Students will learn the fundamental principles of parliamentary procedure and use the procedure to create a plan for a service project in the community.
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Students will learn the fundamental principles of parliamentary procedure and use the procedure to create a plan for a service project in the community.
Young people recognize that nature is an important part of their world that needs their responsible care.
This experiential lesson involves building the garden and inviting people to enjoy and participate.
Young people convince others to take care of the beach or protect the Earth. They write an essay or make an advocacy poster.
This lesson is a reflection on the beach clean-up experience.
With guidance from a local environmental agency, prepare the youth in advance of volunteering their time to clean up a lake or river for the common good. Arrange a field trip that includes picking up trash and recording the data.
Youth will interact with older citizens in order to make intergenerational connections in the community, discover the wealth of history around us, and develop pride in and a sense of connection to their community.
Giving homemade blankets to help people who are homeless or young people in the hospital is a form of philanthropy (giving treasure). What is the best way to donate? Using a decision-making model, the young people compare blanket projects and determine whether they have the time, talent, and treasure to help fill a need. They determine what their opportunity cost will be to participate in the project. Finally they will vote for the project of their choice.
The young people create a video by compiling recordings of the songs and acting they did as a group to communicate the meaning of acting for the common good. They share their video with a local hospital, retirement community, or preschool as entertainment.
After researching the life and work of a chosen philanthropist from history, the learner takes on the role of that philanthropist in writing a letter back to the learner. In this letter, the philanthropist shares their motivations and feelings about their work, and compares and contrasts their work with the philanthropic work of the learner.