3.2 - How Can Student Driven Community Service Fit into MY Curriculum?

Objective

The learner will identify a curricular unit or topic in their own curriculum into which a student driven community service project could be incorporated.

Activity

Part One

Example for Part 1

In your Learning Journal, make a list of all the topics and subtopics that you teach throughout the year. It is often easiest to start with a general list (big units) and then get more specific as you fill in the details in between. Title this entry My Curriculum.

Hint: This would also be a great time to pull out curriculum guides or unit maps or standards that are applicable to your teaching.

Part Two

Example for Part 2

Now, look over the content you cover each year. Highlight the places within your curriculum that show community connections. Use the writing and assignments from Lesson 3.1 to help you identify connections.

Part Three

Review the places that you marked. Reflect on how each one might lend itself to a community connection. Write notes in your learning journal so that you remember your thoughts. Title these notes Connection 1, Connection 2, etc.

• Consider aspects of your local community.
• Consider student interest in the topic you are choosing – will the students be motivated to complete a project surrounding this topic?
• Consider how many different curriculum connections can be made with the topic.

Assignment

After you have made notes for several connections, review your notes and pick out the strongest connection topic. Add this topic to your Implementation Plan worksheet after the heading Topic.

Use the notes you already wrote in your Learning Journal to write a short paragraph answering the question “How does this topic lend itself to SDCS?”. Add this paragraph to your Implementation Plan.

Move on to Unit 4: Student Driven Community Service and the Common Core Standards

Back to Unit 3: Incorporating Student Driven Community Service