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Exploring Community Through Local History: Oral Stories, Landmarks and Traditions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the history of their local community. In this local history lesson, students analyze primary documents to develop an understanding of the local culture and traditions of their local community.
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Philanthropy - What Is It?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the meaning of the word philanthropy and identify examples of philanthropy in their home, school and community. They design a poster to communicate the meaning and impact of philanthropy.
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The Community of Fun

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in a parachute activity. In this physical education lesson, students use teamwork to lift a parachute and keep soft balls on top of it. Students demonstrate how working together can accomplish a goal.
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Cans Make a Difference

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students design a service-learning project with pen pals. In this philanthropy activity, students research various charitable organizations with a pen pal and collect cans in order to get money for a donation. Students write to their pen...
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Rain Garden

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers build rain gardens. In this community service lesson, students study the effectiveness of rain gardens in allowing water to run off. High schoolers build a community rain garden at their school.
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Dance: Cultural Dance Festival

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners participate in a folk dance presentation. In this multi-cultural lesson plan, students and their families work together to learn and perform folk dances at a school sponsored festival. The teacher acts as facilitator, working...
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You Are Uniquely You

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover their unique attributes and complete a group service project. In this service project lesson plan, students work in groups to define an audience, create a service project based on boosting the audience's confidence, and...
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Mission Shield

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners engage in a lesson that is about the mission of a community oriented education plan. The class has created a plan and each member of the class has responsibilities. They draw a shield and use it as a graphic organizer and fill...
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Pee Wee Scouts

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students read books to discover the importance of friendship, teamwork, and community service. After reading the book, they discuss conflict resolution strategies. Students discuss healthy eating food pyramids. They write an essay...
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Topic Books: People Who Help Us

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this ESL community helpers worksheet, learners assemble the booklet and read about 7 community helpers. Students then respond to 9 true or false questions and 4 matching questions regarding the information they read.
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Compliments

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice giving and receiving compliments. In this classroom community activity, students discuss their feelings and what causes them to change. They list reasons their classroom is a good place to be. Students define what a...
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Why Are People Hungry?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Pupils discuss why many people don't have a balanced diet with nutritious food in order to not be hungry. In this hungry lesson plan, students learn what it means to eat healthy and start a service project for their community to help...
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Understanding Service Learning

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students define service learning and reflect on the purpose of the Global Youth Service Day. In this service learning lesson, students discuss and define service learning projects and the role youth has in their community. Students write...
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Teamwork and Leadership

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students complete activities as an analysis of leadership, teamwork, and community service. For this teamwork and leadership lesson, students discuss teamwork and read an example of it. Students participate in a teamwork building...
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Let's Make Lemonade

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students respond to visual text. In this visual text lesson, students respond to the text, If God Gives You Lemons by making a poster advertising a lemonade sale. They listen to the story before decorating the posters with geometric...
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We Are Philanthropists- Soup service Families

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students complete a service project. In this philanthropy lesson, students gather with their families to discuss how they can give to others. Students and their families prepare jars of dried soup mix that will be distributed to local...
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Working Animals

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars examine the need for the humane treatment of animals. In this animal welfare activity, students realize the need for animal welfare, and decide on a service project that will promote it. The activity culminates in the...
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Fighting Hunger

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students participate in a service-learning project to help combat hunger in their community. For this current events lesson, students discuss possible causes for hunger in the United States. Students read a short story, conduct online...
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7 Steps for Creating a Socially Conscious Community

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders examine the steps that one can take to turn awareness of a human rights abuse into action it.  In this Current events instructional activity, 12th graders analyze the compelling factors which can influence personal action...
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Back-to-School Bulletin Board Templates

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Spiff up your classroom walls with three adorable templates! Each hot air balloon, puzzle piece, or surfboard can be decorated by a teacher or pupil and pinned up on the wall to create a cute class display.
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Create a Book on Tape

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
Learners of all ages record themselves reading their favorite books with accuracy and feeling. They must read with sound effects and consider the audience for whom the tape is being made. They are assessed based on the quality of their...
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Celebrating the Community

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work to improve the community by generating funds to address a community need. In this community service project, students sponsor a event for the community. Students write letters to local representatives and invitations to the...
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Using the Tools in Your Community

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research a profession in their community that uses tools to help the community. In this professions lesson plan, 3rd graders complete computer research to research the profession and present it to the class.
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Health Services in the Community

For Teachers 4th - 5th
The students will learn about and do research on health care workers. In this lesson plan students learn about community health care workers through doing research. Their final work is then collated to make a class book.

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