Making the World a Better Place by Changing Our Communities

What’s good for you, your school, family, and community? The answer is service learning! Students gain essential SEL skills, teachers broaden and grow their teaching skills, and families and community members benefit from the value created!

Elementary Lesson

Educational Video on Community Service for Kids

Instructions: Watch the video with your students and have them answer the questions below.

1. What communities do you belong to? (Examples: family community, classroom community, etc.)
    
2. What does it mean to be a part of a community?
    
3. In what ways can you be a helpful part of your community?
    
4. What are some of your ideas to make your community a better place?
    
5. Who can help you with your ideas?

Secondary Lesson

10 Ways to Build a Sense of Community

Instructions: Watch the video with your students and have them answer the questions below.

1. What communities are you a part of? Are you an active or passive part of your community?
    
2. What are some things about your communities that you would like to change?
    
3. What can you do to help influence that change?
    
4. Have you ever done volunteer work? Or just helped out a friend or neighbor? How did it feel to be helpful?
    
5. What are some other things you can do to improve your community?
    
6. Which friends would be willing to help out with you?