Module outline

*This independent module should take about 6 hours to complete

Essential questions

• What is service learning?

• How can I make an impact through my service learning project?

Learning objective(s)

• Students will understand the difference between service learning, community service, and volunteering.

• Students will understand the value of completing a meaningful service learning project.

• Students will understand how to define, plan, and complete a meaningful service learning project.

Activities

• Introduce (~10 minutes)

  • Watch “Stages of Service Learning” video (4 minutes)

  • Review process and credit expectations, as well as Part I syllabus, with Nancy

• Expose (~1 hour)

  • Read “Service Learning 101”

    • Annotate article - ideas you agree with, ideas you question, ideas you want to know more about

  • Watch and take notes on TED talks

    • “Service and Schools - Partnership on Purpose” (13 minutes)

    • “Being Young and Making an Impact” (13 minutes)

    • Take notes on talks to remember main points of each talk

• Practice (30-60 minutes)

  • Check in with Nancy (bring your notes)

    • Discuss article and TED talks

    • Discuss your sense of service learning and your feelings about doing service

    • Discuss issues you are interested in - at CCHS, in school, in your broader community

• Create (3 hours)

  • Based on article, TED talks, and discussions, write an informative essay using this Classroom assignment about the context of service learning

    • Follow this basic outline:

      1. Introduction: hook, context, overview sentence

      2. Support #1: the purpose and process of service learning

      3. Support #2: what service learning can look like (use TED talks and discussions)

      4. Support #3: how you would like to make an impact

      5. Conclusion: where do you go from here? Why does this matter? What are your hopes and dreams for your project?

• Reflect (~1 hour; could be more if essay draft is completed poorly)

  • Evaluate your essay with this rubric (print a copy)

  • Check in with Nancy about your essay; revise as needed

Project ideas

Here are some project ideas to get you started, based on identified needs at CCHS and in the community:

• Mini Blessings compost system

• Avery Parsons reading buddies

• CCHS library maintenance and development

• CCHS food

  • breakfast burritos

  • coffee bar

• New furniture for the Commons

• Jr. Optimists

• GSA

• CCHS Bakery

• Develop outdoor spaces

  • Gazebo

  • Classroom space

  • Outdoor furniture

  • Wooden bench/chairs by entrance

  • Tile mural on north wall

  • Deer-resistant, drought-resistant plants

• New Bees/teen clothing drive

• BV Strong dinner support

• Public mural (Cottonwood Creek graffiti area)

Additional ideas to explore:

• https://www.ethicsed.org/project-ideas-for-service-learning.html

• https://www.estrellamountain.edu/students/service-learning/service-learning-ideas