit organization.)
  • Visit the site and remind the learners to be alert to the way services are provided. 
  • Upon returning to the classroom, list on the display board student responses to the prompt: "What areas of need did you observe today?" "What organizations where you able to identify?" (NOTE: Keep both of these lists on display board for use in the next lesson.)
  • Reflect upon the questions discussed prior to the trip.   Ask students for additional comments on their visit.
  • Collect the learners' maps. 

 

Assessment:

Assessment:

  • Classroom discussion, attentiveness to the objectives of the field trip, and reflection
  • The completion and accuracy of the community maps   

 

Extension:

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?

Bibliographical References:

For additional related Units and Lesson see also www.learningtogive.org

 

Lesson Developed and Piloted by:

Adrian LaMar
Wyoming Public Schools
Newhall Middle School
Wyoming, MI 49509

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Unit Contents:

Overview:Community Connections Summary

Lessons:

1.
A Plethora of Philanthropy
2.
The Great Adventure
3.
The Little Letter that Could

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