The learner will experience the process of identifying needs of the community and making decisions based on the urgency of those needs. They will also experience the planning process that occurs when developing steps to alleviate the need....

This lesson consists of research and project-work days. Students will work through the various worksheets in their groups, developing their projects while relying on what they learned in previous sessions. They use a decision matrix and work collaboratively to fine-tune their...

Students will finalize the project and its scope.

The purpose of this lesson is to encourage students to use their talents and cooperation skills to build a caring community outside the classroom. ...

Learners come to a consensus about which issue to address. Students play a cooperative game that illustrates the concept of a partnership. Students identify the community organizations available in their neighborhood. With teacher help, learners make a plan for a service-learning project...

The purpose of this lesson is to have students describe the planning process of setting up a service project.

Each student sets an individual goal using a goal-setting strategy. The class reflects on perseverance and how to persevere when the plan gets difficult to carry out.

The students will investigate what is already being done in their school to reduce pollution. They will create and carry out a service learning plan to enhance this effort.