This lesson teaches how to journal about their own experiences and feelings. It is intended to be taught in conjunction with a project of civic engagement or service. The project provides content and a context for journaling about personal experience.
Learners explore the contributions and recommendations of Benjamin Franklin as a person who engaged in active citizenship.
The learners identify a common area where trash accumulates and plan a clean-up project.
In this lesson, learners explore their personal responsibility to the community. They recognize that everyone has something to give, and that includes them. The learners brainstorm local philanthropists and positive traits of their own communities. They assess local needs and make a plan to...
Young people get outside and play in nature and recognize the beauty of diverse living things in their environment. Their service project is to take action to protect nature and share nature with someone else.
Students will learn about federal social service programs over time and SNAP, the food assistance program.
Children interview and write a story about a person in their family or community. They share their stories to celebrate the unique differences in people in the community.
Youth make a plan as empowered and responsible members of the civil society to take action to prevent bullying behavior while being sensitive to the people involved, from the victim to the bystander to the bully.
Participants explore Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s thoughts about serving and taking action. They give examples of service and social action by one person that can change the world.
Students will describe how local nonprofits help the community.