Friend to Friend 2021 Annual Report
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Service Learning
Service learning is an important component of our school curriculum. As a resource to our teachers and to others interested in service learning, we have compiled a list of lesson plans and other resources.
- What is service learning, anyway? The National Service-Learning Clearinghouse defines it as “a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities.”
- These notes from FSA faculty/staff development on the topic gives a great overview of the topic. We also came up with a list of things to consider when incorporating service learning into our curriculum.
- The Atlanta Food Bank provides a curriculum called “Hunger 101” on their website. It is divided into two modules, one for all ages and one best suited to 4th grade and up. The Fook Bank also offers two games to help increase awareness of food security issues, The Community Food Game for all ages (downloadable) and Feast or Famine for ages 8–14 (sold online for $30).
- Catholic Charities of Baltimore offers curricula and materials for teaching about Hunger, Homelessness and Poverty/Social Justice. The lesson plans are divided into these main headings, and subdivided into plans for elementary students, middle–high school students, and college students—adults. There are lots of links to reference materials within the lesson plans, and there is a “call to action” for each age group.
- The Community Works Institute. This site is focused on the educator as a change agent. Multiple professional development workshops, an E-newsletter and a bookstore offer resources for educators as they develop skills to implement service-learning as an instructional strategy. The mission of the CWI is to promote sustainable service-learning across diverse settings. The site offers ways for teachers to receive feedback and support for ongoing projects, reflection and connectivity through Facebook.
- Facing the Future’s “Service Learning” page of the Facing the Future website focuses on the three major elements of service learning and links to key research studies and resources on service learning. This website contains curriculum materials, programming and resources for educators. The site’s mission is to enable students to think critically and develop a global perspective by providing educators with positive solutions for meeting student needs.
- Fly Away Home GPN is still offering materials from Reading Rainbow. One set of lesson plans is for this book by Eve Bunting and Ronald Himler. This is a book about a boy and his father, who live in an airport. It is suitable for ages 5–8.
- Generation On! Lesson plans, training and resources that incorporate service-learning. This is a community of kids, parents, teachers and schools and is free to join. There are curricula that address specific projects. Highly recommended. The site provides a searchable database of lesson plans.
- Good Character is somewhat “overwhelming” or “content-rich” as the publisher states. It does, however, give a “context” for service learning in terms of initiatives that foster affective student development (school to work, counseling education, character education, etc.). The Service Learning tab gives three additional resource links to lesson plans, project examples and web resources.
- Hands on Atlanta helps people find service opportunities as they present themselves. This is simple community service. It’s up to the teacher to create these opportunities as service-learning by integrating into curriculum. Here’s the calendar of opportunities. You can use the “filters” to select opportunities based on age group.
- Hear Us has the mission of giving voice and visibility to children experiencing homelessness. They offer books, blogs, films, YouTube videos, news items and other resources to help people understand homelessness. They also provide a free discussion guide for the film On the Edge (see below). Books available for purchase include Crossing the Line, Where Can I Build My Volcano?, A Family of Five or Six and A Place of Our Own.
- iCivics is not a service-learning website, per se. It is about government and how to be an active citizen. It could be a useful complement to service learning because it teaches about the systems of government and policy that impact and guide our service and leadership. Great online games and resources. Highly recommended.
- The Josephson Institute’s Character Counts is a character education program offered by The Josephson Institute. They offer a lesson plan bank covering many topics. Some pertinent to service learning may be found under several of the topics offered. One of these is appropriate for students aged 11–13 and is located under “Citizenship.” It is called Addressing Community Problems. Another under the same topic is appropriate for students aged 9–11 years and is called Lunch-Bag Supply Drive.
- K-12 Service Learning Standards for Quality Practice: An Annotated Bibliography is a collection of research articles is organized by standard (duration and intensity, link to curriculum, partnerships, meaningful service, youth voice, diversity, reflection and progress monitoring), and each section is divided into four parts: description of the standard, articles discussing application to the standard, educational research supporting the standard and references.
- Learn and Serve America’s National Service-Learning Clearinghouse is the homepage for America’s most comprehensive service-learning resource for Learn and Serve America and The Corporation for National and Community Service. It includes templates, forms, tool kits, research summaries, and many other resources. Highly recommended. The site provides a searchable database of lesson plans.
- Learning to Give provides lessons and resources that teach giving, volunteerism, civic engagement and character through service learning. Primarily focused to K-12 with lessons on financial literacy, disaster relief and philanthropy, it does have information on college programs such as C.O.O.L. (Campus Outreach Opportunity League)
- The Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless offers curricula and materials on their website, divided into sections for grades K–3, 4–6 and 7–9. They provide these because children are the fastest-growing segment of people experiencing homelessness, and families with children constitute 40 percent of this population. They hope to dispel myths about homelessness and increase knowledge. They grant unlimited use of their materials when used for eductional purposes.
- The National Service Learning Partnership was created in 2001 out of a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and State Farm Foundation and sponsored by the Academy for Educational Development. The site is divided to connect, organize and sponsor service learning discussion (blog), implementation (resources) and celebrations (awards). Publishers of Information for Action: A Journal for Research on Service-Learning for Children and Youth.
- The website of the the National Youth Leadership Council website features entry level information, basic definitions of service learning, ready-made resource sheets (toolbox), and an electronic newsletter; includes examples of service learning projects, research, networking and events.
- My Own Four Walls is a series of short documentaries depicting homelessness through the eyes of children and teens in areas outside cities. It was filmed and produced by HEARUS, a nonprofit organization dedicated to giving a voice to children, youth and families who are experiencing homelessness.
- On the Edge is a film about seven women trying to escape homelessness in small towns and resort communities, mixed with interviews of experts who address legal, policital and social difficulties that make this escape difficult. The film’s website offers biographical information about each of the seven women, filmmaker biographies, and trailers for both On the Edge and My Own Four Walls. You can also download an order form to purchase a copy of the film.
- Research in Service Learning’s Publishing Opportunities Resource List is a resource list created in 2007 by Gary Homana as part of the Emerging Scholars in K-12 Service Learning Seminar at University of Maryland hosted by CIRCLE: The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement. The list gives 93 potential research publishers including description, editor, website URL and e-mail contact information.
- The Youth Innovation Fund “subsite” of the Service Learning partnership focuses on the Youth Funds established in 2003 as a way to encourage teenagers to improve their communities and become agents of positive social change. Nine sites were funded by AED and the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and provide a cross-linked network of resources to model systematic opportunities for youth empowerment and individual development. The 8 Kellogg funded Youth Fund sites were: Ypsilanti, Michigan: San Francisco, California: Portland, Oregon: Portland, Maine: Nashville, Tennessee: Hampton, Virginia: Cleveland, Mississippi: and Chicago, Illinois.
- Service Learning Hints from Students. These hints for service were given by students at another Friends school: Make space available in your facility for other groups in the community; serve on boards and other groups, to share your gifts with others in the community; do service where it is needed and wanted; serve where interests lie, and give choices; start community service early, even as early as Pre-K; develop a long-term relationship with organizations, to ensure that the service is meaningful to both the organization and the volunteers.
Elementary School – 1st through 4th Grade
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