SLICE: Service-Learning Ideas and Curricular Examples SLICE is the newest tool from Learn and Serve America's National Service-Learning Clearinghouse to help make service-learning easier and better. It's an easy-to-search database full of hundreds of high quality service-learning lesson plans, syllabi, and project ideas. Get teaching ideas or submit your own today!
Visit the SLICE Resource Center at http://www.servicelearning.org/slice/index.php
Finding Inspiration in Literature & Movies (FILM) Journey to the Center of the Earth Curriculum This site, a partnership of the National Collaboration for Youth, offers free youth curriculum that uses movies to promote literacy, learning and service. Engage your youth in the fun of reading and science with the latest curriculum for the new action-adventure movie Journey to the Center of the Earth, based on the classic novel by Jules Verne. Using this curriculum, youth have the opportunity explore imaginative geologic adventures inside the Earth brought to life on the big screen, the fun of real world science, taking personal journeys, and much more! The free, downloadable Journey to the Center of the Earth curriculum, Journey to the Center of the Earth: Embark on Your Journey, includes interactive group, individual, and partner activities for youth ages 8-12. Themes in the guide include:
Reading for fun: comparing the book to the movie;
Conquering obstacles and fears;
Embarking on a journey of your own;
Exploring the fun of science;
Discovering the real world of exploration; and adventure
Making an impact in your world.
Download the curriculum at http://www.youthfilmproject.org
Focus on Curriculum Integration of Service Learning From the Generator Magazine. Maine has adopted a K-12 implementation plan. Learn more about district wide implementation of service learning. Dowload the December 2007 issue of The Generator [PDF document] that discussses this plan here or go download it from the the National Youth Leadership Council website at this link.
One World Program Lesson Plans -
The One World: Connecting Communities, Cultures, and Classrooms Program teaches students fundamentals in diversity, respect for others, and building communities. The lessons help children develop skills to promote empathy, dialogue and respect. The program includes a Student Journey Book that provides extensions and a deeper exploration of the lessons topics. All lessons and support tools are available online for download. To learn more, visit http://teacher.scholastic.com/
Volunteer Hawaii is a database resources that is searchable by service, date and age appropriate service opportunities in Hawaii. www.volunteerhawaii.org/
Youth Service America, offers planning tools for service learning and information about Global Youth Service Day.planning guide. Info: www.YSA.org
A Special Olympics service-learning curriculum designed for teachers to teach K-12 youth about mental retardation and give opportunities to be involved in Special Olympic events. Info: www.specialolympics.org.
Project for Public Spaces highlights how teens can contribute to revitalizing public spaces. The website profiles individual projects, lists a host of organizations that help teens accomplish their visions, and provides tip sheets on how both adults and youth can work to build positive environments for young people. www.pps.org/tcb/ highlights.htm .
Adopt-A-Watershed A website that offers place-based curriculum for service learning linked to projecting the environment. www.adopt-a-watershed.org/
Giraffe Heroes Project fosters active citizenship by telling the stories of these "Giraffes" who stick their neck out, in the media, on podiums and in the K-12 Giraffe Heroes Program for schools. www.giraffe.org
Becoming Jane Activity Guide Available from F.I.L.M. -
Set in England during the late 18th century, Becoming Jane is an imaginative romantic comedy that depicts a 20-year-old Jane Austen as she struggles with life-changing decisions. A free, downloadable youth development activity guide, "Becoming Jane: Becoming a Better You," is now available from Finding Inspiration in Literature and Movies ( F.I.LM.). The guide includes interactive activities and group discussion questions for youth ages 13 - 18. Themes that are addressed include: choosing your own path, mentoring to make a difference, and the pressure of expectations. Youth are encouraged to see the movie, read a Jane Austen book, and complete a service project around the central themes. To learn more, visit http://www.youthfilmproject.org/film/becomingjane.htm