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Unit Title: Leadership Grade Level: 9

Topic: Community Service Orientation Lesson Sequence: 1 of 1

Lesson Objectives: Students will gain an understanding of the personal, school, and community benefits of community service. Students will learn a process for selecting a community service project.

EALR’s Addressed: Benchmark 3

Reading: 1, 2, 3

Communication: 1.1,1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.2

Social Studies: Civics 4

Special Materials: Student Handouts 1,2, and 3

Special Preparations: Make copies of handouts

|Time |Activity |Procedures |Supplies |

| 5 min |Intro Community |Ask students to brainstorm what they think “community service” means. | |

| |Service | | |

| | |(Some students may associate community service with “punishment” because | |

| | |that’s what the Courts do. Our Courts often use “community service” as | |

| | |part of a sentence. Many of our students have only heard the terms used | |

| | |in that way. You may have to clarify “community service” as individuals | |

| | |volunteering to make society better) | |

|3-5 min |Handout 1 |Discuss the quotes on Handout 1—Quotes about Community Service |Handout 1 |

| | |Ask students what activities they or their family have been involved in? | |

| | |What activities do they know about? | |

| | |Is Ike involved in Community Service? | |

| | |(FBLA, Leadership, Football, Faculty) | |

|3-5 min |Handout 2 |Discuss in light of previous discussion. “Community Service Is . . . |Handout 2 |

| 15 min |Handout 3 |Discuss organizing process. Emphasize the importance of “Plan Your Work, |Handout 3 |

| | |Then Work Your Plan.” | |

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| | |Tell students that tomorrow you will start discussing what YOUR class will| |

| | |do for this year’s 7th period community service project. | |

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