The purpose of the lesson is to create an awareness of local agencies that provide services for needy people, teens, and families in the community. Students will also learn the motivations for giving and see how help is provided to the community through the four sectors of the economy. Students...
In this lesson, students learn that we all have ideas and talents to make the world a better place. This is an opportunity to demonstrate and feel the impact of kindness, inclusion, and listening on a caring community. Students learn from a community helper about the needs they observe in the...
Using the plays from the previous lesson as a jumpstart, youth carry out a plan to share time and talent in the community. They may help at a local food pantry or donation center. After the visit, they reflect on the impact of their contribution to...
Learners take action for the common good to promote kindness in their school. They give smiley stickers to others or create posters to display around school with messages that promote kindness or teach people how to respond to bullying behavior.
The youth reflect on basic needs that may be difficult to meet when one doesn’t have a home. They take action by creating personal hygiene kits or asking a local nonprofit how they can help support their efforts to assist people who are homeless.
Young people learn about global efforts for universal mandatory education and equity for girls in school.
Young people investigate, plan, and facilitate a service-learning project that benefits refugees in their community.
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This lesson guides youth to take take action with a group. They plan and carry out a tikkun olam project of their choosing to help the local community.
Students will learn the fundamental principles of parliamentary procedure and use the procedure to create a plan for a service project in the community.
Students analyze survey results, choose a community health need, and design a service project to address it.