Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students collaboratively choose a community health need to address, plan the logistics for their service project, and document their planning process.
Filter by subjects:
Filter by audience:
Filter by unit » issue area:
find a lesson
Unit: Healthy Youth, Healthy Community (9-12)
Unit: Community Health and Safety
Grades:
3
4
5
Using a brainstormed list of health and safety issue areas, participants design and implement a survey. They poll a group of friends and family to determine what health and safety issues are of greatest concern in their community.
Unit: Character Education: Caring (Grade 6)
Grades:
6
7
8
Students brainstorm simple acts of kindness and design a bookmark as a reminder.
Unit: Introduction to Philanthropy
Grades:
6
7
8
Inspired by stories of service, young people define philanthropy concepts and actions. They brainstorm acts of kindness and determine how they will contribute to the common good.
Subjects
Unit: TeachOne: Coming Together for Environmental Action
Grades:
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
The learners explore the building grounds or neighborhood, looking for places that need extra attention and stewardship. When they find a spot to care for, they must find out who the stakeholders are and interview them. Listening to different perspectives before making a plan of action shows...
Unit: Project on Poverty and Homelessness at Sea Crest School
Grades:
6
7
8
Students learn facts about hunger and food insecurity and understand the three stages of hunger.
Grades:
6
7
8
Students research and compare statistics of the history of hunger and obesity around the world.
Unit: Cultural Competence
Unit:
Grades:
K
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
One of the keys to unlocking cultural competence is reading diverse books with characters and locations that represent a variety of cultures. In this activity, young people define and discuss the value of representation. They do an audit of a book collection to identify representation and gaps....
Unit:
Grades:
3
4
5
Students write to pen pals in a different community and discuss ideas related to a service project. For example, the pen pals may plan and monitor a canned-good donation project.
Unit: Art for the Common Good—Junkanoo!
Grades:
6
7
8
The groups wear their headdresses and perform a Junkanoo-like parade first internally and then to entertain a group that needs cheering or to teach about cooperation and respect for cultural expressions.