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Service learning Common Core SL.7.1 resources
Intro to Leadership or Student Council Middle High School Unit
Start your Leadership class or Student Council off on a successful year with this introductory unit filled with enough student-centered, get-them-thinking activities to use for 2-3 years before any repeats- great if students are in student government year after year! Then, culminate student learning and growth with a campus-wide Kindness Project to kick off a positive year.This unit kit comes in both print PDF and digital for Google Slides!Greatness is maximizing all group members' strengths to
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Also included in: Leadership Student Council Full Course for Middle High School Advisors
Student Council Leadership Activity Project Planning Forms Template Kit
Use this universal activity and project planning kit to let your Student Council officers and Leadership students take charge. Everything from the back-to-school assembly and Homecoming week to community service projects and your graduation ceremony can be brainstormed, executed, and reflected upon with this one simple kit!Templates and forms included from proposal to planning sheets, calendars to day-of script forms, role and responsibilities to rubrics and reflections.Out of all the tools you
Grades:
7th - 12th
Types:
Also included in: Leadership Student Council Full Course for Middle High School Advisors
How to Use Tech in Service Learning
This Tech in Service Learning Project–How to Use Tech in Service Learning–blends the student knowledge of tech with service learning in their geographic area. Students set up classes at local senior homes to teach them how to do basic computers skills like use digital cameras, edit photos, chat with family on Twitter or Facebook, create a blog, use email, and more. Designed for middle school, this lesson is student-directed, self-paced, with lots of independence and authentic learning.What’s in
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Community Mascot Documentary - Creative Community Research
This Digital Storytelling Unit is designed to be completed over the course of three to four weeks. Students, working in teams of three to four, will explore core curricular content and be required to make an engaging and creative short video about that content. This Digital Storytelling unit is part of a larger initiative called Meridian Stories (www.meridianstories.com).
Each Digital Storytelling Unit:
• Should take three to four weeks to complete;
• Is aligned to Common Core Curricular Standa
Grades:
6th - 12th
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CCSS:
The Promise of a Pencil Leadership Curriculum
Adam Braun's book The Promise of a Pencil provides a wealth of material for teachers to use to promote leadership. Each chapter holds valuable lessons for the reader. Through his mantras, he offers a pathway for defining one's passion and becoming a positive influence for change in the world.
This curriculum unit was developed to be flexible in nature. The book can be read in its entirety with coordinating tasks for each chapter. The lessons can also stand alone, allowing teachers to sele
Grades:
7th - 12th
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1:51
Go Real-World with Jabberwocky
Main ObjectiveStudents will experience finding and solving a real life, ill-defined problem, and align their solution with their learning standards.Supporting ObjectivesGain an understanding of story theme.Create a story, dramatization, visual art, or music interpreting or expanding on the poem Jabberwocky.Gain a desire to become a modern day hero.Learn how to find a problemIn a group find and solve a real-life problem.Rational for Design LearningProfessor Sandy Speicher noticed during her class
Grades:
6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-LS2-2
, MS-LS4-4
HEART Humane Education: Deconstructing Food Labels (Gr. 6-8)
Youth will examine the way that food products are marketed in relation to the way the food is actually produced. They will consider in particular how advertising can shape our perception of the way that animals are raised by the meat, egg, and dairy industries. Students will consider why food manufacturers use misleading labels on their products and analyze what those labels mean to consumers. They will learn research strategies to gain more information about how their food is processed.
Studen
Grades:
6th - 8th
HEART Humane Education: How to Spot Greenwashing (Gr. 6-8)
Greenwashing is becoming an increasingly common phenomenon. A greenwashed label can influence consumers to purchase products they think are more environmentally-friendly than they actually are. Youth will learn about four common greenwashing techniques and practice identifying when those techniques are being used. They will discuss why manufacturers greenwash products and ads and learn ways to identify if a product really is being produced in an environmentally responsible
way or not.
First, st
Grades:
6th - 8th
HEART Humane Education: The Cost of a T-Shirt (Gr. 6-8)
By looking at the way a t-shirt is produced, youth will consider the impact that low-cost, low-quality, mass produced clothing has on people, animals, and the environment. Youth will explore the current impact the clothing industry has on others and the planet through readings and small group work. Students will examine various stakeholders within the t-shirt business to determine who they think is responsible for the negative
practices of the manufacturing industry.
This lesson explores the im
Grades:
6th - 8th
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HEART Humane Education: Who Decides What is Cool? (Gr. 6-8)
This lesson sheds light on the influence that advertisements have on society, the consequences of that influence, and how we can critically analyze advertisements to unveil the magnitude of that influence. Students will learn about the techniques that advertisers use to influence the public’s purchasing decisions through manipulating their understanding of what is “cool,” as well as their desire to purchase goods that align with this definition.
This lesson focuses on recognizing the ubiquity o
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Help Students, Parents, or Teachers Bring Out Their Best
Every student, parent, or teachers want to do their best, but may not know exactly how to go about it. So they respond and act blindly, hoping for the best. It might be that they cannot improve their performance with support or guidance. Now they need not feel that way. Here’s a FREE tool that will help them get a better perspective on their character and behavior.
The power point presentation may be adapted to either a group of students, a group of parents, or a group of teachers. Or, simply
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
HEART Humane Education: Forest Protectors (Gr. 6-8)
In this lesson, students will grapple with the benefits of both preserving and felling forests, and consider whether or not there are effective ways to balance these two conflicting actions. They will learn about some effective strategies that conservationists use to protect forests and manage them in a sustainable way.
This lesson aims to challenge students to think about how we can balance the reasons to preserve trees with the reasons to fell them. Additionally, they will determine their res
Grades:
6th - 8th
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HEART Humane Education: What Are We Wearing? (Gr. 6-8)
Students are challenged to consider how responsible they are for the impact of their consumer choices. They will explore the impact their clothing choices have on others, specifically animals. They will imagine that they are co-owners of a clothing store and present a “material brief ” to their “colleagues” about the way animals are raised for clothing products, such as fur and leather. As a group, they will consider the ethical and environmental implications related to selling the various mater
Grades:
6th - 8th
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