Exemplary Service Learning Projects
Community Focus
http://geocities.com/david_navis/CoFo/cofois.htm
Community Focus is a group project that you will research and implement in order to address a certain community problem in our area. It is not an awareness campaign. You will actually be doing something in the community.
Service Learning Primer
http://www.goodcharacter.com/SERVICE/primer-1.html
David Elkind and Diana Flasher provide a thorough, step-by-step primer on implementing a quality service learning curriculum. The authors emphasize starting with small, simple projects. Visit the Project Examples page for inspiration.
Sticky Teaching
http://www.stickyteaching.org/
Face the Future helps teachers engage their students on global issues. The goal is to inform students as well as to promote critical thinking and encourage involvement in positive community change. Included are numerous lesson plans and a database of worldwide service projects, as well as research on the benefits of service learning to students.
Reflections of the Storm
http://hughes.myexpose.com/info/
This site contains a slide show created by New Orleans-area elementary art teacher Kathy Hughes to help students use art to heal from their Hurricane Katrina experiences. Some educators, including UW-Stout online instructor Jo Dervan, have shown this slide show to students and used it as a springboard for fund-raising to help Katrina-damaged schools. Thanks to UW-Stout online student Dee Ratterree for informing us of this unique project!
Service Learning: K-12 Home Page
http://www.servicelearning.org/k-12home/index.php
The National Serving-Learning Clearinghouse has a comprehensive site on many aspects of service learning. Check out the K-12 Lesson Plans for Teachers section.
National Service-Learning Partnership
A listing of numerous service learning grants available for educators and students.
Community Service in Action
The Education World staff provides an excellent overview of the benefits of service learning, as well as numerous examples of successful K-12 projects which engage student interest in curriculum as well as in their community.
