Welcome Wagon Brochure

Grade Level: 9-12

Academic Areas: Social Studies, Technology

Duration of service: Semester Long

Character Virtues: Responsibility, Civic Virtue and Citizenship

Service Areas: Education/Tutoring

Service Learning Project:

Students in both social studies and technology education will work with leaders of local social organizations to develop a Welcome Wagon brochure for their community. Social studies students will work with leaders of local community organizations to develop a complete list of business services and community resources available to residents. Technology education students will compile the gathered data into a well designed, useful, and attractive brochure that will be made available at local libraries, town halls, and other government buildings. Social studies and technology students will meet with local leaders to revise, edit, and finalize the brochure. Students will then print and deliver the brochures to points of distribution and will keep these sources well supplied.

Learning Goal: Youth will learn which services are available in their community, where to access them, and how they function.

Standard: 5 SS

Learning Goal: Youth will learn and apply effective computer design skills to produce the chamber booklet.

Standard: 5 MST

Community need: New community members need welcoming. Students need to understand community resources available.

Possible Community Partners: Chamber of Commerce, Civic Organizations

Objective: Youth will help new residents understand which resources are available in their community by producing an informative brochure.

Objective: Students will deliver and keep stocked locations where brochures will be distributed.

Virtue: Responsibility

Objective: Youth will work on an equal level with adult civic organizations and take responsibility for their role in the process.

Virtue: Civic virtue and citizenship

Objective: Youth will produce a guidebook to their community. This survival guide will be of great benefit to new members of the community.

1. Youth will meet with leaders of community organizations and research social services available in their community and how they can be accessed.
2. Youth will learn how to use Quark Xpress software in preparation for the design and layout process.

 Key Service Activities

1. Youth will create an informative brochure for new community residents.
2. Youth will deliver and keep stocked locations where the brochures will be distributed.
3. Students will write and produce public service announcements for local radio stations informing residents about the brochures.

 Key Reflection Activities

1. (oral) responsibility – Students will discuss which social services they discovered during this project, why they are valuable, and to whom they are available. They will also consider what services are still needed in the community.

2. (written) civic virtue and citizenship –They will write an essay about how their brochure can help community members access those programs.

3. (performance) civic virtue and citizenship – Youth will role play situations in which community members might benefit from the programs they researched